Life of a Project Manager 1. How effectively do you think Rachel spent her day? Project is a complex‚ non-routine‚ one time effort that is limited by time‚ budget‚ resources and performance specifications and it’s implemented to meet the customer requirements. The following activities performed by Rachel are project related: a. Review project reports and prepare for the weekly status meeting – 25 min b. Participate in the progress review meeting – 45 min c. Reviewing project assignments
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illegal recruitment C. LABOR STANDARDS 1. Hours of Work a. Coverage/Exclusions b. Normal Hours of Work (a) Exceptions (a) Health Personnel (b) Compressed Work Week d. Work interruption due to brownouts e. Meal Break f. Idle time‚ waiting time‚ commuting time‚ travel time‚ whether part of hours of work or not Overtime work g. (a) Undertime not offset by overtime Waiver of overtime pay (b) h. i. 2. Night Work CBA provision vis-à-vis overtime work Wages a. “No work no pay” principle b. Coverage/Exclusions
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CASE: TROPHY PROJECT 1.1 Executive Summary Executive leaders are the guardians of an organisation’s preferred culture and behaviour‚ however this is not evident in this organisation‚ There is clearly no mutual respect for employees’ rights and support from top-level management as people are intimidated and threatened if they do not deliver results. The organizations behavioural strategy needs to transform from a bureaucratic to a learning organisation where employees operate in high performance
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water and wanted to exit the market -- we too did not see any potential for the product at that time. As a soft drinks company‚ we had Thums Up‚ Gold Spot and Limca (cola‚ orange drink and lemonade) but no soft drink company was complete without a soda. So we merely used the name and launched Bisleri soda with two variants -- carbonated and non-carbonated mineral water. But three decades ago‚ what could we say about a category that had no market? We didn’t know our target group. Then‚ since bottled
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Paper – 3.2 PROJECT MANAGEMENT Project Management Unit – 1 Concepts of Project Management: Project – Meaning – Nature – Types of project and project life cycle – Project management – Nature and scope of project management – Project management as a profession – Role of project manager. Unit – 2 Project Identification and Formation: Project environment – Identification of investment opportunities – Project screening – preferability study – Project selection – Project formulation
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Will Project Creep Cost You—or Create Value? Strict rules that limit a project’s scope can be the key to its success. But you need a system flexible enough to recognize value. by Loren Gary I of a manager’s existence: When do you permit changes to a major project? Allow the wrong changes and the project you’re responsible for can veer off course‚ run over budget‚ and miss key deadlines. Ignore the right change‚ and you fail to capitalize on a major market opportunity. Hence the dilemma: How to stay
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Companies Sample Size – 50 Sampling Design – Convenience Introduction- Corporate Social Responsibility is the continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the workforce and their families as well as of the local community and society at large. Corporate social responsibility CSR‚ also called corporate conscience‚ corporate citizenship‚ social performance‚ or sustainable responsible
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What is project management‚ and what are its main objectives? What is the relationship between tasks and events‚ or milestones? What is a work breakdown structure? How do you create one? What are task patterns‚ and how can you recognize them? Compare the advantages and disadvantages of Gantt and PERT/CPM charts. Define the following terms: best-case estimate‚ probable-case estimate‚ and worst- case estimate‚ and describe how project managers use these concepts. How does a project manager calculate
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Project Eight Determine the materials and labor to build a storage building‚ this will involve designing the building‚ figuring out what materials are needed‚ purchasing the materials‚ and putting together the various parts. Some of these tasks depend on the others‚ some must be scheduled‚ some take more labor than others‚ etc. The building design must include options such as: a choice among different types of siding‚ doors‚ windows‚ and roofing. Also‚ include the choice of a poured 4” deep concrete
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Managing the Project Cycle 1. The assessment and planning phase 1.1 Training your staff in Project Cycle thinking 1.2 Identifying the real problems and needs 1.3 Stakeholder analysis 1.4 Problem analysis 1.5 Project planning and design 1.6 Strategic planning 1.7 Defining indicators 1.8 The action plan 1.9 The budget 1.10 Addressing the risk of a negative outcome 2. The implementation and monitoring phase 2.1 Monitoring 2.2 Participatory Impact
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