Define the role of Risk & Contingency Planning, slide 7-19 regarding Technical Risks and Schedule Risks to alleviate the dire situation.

Using a topical and specific issue regarding COVID-19 PPE requirements, define the role of Risk & Contingency Planning, slide 7-19 regarding Technical Risks and Schedule Risks to alleviate the dire situation.
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Provide a statement of purpose addressing your academic background, area of research interest, and proposed research studies.

Provide a statement of purpose addressing your academic background, area of research interest, and proposed research studies.

PhD Management Sciences
Research field/specialization: Management of Technology

Explain the ways organisations motivateworkers.

Page 4of 8Back to ContentsBMM Combined Assignment 5: People and Organisations, Copyright © EduQual Ltd 2016Human Resource Management (SCQF), Issue 1.0, March 2017Combined Assignment 3: People & Organisations, Human Resource Management The four tasks shown below constitute 90% of the overall mark. 10% of the overall marks for the assignment must be given to ‘Structure andFormat’.You are Head of HR for an organisation of your choice. Prepare a report, aimed at the induction of new, junior HR managers, which must meet the followingrequirements:Task 1

Compare and contrast different organisational structures and culture, and their impact on the organisation.

Explain the factors which influence individual behaviour atwork.

Explain how HRM contributes to an organisation’sobjectives.

Analyse the impact of legislation on HRM in the UKtoday.People and Organisations: LO 1; Human Resource Management: LO 1Task 2Describethestagesinrecruitmentandselectionofstaffintheselectedorganisation.Construct a new strategy for theorganisation.

Explain the ways organisations motivateworkers.

Analyse the link between motivational theories, job evaluation and rewards.Human Resource Management: LO 2 ; People and Organisations: LO 2 Task3

Comparetheeffectivenessofdifferentleadershipandmanagementstylesindifferent organisations.

Evaluate the impact of employment-related legislation on employment termination arrangementsby analysingtermination procedures used by your selected organisation.People and Organisations: LO 2; Human Resource Management: LO 3

Explain what IT infrastructure changes will occur at the original location by telling Mark which components will be located at the IaaS cloud provider’s location and what will remain at his facility.

Before you begin this assignment, be sure you:

  • Have completed all previously assigned readings.
  • Read the “3D Printing Case Study.”
  • Reviewed the feedback on your 3D Printing Stage 1, 2 and 3 Assignments.

It is now a year later, and Mark has opened his two new facilities in Memphis, Tennessee and Phoenix, Arizona.  All three locations are operating almost around the clock to create 3D printed accessibility and assistive devices.  Mark and his father are planning to open several more facilities, also located near Veterans Administration Hospitals and rehab facilities.

Mark does not want to continue to increase his IT infrastructure at the original location and has decided to move all of his systems and files to a cloud service provider.  You have recommended that since he has everything set up the way he wants it and the systems are performing well for him, that he just move what he has to an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud provider.  Before Mark agrees to this, he wants to understand more about just how that would work, using his current systems and locations.  He also has a lot of questions about how the communications systems work, and he wants to understand the protocols, the architecture and the four layer TCP model.

Use the following outline for your paper:

  1. Provide an opening paragraph as an introduction that explains what is contained in the paper. (You might write this after you develop the rest of your paper.)
  2. Explain what IT infrastructure changes will occur at the original location by telling Mark which components will be located at the IaaS cloud provider’s location and what will remain at his facility. Explain any changes that are needed at the two remote locations in order to use the IaaS cloud services.  Provide a list of which components will be located at the cloud location, at Mark’s primary facility, and at the two remote locations.
  3. Create an original graphical representation showing the cloud provider and the three current locations. Show which components will be located at the cloud provider’s site and which will remain at the three locations.  Label each component and the locations.
  4. List the protocol involved for each communication link in the design, including internet connectivity, wired connections, and wireless connections. Be sure to include security protocols, as appropriate to the infrastructure design you created and the components you identified.
  5. Explain the concept of a layered systems architecture to aid in communications and the benefit of a layered architecture such as the TCP or OSI model.
  6. Using the four layer TCP model, explain what each layer’s function is and how it will apply when Mark uses his ERP information system that will be located at the cloud service provider’s location.
  7. Using the four layer TCP model, explain what happens when a packet of information travels from the server at the cloud provider to a tablet device at Mark’s facility. Be sure to identify the points at which each of the layers of the model are the primary enabler of the communication.

Formatting:    

  • All parts of the assignment except for the graphic should be about 3-4 single spaced pages in length, and be in Microsoft Word format, or a format that can be read in Word.
  • Part 3 is an original graphic diagram that should be included in the same document.
  • Compare your work to the Grading Rubric below to be sure you have met content and quality criteria.
  • Your submission should include your last name first in the filename:     Lastname_firstname_Stage_4

GRADING RUBRIC:

The “right” and “wrong” answers have to do with whether or not you correctly incorporated the course vocabulary and concepts from the textbook to support your choices and have addressed all parts of the assignment.

Are any of your assigned resources “over-utilized”? If so, which ones, and why?

Examine each activity in your project schedule and attach a name from the list of resource names from your resource sheet. Ensure that all activities in your project are resourced. Upon completion, your Project Libre file should look similar to the resourced office relocation project example, as follows:

Office Relocation Example_resource_assignments.pod

After assigning resources, click on “View” and “Resource” usage. Examine the tabular report of resource utilization and cost. Further, return to the Gantt view and click on the “Resource Histogram” tab in the upper right-hand corner of the Project Libre display.

Prepare a one page report answering the following questions:

Are any of your assigned resources “over-utilized”? If so, which ones, and why?
What, if any are the cost implications of your resource assignments?
Now that you have viewed the resource report, would you make any changes to your resource assignment? If so, what would you change? If you would not make changes, explain your rationale.reading

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ect Management Institute. (2007). A guide to the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK® Guide). Newtown Square, Pa: Project Management Institute. Section 6.4, 6.5
Kerzner, H. (2017). Project management: a systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. Pages 501-511
Project Libre User Manual Pages 15-18 https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B08DRNpPMjwJT053QzNJenBId1k/edit
Articles

Wheatley, M. (2006). Do more with less. PM Network, 20(3), 28–34.
O’Neil, J. (1999). Short-staffed? Maximize scarce resources with knowledge resource planning. PM Network, 13(2), 37–41.
Shouche, S., Borthakur, A., & Mate, N. (2006). Quantitative project management—use of metrics for effective project management. Paper presented at PMI® Global Congress 2006—Asia Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand. Newtown Square, PA: Project Management Institute.
Zwikael, O. (2009). The relative importance of the PMBOK® guide’s nine knowledge areas during project planning. Project Management Journal, 40(4), 94-103. Retrieved from
Marion, J.W., and Richardson, T.M. (2014). “Using PERT Analysis with Critical Chain Extensions to Facilitate Information Systems Project Schedule Decision-making.” International Journal of Data Analysis and Information Systems
Video

Estimating cost: https://youtu.be/rN0FrDpQNUk

Websites

http://www.pmknowledgecenter.com/dynamic_scheduling/baseline/cost-project-activity-calculating-activity-andor-resource-costs

What factors should researchers consider when selecting sampling methods?

1.What factors should researchers consider when selecting sampling methods?
2, please add a question to continue a topic discussion

Explain how the correlation between strategic management and leadership can help foster a culture focused on sustainable competitive advantage.

Blending the principles you learned in Chapters 4 (Corporate Culture) and 13 (Leadership), in a two-page paper (single-spaced), establish a plausible linkage between cultural norms, leadership effectiveness, and strategic management that will support achieving a sustainable competitive advantage. In your assignment, (1) elaborate on the relevance of the strategic cycle and the planning process,

(2) discuss how imperative nuanced leadership styles (i.e., rigid or boss-centered and organic or subordinate-centered) are during strategic development, and

(3) explain how the correlation between strategic management and leadership can help foster a culture focused on sustainable competitive advantage.

Discuss in detail the three (3) obstacles that inhibit the transfer of training and eight (8) of the nine forms of instruction that support training.

DISCUSSION QUESTION 3-2

MR632 Training and Development

Lesson 3: Putting Training to the Test

Upon completion of the Required Readings, write a thorough, well-planned narrative answer to the following discussion question. Rely on your Required Readings and the Lecture and Research Update for specific information to answer the discussion question, but turn to your original thoughts when asked to apply, evaluate, analyze, or synthesize the information. Your Discussion Question response should be both grammatically and mechanically correct, and formatted in the same fashion as the question itself. If there is a Part A, your response should identify a Part A, etc. In addition, you must appropriately cite all resources used in your responses and document in a bibliography using APA style. . Include the course Text Book in your references; [Employee Training and Development. (6th ed.) Noe, Raymond A. (2013). Boston, MA McGraw-Hill].

Discussion Question 2 (50 points)

Discuss in detail the three (3) obstacles that inhibit the transfer of training and eight (8) of the nine forms of instruction that support training. (50 points) (A l.5-page response is required.)

Required Writing Format: (APA Writing Style).  (A 1.5-Page response is required)

Provide separate reference page for Discussion Question 2-1

No Cover/Title Page (1)

Use the following Format on the First Page (1) on the Top Left Side of the Page.

Student Name

Student Identification Number

Course Number and Title

Assignment Number and Title

Date Submitted:

 

Analyze legitimate concerns that this employee might have that would excuse his or her low productivity.

The line manager in your organization wants to terminate a long-term tenured employee due to the lack of productivity and improvement over the past six months. Your job, as the organization’s HR generalist, is to meet with the employee to fully understand both sides and possibly mediate a solution. In this meeting, you are collecting information on the problem, testing out some of your own theories, and giving and getting feedback to the employee and recording reactions to it. Your goal is to jointly define the problem and make plans to address it.

Tasks
Explain your expectations and goals to this employee.
Develop questions to determine the root cause of the problem.
Analyze legitimate concerns that this employee might have that would excuse his or her low productivity.
Explain how to control the conversation if this employee loses control or if the conversation goes in the wrong direction.

Identify the factors that could be creatingthe deficienciesdescribed in 1, 2, and 3 above

Case Study EssayAlders and Richardson Diagnosing a Problem with the HR DepartmentWriting Style Guidelines and Parameters:Case responses should not exceed 4 pages (this total does notincludecover page and References page). All writing for the Case should adhere to APA formatting regarding spacing (double-spacing), font style (Times New Roman) and font size (12), cover and references page. Responses to case questions must be accurate, detailed, and substantive. Students must support their responses to case questions using in-text citations when the idea or quote to which they are referring is based in the course text or another source. Students, in addition to the course text, may include other sources to strengthen their case question responses. Students should be careful to use credible and scholarly resources. Failure to approximate responses using the above guidelines will result in a lower point total for this component of the course.Spelling, grammar, syntax, punctuation, writing mechanics, and over clarity and accuracy are also evaluated. Signature Assignment # 2: Case Study Essay:Case ContextAlders and Richardson is a medium sized company that manufactures and sells hightech athletic clothing to University Division 4 athletic programs in US and Canada. The company has a flawless reputation for providing high quality clothing that is durable and “performs” for competitive athletes. Alders and Richardson has seen its revenues grow at a steady 7% clip for the last 8 years. However, despite the revenue growth, Alders and Richardson has seen its costs skyrocket. After an internal audit on the performance on each of its departments as “cost centers,” the executive team discovered that much of the cost overrun could be traced directly to the human resources department. As a management consultant specializing in human resource processes, you have been retained by Alders and Richardson to address thisissuein depth. You were told by the company president that the executive management team (the “C-suite team”) has attempted to address the issues with the VP of HR. She has refused to take any blame for the underperformance of HR citing external labor market trends and intense competition within the industry. The first phase of your data gathering process has found the following evidence. First, there has been asteady flow of new hires who do not have the necessary qualifications and competencies required for the wide range of work at Alders and Richardson.Second, established employees are not staying current with cutting edge research, knowledge, skills, and a strong understanding of the manufacturing processes. Third,

talented and high potential employees are leaving Alders and Richardson for other company president after no more than 1 year.As you have taken a closer look at HR, you have observed that the department is following the classic HRM process model. This is, of course, good news for as a consultant who specializes in HR, you put a high degree of importance on clear and structured HR process for organizations such as Alders and Richardson. Nonetheless, there is something unsettling that begins to emerge as you drill down deeper into the way Alders and Richardson’s HR department uses the HR process model. Youhave identified a number of gaps or weaknesses in the way the HRM process modelis being used by Alders and Richardson’s HR department. You have determined that these gaps or weaknesses are directly linked to the 3 data points mentioned earlier. The weaknesses include:

1.HR’s inability to identify, select, and accurately place competent employeesinto positions where strengths are properly aligned with tasks.

2.HR’s failure to provide training and development that address the acquisition of cutting-edge skills and specialized knowledge necessary to perform tasks with excellent and efficiency.

3.HR’s failure to retain high-performing employees. Your report to the senior executive team of Alders and Richardson includes an explanation and recommendation for actions to address the issues in the HR department.Questions:

1.Identify the factors that could be creatingthe deficienciesdescribed in 1, 2, and 3 above

.2.What specific recommendations would you make to the senior leadership team at Alders and Richardson to correctthe deficienciesin each phase of the HRM process that is creating problems for the HR department at Alders and Richardson.

3.What will be the measures or metrics used that would indicate that your recommendations in #2 above are having a positive impact on the Alders and Richardson HR process? What measures or metrics would indicate that your solutions are nothaving the intended impact? 4.What do these HR failures and the VP of HR’s resistance to address these issues suggest about the collaboration and communication on the executive management team?

5.What recommendations would you have for the president of Alders and Richardson regarding the VP of HR and HR’s ongoing under performance?6.What might be the sources of resistance to your recommendations and intervention?