McDonald’s has been reasonably successful in India, despite the country’s very different food culture. Why? Do you think that McDonald’s could have and should have foreseen the problems it ran into in India when using beef extract in its oil? What could it have done differently?

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Risk Considerations of Russia vs. Czech Republic, Islamic Capitalism, and McDonald’s in India

Homework Assignment 2

Task 1: You are the CEO of a company that has to choose between making a $100 million investment in Russia or the Czech Republic. Both investments promise the same long–run return, so your choice is driven by risk considerations (Chapter 3: political, economic, and legal risk). Assess the various risks of doing business in each of these nations. Which investment would you favor and why? Write a 1/2–page paper to summarize your thoughts.

Task 2: Read about Islamic Capitalism in Chapter 4. Do you think that business practices in an Islamic country are likely to differ from business practices in the United States? If so how? Write a 1/2–page paper to summarize your thoughts.

Task 3: Read the case on McDonald’s and Hindu Culture and answer the following questions:

a) McDonald’s has been reasonably successful in India, despite the country’s very different food culture. Why?

b) Do you think that McDonald’s could have and should have foreseen the problems it ran into in India when using beef extract in its oil? What could it have done differently? Write a 1/2–page paper to summarize your thoughts

What have I learned through the research proposal? How to I demonstrate my 4Cs when developing research proposal? What of the 4Cs do I feel most confident in?

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DIEP Strategy

Apply critical self reflection to ably demonstrate the transfer of learning to your research.
Reflection using DIEP: Describe; Interpret; Evaluate; Plan

Time to reflect:

-What have I learned through the research proposal?

-How to I demonstrate my 4Cs when developing research proposal?

-What of the 4Cs do I feel most confident in?

-How can I use this in the next stage of research project?

-What does it show I can do/ I need to work on?

Based on existing literature critically analysis Value Management in relation to the project and make recommendation to the client on feasible solutions which may be adopted to give the best Value for Money. (VfM)

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Subject: Project Management in Construction – Module: Project Management Practice

Tasks
You have been appointed as the Project Manager for the project and your CEO has asked for a strategic report that satisfies the following:

1. Critically evaluate the risk management process and develop a risk register and associated matrices to both identify and perform a risk analysis for dealing with the project and environmental impact of the proposed project including the demolition of the existing school. A minimum number of 12 (6 each) risk issues should be identified and justified. Assessment Information/Brief.

2. The need to ensure quality throughout the project is essential. Critically analyse quality management systems and processes and develop a Quality Management Strategy (QMS) for the project.

3. Based on existing literature critically analysis Value Management in relation to the project and make recommendation to the client on feasible solutions which may be adopted to give the best Value for Money. (VfM)

4. To improve the performance, innovation is essential (Ernstsen et al., 2021). Critically discuss any two technologies of your choice, showing how they can be used on this project at any point in the asset life cycle, to improve sustainability,

Note the following:

The report should focus on analysing of existing research by other people. It should include a combination of synthesis of knowledge
gained from existing texts and the author’s own opinions based on facts.

Students are required to acknowledge all sources from which they obtain information, by including in-text citations and references in The APA 6th (Harvard) Style of referencing (see guidance on blackboard).

The main emphasis in referencing should be on good quality secondary sources such as official reports, journal/conference articles, and relevant
textbooks. Students can also cite good quality websites when discussing examples

identify one rule that relates to each of the following characteristics – personality, ability, emotional intelligence, and locus of control.

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Malcolm Gladwell’s 10 Rules for Success

Look at the video for context then review the list of Top 10 Rules for Success (word doc).

Assignment – identify one rule that relates to each of the following characteristics – personality, ability, emotional intelligence, and locus of control. One different rule per characteristic equals four separate rules.

What did or can you do in your job to make other people (your coworkers or boss) listen to you? have you ever felt powerless in an organization? What made you feel such powerlessness?

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Question1) Power and Politics in Management).

Identify an episode in which two or more people (e.g., peers, superiors, subordinates, clients, etc) are involved in an organization/ company with the same or different objectives, hidden or revealed; and closely follow through the process in influencing each other. Present the objectives, process, tools used in the process, and ultimate outcome in detail, so that we can analyze and learn from the episode about the social and organizational dynamics. Discussion question 1) what are reasons (sources of power) that you and many others listen to your boss? Or not listen to your boss? Show some examples. & who has the most power or potential of influence among people you know? What does he /she has that other people do not?

Question 2) Strategic contingency at work)

One of the classic theories of power is the contingency theory, which suggests you to place yourself in the strategically important position in your company to gain power, to be brief. Study the theory closely (Pages 316-318); and present how you can use an element (or two, like centrality or so on) to build power in your workplace. If you do not work, use any company you are familiar with. Offer some details of the work context.

Question 3) What did or can you do in your job to make other people (your coworkers or boss) listen to you? have you ever felt powerless in an organization? What made you feel such powerlessness?

Review the healthcare crisis example articles provided and test yourself by listing four common features of healthcare crisis management.

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Business Administration

Review the healthcare crisis example articles provided and test yourself by listing four common features of healthcare crisis management.

Create a deliverable-oriented Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for your project. Create a precedence diagram that includes the tasks, their estimated durations, and their sequence.

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Project Scheduling

In this assignment, you will work on developing the schedule for your entertainment website project. Answer the following questions:

1. Create a deliverable-oriented Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for your project (Refer to the lecture, in a deliverable-oriented WBS, we use
deliverables and sub-deliverables rather than the activities resulting into the deliverables). Your WBS must include at least 12 components (deliverables and sub-deliverables) in total.

2. Based on the WBS, develop a list of activities/tasks that should be carried out throughout the project to produce the work packages (lowest level
deliverables). This must include at least 15 activities in total.

3. Create a precedence diagram that includes the tasks, their estimated durations, and their sequence. In a precedence diagram, the activities are shown on nodes and their relationships are shown using arrows.

Research shows that entrepreneurs who are leading new enterprises experience low levels of stress. Why would this be true? Explain various reasons for this phenomenon using stress models

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Discussion

Research shows that entrepreneurs who are leading new enterprises experience low levels of stress. Why would this be true? Explain various reasons for this phenomenon using stress models.

Describe briefly to President and CEO Marvel why your group’s recommendations are important for LSN’s future.

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Business Management

Instructions:Describe briefly to President and CEO Marvel why your group’s recommendations are important for LSN’s future.

What is the difference between a mentor and a sponsor? In your opinion, would you say that women usually have strong links or weak links with their mentors? Would the gender of the mentor affect this?

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Organizational networks and mentoring

1. What is the difference between a mentor and a sponsor?
2. Give an example of a person in your network with whom the relationship is a weak link. Explain why you would call it a weak link.
3. Give an example of a person in your network with whom the relationship is a strong link. Explain why you would call it a strong link.
5. In your opinion, would you say that women usually have strong links or weak links with their mentors? Would the gender of the mentor affect this?