Category: Management

Jackson Insurance and Title CompanyMark Suturana joined the Jackson Company 6 months ago. He is an experienced management information systems executive, who has been given the task of improving the responsiveness of Jackson’s data processing group to the end user. After several months of investigation, Mark felt certain he understood the current situation clearly enough to proceed. First, approximately 90 percent of all end-user requests came to data processing (DP) in the form of a project, with the DP output either the final product of the project, or, more commonly, one step of a project. Ac-cordingly, Mark felt he should initially direct his efforts toward integrating DP’s approach to projects with the company’s formal project management system.It has been Mark’s experience that most problems associated with DP projects revolve around poor project definition and inadequate participation by the end user during the system design phase. Typically, the end user does not become heavily involved in the project until the new system is ready to install.At that point, a great deal of work is required to adapt the system to meet end-user requirements. Mark decided to institute a procedure that put end-user cooperation and participation on the front end of the project. The idea was to define the objective and design of the system so thoroughly that implementation would become almost mechanical in nature rather than an introduction to the end user of

Refer to the following scenario for the next 3 questions.Item shrm3076-3A company is building a new sawmill facility with advanced processing technology in a medium-sized community to replace an older sawmill. The older sawmill employs over 500 people in a small community and will close once the new sawmill is complete. Approximately 100 employees at the older sawmill will be transferred to the new sawmill facility, with the other positions eliminated due to process and technology improvements. The companys leadership has drafted a plan to communicate the impending layoffs to all employees. According to the HR department, uncertainty is high throughout this transition. Several weeks ago, tension escalated significantly at the old sawmill when a maintenance department worker, a long-term employee with the company, initiated a verbal dispute over the company radio system with a forklift operator who recently joined the company’s shipping department. A physical altercation resulted when the operator drove a forklift from the shipping department to the maintenance department to confront the maintenance employee.Which helps minimize the effect of the old sawmill’s closure on current employees?
Answers
Implement a career development and succession planning process.
Facilitate open forum discussions between the company and the local community.
Offer severance benefits and -provide voluntary outplacement and job search services.
Contact local business owners to identify job opportunities for displaced workers.

Matriculation Yield at a University. As admissions director for an exclusive executive MBA program which takes place on Necker Island in the Caribbean, Richard Branson must decide which applicants should receive admission offers. This is a difficult decision-making problem, as an applicant may or may not accept an admission offer. Currently, Richard is considering 30 applicants, each of which has a different probability of accepting an admission offer. Based on their academic qualifications and experience, Richard has rated each of these applicants using a value score from 1 to 10 (higher value scores represent better applicants). The file admissions contains data on the 30 applicants.Based on the capacity of their facilities, Richard would like a class of 12 students. Fewer students than 12 results in under-utilized resources (empty classroom seats), but more than 12 students results in increased marginal costs. Specifically, each attending student beyond 12 incurs a cost of 20 value points. Note that an applicant will be an attending student only if they are admitted and they accept the admission offer LO 3Construct a spreadsheet model that computes the net value of offering admission to the top 20 students as ranked by value score.Compute net value as the sum of the value of attending students minus the costs of students beyond the capacity of 12 seats. What is the average net value obtained when offering admission to the top 20 students?

SCENARIOA new sports complex is being constructed using the NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract main Option D, secondary Option X1, X2 and X5 The Client is responsible for the design. The access date for section (1) of the works is 15 July. The period for reply is three weeks.
Question 40
The project requires the diversion of an existing live gas main before the Contractor can start work in a part of the Site. The diversion work will be carried out by Others and take two weeks. The date on the Accepted Programme for the diversion to be completed is 13 August. By the 06 August the diversion work has not started. The Project Manager notifies an early warning on 05 August and an early warning meeting is held the next day. At the meeting the Client advises that the diversion work will start next week and is planned for completion by 27 August at the latest.
Which TWO of following statements are NOT correct?
Select TWO options
The rates and lump sums in the Bill of Quantities may be used for assessing a compensation event
If the effect of this compensation was to reduce the total Defined Cost the Prices would be reduced
The matter should not be notified as a compensation event before 13 August
The Contractor should notify the Project Manager of a compensation event
The Project Manager should state the assumption that the diversion work will be completed by 27 August in its instruction to the Contractor to submit a quotation for the event

The African Integrated High-Speed Railway Network (AIHSRN). African nations are preparing to invest billions in a significant overhaul of their rail infrastructure as part of an ambitious plan for the continent. One of the key projects underway is the African Integrated High-Speed Railway Network (AIHSRN), which aims to connect Africa’s capital cities and major commercial centres with a high-speed railway network to enhance continental trade and competition. This network will span 2,000 km (1,243 miles) and connect 60 cities, including Nairobi, Lagos, Cairo, and Dakar. It will improve access to essential markets, enhance economic cooperation, and encourage regional collaboration. The plan is poised to revolutionise intra-African trade by reducing travel times and lowering transportation costs, making trade between African nations more competitive. The trains will be capable of reaching speeds of up to 250 km/h (155 mph) and will accommodate 481 passengers (479 seats plus two wheelchair spaces). Egypt has already started constructing its high-speed rail network, which is estimated to cost a staggering £7 billion. Given Egypt’s high temperatures and frequent sandstorms, the trains are being equipped with specialised dust and sand protection systems to ensure smooth operations and enhance passenger comfort. Analyse how changes in population and railway distribution networks can impact strategic alliances formed with fourth-party logistics (4PLs) in capital cities that are part of the AIHSRN

You work for SA Breweries as a lead project manager. Your latest project entails a new product, a new beer brand. The new beer has been developed and approved. The project involves the launch of the new beer and the involvement of all stakeholders that will contribute to bringing the new beer to market. There has been a large amount of money spent by SA Breweries in the development of the new beer. Your job is to ensure that all stakeholders are sensitised of the benefits of the new product, and also to ensure a smooth launch of the product to the public. Your involvement in the project will ensure that the product is accepted by beer drinkers as an alternate to existing beers. Your project will involve prudent project risk management, stakeholder management, communication management scope and scheduling management and other critical project management disciplines that need to be meticulously managed in order to ensure that the product is accepted by loyal beer drinkers. A projectised structure facilitates the coordination and implementation of project activities. Its main aim is to engender an atmosphere that promotes synergy among team members with a very low amount of disruptions, overlaps and conflict. Appraise the projectised structure that you will adopt as a preferred structure. Demonstrate how the projectised structure will assist you in achieving excellence in your project by discussing the advantages and disadvantages of the projectised structure.