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Critically discuss the basic change process beginning with the formation of IMAR and ending with the existence of a number of funded projects carried out by university researchers.

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Case study

Assignment Question(s):

Refer to the case study titled “Planned Change in an Underorganized System” given on Page number 36, Chapter 2 in your textbook and answer the following questions:

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  1. Critically discuss the basic change process beginning with the formation of IMAR and ending with the existence of a number of funded projects carried out by university researchers. (3 marks)
  2. Which model of planned change has been used in the case from your point of view? and why? (3 marks)
  3. Based on what you have learned about positive model, action research model and the general model of planned change, were there any important steps omitted from the IMAR change process? Were there any extra steps included in the IMAR change process? Please explain. (3 marks)
  4. Discuss the main challenges faced by the team during the change process. (3 marks)
  5. Critically evaluate the change process and if you were the consultant what would you have done differently to improve the process? (3 marks)

For each part (A,B,C) What phase of the project life cycle is each project in ? Explain. What are the two important things you learned about working on projects from the case ? Why are they important ? Explain for each part (A,B,C).

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Assignment-1-Case Study

Assignment Purposes/Learning Outcomes:

After completion of Assignment-1 students will able to understand the

  1. Defining the concepts, theories and approaches of project management. (L.O-1.1)
  2. Recognize the steps of planning process in the project management. (L.O-1.2)
  3. Analyze to work effectively and efficiently as a team member for project related cases. (L.O-3.1)

 

Assignment Question:       (Marks 15)

Read the Case-1.2 “The Hokies Lunch Group.”  from Chapter 1 “Modern Project Management” given in your textbook – Project Management: The Managerial Process 8th edition by Larson and Gray page no: 24-27 also refer to specific concepts you have learned from the chapter to support your answers. Answer the following questions for Part-A, Part-B, Part-C of the case study.

  1. For each part (A,B,C) What phase of the project life cycle is each project in ? Expain (2 Marks each for A,B,C) Total (6Marks).
  2. What are the two important things you learned about working on projects from the case ? Why are they important ? Explain for each part (A,B,C) (2.5 Marks each for A,B, C) Total (7.5 Marks).
  3. Describe the characters of “The Hokies Lunch Group”? (1.5 Marks)

Describe your most important company strengths and core competencies: What factors will make the company succeed? What do you think your major competitive strengths will be? What background experience, skills, and strengths do you personally bring to this new venture?

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An entrepreneur Start-up

Business Plan

A business plan is any simple plan, not only limited to the business start-up plan that helps the management to understand the current situation of the enterprises (strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats) and look forward into the future. A start-up plan is a business plan which consists of the mission, vision, objectives and action plans for the future of the new enterprises while the business plan drawn during the operation of the firm is vital for running the firm effectively, acquire new customers, partners, loans and so on. According to Fiore (2005), a business plan involves two dimensions; an organizing tool to simplify and clarify your business goals and strategy, the second one is a selling document that sells the business idea and shows that a product or a service can make a profit and attract funding and company resources.

Imagine you started a new business as an entrepreneur in Saudi Arabia. Briefly mention the specific steps which you consider necessary to a successful business plan.

Please, think and share information on the following items:

  1. Owners, capital structure and company profile (3 Marks)
  2. Your Business Name, Address, E‐Mail
  3.  Form of ownership: What is the legal structure? Sole proprietor, Partnership, Corporation….
  4. Investment capital
  5. Company Business Description (300 – 400 words)
  6. Scope and type of business (5 Marks)

What business will you be in? What will you do? What market segment will you choose?

  • Business idea: what is your big idea? Is it a product or a service? What makes your idea different?
  • Mission Statement
  • Company’s short-term and long-term goals and objectives.
  • Target market and demographics: Who will your customers be? Where do they live? What is your target market passionate about?

Business Philosophy (4 Marks)

What is important to you in your business?

  • Describe your Industry: Is it a growth industry? What long-term or short-term changes do you foresee in the industry? How will your company take advantage of it?
  • Describe your most important company strengths and core competencies: What factors will make the company succeed? What do you think your major competitive strengths will be? What background experience, skills, and strengths do you personally bring to this new venture?
  • Risk Assessment: Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your business using SWOT.
  • Who is your competition and how do you beat them?

Products and Services (3 Marks)

  1. Briefly discuss your products or services (Technical specification).
  2. Size of business: how many employees? How many offices and retail facilities?
  3. What factors will give you competitive advantages or disadvantages? Examples, include level of quality or unique or proprietary features.

          

Note: Use APA style of referencing

Draft an outline for your Essay on Community and paste it in the space below.

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Essay Outline

LOs: #professionalism; #organization
Draft an outline for your Essay on Community and paste it in the space below. Your outline should contain the following:

  1. A thesis statement at the top
  2. A short, 1-2 sentence summary of each paragraph
  3. For each paragraph, list an example, source, or piece of evidence you’re planning to use and an explanation of how the paragraph supports your thesis or central claim.
  4. A conclusion statement that emphasizes the significance of your argument

Your outline should be structured so that your instructor can tell how the paragraphs are connected and how you’re using evidence to support your thesis.
If you need additional guidance on outlining or would like to see examples, please refer to this guide on the Purdue OWL website.

Read the first 13 pages of the attached paper which discusses the effect of government intervention on recessions. Locate two JOURNAL articles which discuss this topic further. Summarize these journal articles.

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Effect of government intervention on recessions

1. Read the first 13 pages of the attached paper which discusses the effect of government intervention on recessions. https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/78053/1/MPRA_paper…

2. Locate two JOURNAL articles which discuss this topic further. You need to focus on the Abstract, Introduction, Results, and Conclusion. For our purposes, you are not expected to fully understand the Data and Methodology.

3. Summarize these journal articles. Please use your own words. No copy-and-paste. Cite your sources.

Write a reflection paper on the impact of alcohol and drugs on your future.

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Reflection paper

Write a reflection paper on the impact of alcohol and drugs on your future.

Is there particular misunderstanding about the topic on the part of the public? What is the nature of this misunderstanding? Why is there a gap between popular conceptions/misunderstandings and available information that is accurate?

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Literature Review

Students will complete a formal literature review pertaining to Vaccination Reluctance and Public Health The literature review is the culminating document of the research you conducted for the annotated bibliography and the research proposal. The primary purpose of a literature review is to provide a review of the most important research (“literature”) related to a given topic and to compare and analyze that research and literature to give a complete picture of/background on the topic.

You will need a total of 10 sources (See sources below from original work). Think strategically about what kinds of sources you need in order to provide a comprehensive assessment of the topic in relation to the research question(s). You do not need to spend an equal amount of time analyzing and interpreting each source, but you do need to address each of them substantively in the literature review. This is the basis of all serious argumentation before scholars even make their actual argument.

  • Give a detailed overview of the topic in relation to your research question.
  • Analyze and critique the sources you have collected in a way that illuminates the topic in relation to your research question—be sure you’re giving a complete overview of the topic and perspectives on it, and be absolutely sure that your sources are substantive and highly credible.
  • What are the major perspectives on the topic? Which seem credible, and which do not—and why?
  • Is there disagreement among experts and/or practitioners about the topic? What is the nature of those disagreements? Does one case seem to have more evidence in its favor?
  • Is there particular misunderstanding about the topic on the part of the public? What is the nature of this misunderstanding? Why is there a gap between popular conceptions/misunderstandings and available information that is accurate?
  • In conclusion, propose an answer or answers to the primary research question, as your review of the literature gives evidence. This is your Research Proposal thesis. You will not dwell on proving your position but rather focus on what highly credible sources argue about the topic.

Prepare a Fishbone Diagram, listing the inputs to the process variability. In addition to the diagram itself, a description of each input and why it is important. Prepare Pareto Charts for the data you are being provided. Discuss the change(s) you are proposing to the process, and WHY you are making this change(s).

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Term Project Part 3 Analyze

In this phase, you will prepare several of the critical problem root cause identification tools commonly used in the Six Sigma Process.

Note:

In addition, you will prepare a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for use by the departments when this process is implemented. This should be Step 5 on your project sheet

Part 3 (Analyze)

Analyze Phase:

In this phase, you will prepare several of the critical problem root cause identification tools commonly used in the Six Sigma Process.

  1. Prepare a Fishbone Diagram, listing the inputs to the process variability. In addition to the diagram itself, a description of each input and why it is important.
  2. Prepare Pareto Charts for the data you are being provided.
  3. Discuss the change(s) you are proposing to the process, and WHY you are making this change(s).
  4. Prepare a REVISED Flowchart of the process with the changes incorporated.

Demonstrate your knowledge and understanding about interpersonal communication through analysis of a particular interpersonal relationship.

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Interpersonal communication/relationship

PURPOSE:

The purpose of this paper is to apply multiple interpersonal communication concepts and theories we covered throughout this course to the relational experience you choose. In other words, what you are doing is putting together theory (course concepts) and practice (your personal life world).

TOPIC:

You will demonstrate your knowledge and understanding about interpersonal communication through analysis of a particular interpersonal relationship. For example, you may want to examine elements of cultural communication with a new friend; conflict with a roommate, parent or within your family; listening skills with a romantic partner; power issues with a co-worker; forgiveness with a friend, etc. You may need or wish to include more than one friend, roommate, family member, partner, etc.– perhaps to make a comparison. While your analysis may draw on concepts from various chapters, it should support your overall thesis (that is, the focus statement of your paper).

INSTRUCTIONS:

Choose and apply at least 10 concepts or theories from any bolded term in our textbook or found in the Key Concepts list at the end of each chapter. This will allow you to apply a scholarly, informed analysis

Who do you believe is likely to be a victim? Have you ever been fearful of a crime occurring to you or your family? What do you believe about victims that you hear about?

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Perceptions of Deviance, Crime, Victims, and Justice

The media informs many viewers of deviance and crime, victims of crime, and justice in society. Consider and describe the following:

  • Where do you get your information about:
    • Deviant behavior
    • Crime
    • Victims of crime
    • Justice for victims
  • Describe your perception of
    • Deviant behavior
      • What behavior is deviant according to your values?
    • Crime
      • What do you believe is the root or cause of crime?
      • What types of crimes do you believe happen most?
      • Who do you believe commits crime?
    • Victims of crime
      • Who do you believe is likely to be a victim?
      • Have you ever been fearful of a crime occurring to you or your family?
      • What do you believe about victims that you hear about?
    • Justice for victims
      • How do you see justice handled in our society?
      • What form of punishment do you see as being effective or ineffective?
  • Did you learn anything specific from the textbook that has changed your perception? What did you learn and which perception did it change?

 

Write a 500 word paper that addresses the above questions.

Cultural Representations of Social Class

Write a 500 word essay answering the following questions.

  • In what ways does culture related to social class impact identityand pride within specific social classes?
  • In what ways does culture help keep others outside of a specific social class?
  • Would the answers you given make it more difficult for someone from a lower social class to “pass”as someone from a higher class or would it make it more difficult for someone from a higher social class to “pass” as someone from a lower class? Why?
  • Why do most people stay in the same social class into which they were born?

 

Gender Messages

Write a 500 word paper about the three main institutions in gender socialization, family, school, and the media. In your paper also:

  • Describe how these institutions affect gender-socialization.
  • Be sure to include contemporary issues and terminology from our textbook to support your descriptions.

Stereotypes

Think back to the stereotypes that you have seen in the past.

write a 750 word, APA style paper that addresses the following:

  • List a few of the stereotypes or types of stereotypes.
  • In what ways do they exaggerate the group?
  • What aspects do you believe are true?
  • Why do you believe they are true?
  • Think back to the stereotypes that you have seen over the past.
  • What is your perspective of people who used those stereotypes?

TOTAL OF 2250 WORDS

MAKE SURE EACH IS DONE IN APA FORMAT AND SEPARATED BY TITLE