Identify the Key Activities and Key Partners elements of your business’ model canvas.
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Why is gender D&I important for the company and this industry? And 2)Does a good gender representation in teams improves overall engagement levels which is directly correlated with team’s productivity.
Assignment Task Two Budgets and Cost Planning
Using the data in the scenario, prepare a fully itemised cost plan for the project to include the provision of contingencies.
Determine a basis for the provision of contingency within the cost plan (for example, adopting a flat rate for the entire project or risk-related rates for different elements or phases). Make a clear recommendation, stating your reasoning.
10 marks
Using the cash flow data, prepare an initial project appraisal and identify the Payback Period; Return on Capital (RoC); and Net Present Value of the project to support a business case for presentation to the client’s Board. Use a discount rate of 4% per annum.
With the main contractor having left site, additional site management resources will be required to co-ordinate and control the fit-out works for each retail and food unit as well as specialist equipment to be installed in hospitality areas, the TV Studio and Media Centre.
Prepare a resource budget for the assistant project managers and administration assistant (assume that no additional office accommodation is required).
Develop a week-by-week resource histogram (column chart) showing the number of assistant project managers required.
Analyse this data and, using the PERT technique, assess the probability of the arena construction works being completed before the end of December 2023.
What conclusions do you make as a result of your findings?
10 marks
Using the Earned Value approach determine the following:
Calculate the estimated cost of the arena construction at completion.
Calculate the estimated total duration of the arena construction and identify the estimated completion date.
Analyse this information with respect to the project plan you prepared in response to task one and prepare a “traffic light” progress report indicating the status of each task on the following basis:
Red Stage in progress falling more than 5% behind plan
Amber Stage in progress (broadly in line with plan) or not yet started
Green Stage completed or at least 5% ahead of plan
What conclusions do you draw?
10 marks
Research questions and hypotheses: Provide research questions and null and alternative hypotheses that align with the research objectives and problems. For example:
What is the relationship between Promotion 1 and sales revenue?
Ho1 (null hypothesis): There is no statistically significant correlation between Promotion 1 (independent variable) and sales revenue (dependent variable).
Ha1 (alternative hypothesis): There is a statistically significant correlation between Promotion 1 and sales revenue.
What is the relationship between Promotion 2 and sales revenue?
There is no statistically significant correlation between Promotion 2 and sales revenue.
There is a statistically significant correlation between Promotion 2 and sales revenue.
Are there differences in return on investment (ROI) between the various promotions?
There are no statistically significant differences in ROI between Promotion 1 and Promotion 2.
There are statistically significant differences in ROI between Promotion 1 and Promotion 2.
Discuss appraisal interviews and select and defend a strategy for reducing anxiety for the manager and the employee. Use a minimum of four sources in addition to the textbook
For the given data, is there any evidence of adverse impact against any race, sex, or ethnic group (provide all of your calculations with your answer). If so, against which protected group?
If the total selection process for a job has no adverse impact, should the individual components of the selection system be evaluated for adverse impact? Why or why not?
If there is evidence of adverse impact in selection, what kind of action should be taken?
Explain how this document will be used on your project, and why it is important.
Provide an outline of the project’s business case:
What will the project do? / deliver?
What is the key success criteria for the project?
How can we be sure that the project meets the business case?
How does this project adhere to the DSDM 8 principles?
What is the rationale for the project? Explain the reason why the project is needed.
Outline your approach to the project (surmising the AGILE approach you are taking), and explain why you think that this would be a good approach for this specific project.
Provide an outline of the key roles and responsibilities that are required on your project team.
How / when will the team meet to discuss the project? Will you use the daily stand-up? Facilitated workshop sessions?
How will you report on the progress of the project? Timebox approach / demonstration approach
How will you understand the performance of the team in delivering the requirements on this project?
Write a 2000-word essay in which you discuss and critically evaluate an appropriate research methodology and method[s] to investigate the topic of “consumer behaviour and incentives to encourage the use of reusable containers” for Starbucks.
What is Cost Management Plan?
Why do we perform cost management plan on projects (what’s the big picture goal)?
The challenges of cultural differences and ways in which these might be
managed if this venture is to function effectively:Discuss?
The challenges associated with recruitment and selection of staff at all
levels and ways in which these might be managed if the venture is to
function effectively.
The challenges of expatriation and repatriation and ways in which
these might be managed if the venture is to function effectively.
The challenges of employment relations and regulations for staff at all
levels and the ways in which these might be managed if the venture is to function effectively.
