on Investment from the Liscombe House Project Brittany Erickson September 10‚ 2013 An Applied Research Project (ARP) submitted as a requirement of the Master of Business Administration in Community Economic Development at Cape Breton University Under the Direction of Dr. Andrew Molloy Dr. Tom Urbaniak Abstract The purpose of this study was to explore the research question: “What is the return on investment of the Liscombe House Project?” using a model developed by Lawrence
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Automobile Repair and Mechanics Automobile repair is not only an interesting field to me‚ also I feel automobile maintenance is necessary knowledge to have in today’s auto market. Like studying for school or learning the skills of a job; I feel knowing how to repair a vehicle will produce a cost effective lifestyle‚ and take out all the hassle anyone who owns a vehicle encounters everyday. How many Americans can change their own oil that don’t work as mechanics‚ or what is the average repair bill for
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Table of Contents 1. Executive summary 2 2. Project Appraisal 3 Project initiation 3 Stakeholder and communication management 4 Change/Control Management 5 Risk management 6 Contract 7 Others 7 Works Cited 9 1. Executive summary The Chunnel Tunnel project was initiated to connect via a tunnel France and England. It was among the biggest privately funded infrastructure projects ever. Fifty kilometres long‚ the tunnel extended under the English Channel from France to England
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Case Study II-2 The Challenges of Local System Design for Multinationals: The MaxFli Sales Force Automation System at BAT Overview (Class Discussion Case) Large multinational corporations are designed to leverage economic efficiencies in economy of scale and economy of scope across geographic regions. These efficiencies are challenged when local market tastes‚ business processes‚ or regulations render a one-size-fits-all solution suboptimal. In contrast‚ locally-tailored solutions may fail
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I. Column Oriented Database A column-oriented DBMS is a database management system (DBMS) that stores data tables as sections of columns of data rather than as rows of data. In comparison‚ most relational DBMSs store data in rows. This column-oriented DBMS has advantages for data warehouses‚ customer relationship management (CRM) systems‚ and library card catalogs‚ and other ad hoc inquiry systems where aggregates are computed over large numbers of similar data items. It is possible to achieve
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consists of responses to the 3 questions given in assignment instructions‚ which are as follows; Q1: Study and comment on a software project failure‚ found on the internet. Explain the project and its circumstances‚ reasoning the facts which caused it to fail. Q2: Explain the Waterfall method used in software development‚ elaborating its phases‚ advantages‚ disadvantages and addressing the given project scenario (explained below). Q3: Explain the Agile methodology used in software development‚ elaborating
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Project Follow Through: What We Should Have Learned Cathy Watkins (1997) reviewed the largest and most expensive experimental project in education that was funded by the U.S. federal government in her book titled Project Follow Through: Case Study of Contingencies Influencing Instructional Practices of the Educational Establishment. Acknowledging key areas that have an impact on education‚ in her case study‚ Watkins (1997) thoroughly reviewed Project Follow Through in the following components: history
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Sherman Computer Repair New Direction Tom Dyer MMPBL/550 September 3‚ 2012 Sherman Computer Repair New Direction The Sherman Computer Repair company has aspirations to become a larger company that deals on more than just repairs‚ they want to be an assembly company as well. For Sherman Computer Repair to accomplish this‚ they will need to look at using some innovation‚ creativity‚ and new organization design work. In order for the changes to occur‚ so that Sherman
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Resonating Air Column Expt. # 8‚ Physics 105‚ fall 2010 (reference only) Aim: To determine the speed of sound in air at room temperature using resonating air column (1). Apparatus: Resonance apparatus‚ four tuning forks‚ rubber mallet micrometer caliper‚ can of water and paper towels (1). Description of the apparatus: The apparatus consists of a 110 cm long uniform graduated glass tube of 1(1/2) diameter connected to a rubber tubing and a water
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Case Study – The Blue Spider Project 1. Discuss the project management organization on the project. Strengths? Weaknessess? Recommendations. Parks Corporation used a matrix project management organization on the Blue Spider Project. It was a multi-disciplinary team where the members came from different functional units such as Research and Development‚ Engineering‚ Manufacturing‚ Quality Control‚ Purchasing‚ and Finance. Gary Anderson‚ the Project Manager‚ was responsible for the project but his
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