...Associate Level Material Appendix D Goal Evaluation Matrix Choose five of the scenarios in Appendix C and evaluate the goals according to the SMART criteria. Provide support for your evaluation. Goal setter and goal S Is the goal specific? M Is the goal measurable? A Is the goal attainable? R Is the goal realistic? T Is the goal timely? Example: Nikki: She hopes to obtain a different position in her company in 1 to 2 months. Yes She would like to find another job in her company. Yes She will know if she meets her milestones of applying for jobs and preparing for interviews. Yes She already works for the company, so it is possible she can move to a new position. Yes Moving to a new job in a company is easier than finding a job with a new company. No 1 to 2 months is not much time to find another job. Goal: Omar feels he has neglected his health and is ready to make changes in his life. He wants to start by losing 20 pounds. Yes Lose 20 pounds through a doctor-monitored weight-loss program. Yes He will weigh himself weekly just to make sure he is on track.. Yes His company is promoting healthy weight loss in a big campaign. Yes With the support of his family and his job it will make it easier for him to 20 pounds No 12 weeks is plenty of time for him to loose 20 pounds Melissa and her husband have a stable financial situation, but she wants to win the state lottery to make life easier for the family. Yes She will...
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...Dell, Inc. A Strategic Management Case Study October 8, 2013 Sophie Yanez University of the Incarnate Word Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Dell’s Strategy a. Vision Statement b. Mission Statement c. Strategies and Objectives III. Recommended Vision and Mission Statements IV. External Assessment a. Porter’s Five Forces Model b. External Factor Evaluation c. Competitive Profile Matrix V. Internal Assessment a. Value Chain b. Internal Factor Evaluation VI. Porter’s Five Generic Strategy VII. SWOT Analysis a. SPACE Matrix b. Boston Consulting Group Matrix c. Internal-External Matrix VIII. Strategy and Objective Recommendations IX. Recommended Implementation Plan X. Strategy Review and Evaluation References Appendixes I. Introduction Dell was founded in 1985 under the name, PCs Limited by Michael Dell who at the time was a college student of the University of Texas. In 1988 the company’s name was changed to Dell Computer Corporation. The company is headquartered in Round Rock, Texas and is the world's #3 supplier of Personal Computers (PC) behind HP who ranks as #2 and Lenovo who ranks as #1 (According to IDC worldwide quarterly PC tracker). Dell provides a broad range of technology products for the consumer, education, enterprise, and government sectors. In addition to its line of desktop and notebook PCs, Dell offers network servers, data storage systems, printers, ethernet switches, and peripherals, such as displays and...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix D Goal Evaluation Matrix Choose five of the scenarios in Appendix C and evaluate the goals according to the SMART criteria. Provide support for your evaluation. Goal setter and goal S Is the goal specific? M Is the goal measurable? A Is the goal attainable? R Is the goal realistic? T Is the goal timely? Example: Nikki: She hopes to obtain a different position in her company in 1 to 2 months. Yes She would like to find another job in her company. Yes She will know if she meets her milestones of applying for jobs and preparing for interviews. Yes She already works for the company, so it is possible she can move to a new position. Yes Moving to a new job in a company is easier than finding a job with a new company. No 1 to 2 months is not much time to find another job. Jie: In a month she hopes to gain 1.5 pounds each week in a healthy way. Yes She would like to be 5 pounds heavier. Yes If she sticks to the eating plan by eating more than she rarely does. Yes She is young, by exercising will build up her metabolism. Eating more carbs will give her the extra boost to gain the pounds she needs. Yes It is easy for a woman to gain weight than to lose weight. 5 pounds will be easy for her for a month’s period. Yes 1 month is giving herself plenty of time to gain 1.5 per week. 5 pounds in a month. Lawrence: He wants to have enough money for a car one year from now. ...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix D Goal Evaluation Matrix Choose five of the scenarios in Appendix C and evaluate the goals according to the SMART criteria. Provide support for your evaluation. | |S |M |A |R |T | |Goal setter and goal |Is the goal specific? |Is the goal measurable? |Is the goal attainable? |Is the goal realistic? |Is the goal timely? | | |Yes |Yes |Yes |Yes |Yes | |Lawrence: | | | | | | |He wants to purchase a second |He would like to get a second |If by the end of a year they |He plans on saving $300 a month|If the family saves they will |1 year should be plenty of time| |vehicle for his family so that |vehicle. |have 4,000 saved. |just for the car. |be able to afford a new car. |to save up. | |his wife and children have more | | | ...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix D Goal Evaluation Matrix Choose five of the scenarios in Appendix C and evaluate the goals according to the SMART criteria. Provide support for your evaluation. Goal setter and goal | SIs the goal specific? | MIs the goal measurable? | AIs the goal attainable? | RIs the goal realistic? | TIs the goal timely? | Example:Nikki:She hopes to obtain a different position in her company in 1 to 2 months. | YesShe would like to find another job in her company. | YesShe will know if she meets her milestones of applying for jobs and preparing for interviews. | YesShe already works for the company, so it is possible she can move to a new position. | YesMoving to a new job in a company is easier than finding a job with a new company. | No1 to 2 months is not much time to find another job. | Scenario 2:Jie has always been underweight and wants to improve her health and stamina by gaining 5 pounds | YesTo gain 5 pounds in 1 month in a healthy way. | YesShe will go from underweight to normal weigh to become healthier. | YesWith proper diet and exercise. | Yes Yes she plans to gain 1.5 pounds per week so that would total 6 pounds in a month | YesShe can definitely gain 5 pounds in one month. | Scenario 3:Lawrence hopes to buy a second car for his family. | YesSave enough money for a car. | YesIf he can stick to saving the amount of money he has planned to save. | YesHe has a plan to pay off the car. | No He has a lot of other expenses...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix D Goal Evaluation Matrix Choose five of the scenarios in Appendix C and evaluate the goals according to the SMART criteria. Provide support for your evaluation. | |S |M |A |R |T | |Goal setter and goal |Is the goal specific? |Is the goal measurable? |Is the goal attainable? |Is the goal realistic? |Is the goal timely? | |James: |Yes |No. |No. |No |Yes | |Play middle linebacker for the | | | | | | |San Diego Chargers |He wants to be a linebacker. |He has to find someone that |In order to be a professional |It looks like he hasn’t played |It will take a lot of time to | | | |will sign him in a contract. |athlete one must be playing |this sport before. His age, and|get into shape and finding a | | | | |that sport for...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix D Goal Evaluation Matrix Choose five of the scenarios in Appendix C and evaluate the goals according to the SMART criteria. Provide support for your evaluation. | |S |M |A |R |T | |Goal setter and goal |Is the goal specific? |Is the goal measurable? |Is the goal attainable? |Is the goal realistic? |Is the goal timely? | | | | | | | | |Jie: |Yes |Yes |Yes |Yes |Yes | |She has been underweight and |She would like to gain 5 pounds|She will need to gain 1.5 |By gaining 5 pounds, her BMI |Eating a high calorie diet she |1 month from now she can gain 5| |wants to improve her health and |in 1 month in a healthy way. |pounds per week to reach her |could go from underweight to |can gain her 5 pounds in 1 |pounds | |stamina by gaining 5 pounds. | |milestone. |normal weight...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix D Goal Evaluation Matrix Choose five of the scenarios in Appendix C and evaluate the goals according to the SMART criteria. Provide support for your evaluation. | |S |M |A |R |T | |Goal setter and goal |Is the goal specific? |Is the goal measurable? |Is the goal attainable? |Is the goal realistic? |Is the goal timely? | |Jie: |Yes |Yes |Yes |Yes |No | | | | | | | | |Wants to gain 5 lbs in 1 month. |She is tired of being sick and |Her milestone is to gain 1.5 lbs|If she eats more carbs and other|It is something that |It might be hard to lose even 5 | | |wants to become healthy and |a week. If she meets this |foods that will help her gain |realistically could be done if |pounds in a month if it is hard | | |increase her BMI so she is not |criteria she could...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix D Goal Evaluation Matrix Choose five of the scenarios in Appendix C and evaluate the goals according to the SMART criteria. Provide support for your evaluation. | |S |M |A |R |T | |Goal setter and goal |Is the goal specific? |Is the goal measurable? |Is the goal attainable? |Is the goal realistic? |Is the goal timely? | |James: |Yes |Yes |Yes |No, |No | |Wants to pursue his high school |James wants to play in the NFL |James can go to open tryouts |There has been walk on players |James would be competing |James is already in his late | |dream of playing for the San |for a specific team and |for the team and receive |in the NFL so I cannot say it |against people in their 20’s |30’s and his timeline it 2 | |Diego Chargers. |specific position on the team. |feedback from the coaches. |is impossible, but I would bet |that have played at the college|years to achieve his goal. Late| | | | |it is less than...
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...Wal-Mart’s Strategic Plan Presented By Samantha Akkad, Tina Chelune, Christina Coppola, Serina Lacey and Amanda Sentelle BMGT495-7380 University of Maryland; University College Professor Christian Berger November 22, 2011 Table of Contents Company Background 3 Vision & Mission Statement 3 Industry Analysis 4 Competitive Analysis 5 Financial Analysis 6 SWOT & QSPM Analysis 6 Strategy Recommendation 7 Action Plan 9 Conclusion 10 Appendix One- External Factor Evaluation Matrix for Walmart 11 Appendix Two- Internal Factor Evaluation Matrix for Walmart 12 Appendix Three- Walmart’s Competitive Profile Matrix (CPM) 13 Appendix Four- Financial Ratios 2010 Fiscal Year 14 Appendix Five- Walmart SWOT Matrix 15 Appendix Six- Porter Five Forces Model 16 Appendix Seven-Action Plan 17 References 18 Company Background Wal-Mart was founded in 1962 by Sam Walton with the first store opening in Rogers, Arkansas. Incorporated on October 31, 1969 and became publicly traded in 1972. What Sam Walton set out to accomplish when opening the first Wal-Mart store in 1962 was to save people money and to help them live better. Wal-Mart serves customers more than 200 million times per week at over 9,800 retail outlets located in 28 countries (Walmart, 2011). Retail outlets offer a wide variety of products, with stores having over 30 departments...
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...SAMPLE RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN INTRODUCTION The following guidelines have been developed to assist employees to meet the intent and to gain the benefits of our organisations Risk Management Policy. The overall aim of the risk management program is to ensure that our organisation is able to meet its strategic, operational and compliance goals and objectives in an environment of possible risks. We recognise that our organisation will have to incur risks in the pursuit of its business and corporate objectives. The purpose of these guidelines is to provide a consistent framework which will assist all employees to recognise and manage risks inherent in the conduct of their activities We encourage all employees to act in ways which controls and treat risks in order to minimise potential injures, damage to assets and setbacks which will adversely affect our organisations pursuit of excellence and leadership. SCOPE These guidelines apply to all departments within our organisation and its controlled entities. They apply to all Departments, Divisions, Centres, controlled entities and joint ventures. RESPONSIBILBITIES As per the Risk Management Policy, risk management is a whole-of-organisation activity. All members of our organisation have a role to play; in particular, staff should take an active role in the identification of potential business and operational risks facing their department or Division, programs, research, business or work unit and take steps to successfully...
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...Capital Budget Policy and Process Vernita Davis-Knight Susan Friguglietti Edna Primas Ronald Rehn University of Phoenix-Online February 27, 2008 Capital Budget Policy and Process Capital budgeting is the process by which capital investment decisions are made. Capital can be described as an organization’s operating assets (Diamond, Hanson &, Murphy, 1994). The capital budgeting process includes "planning, setting goals and priorities, arranging financing, and identifying criteria for making long-term investments" (Diamond et al., 1994, p. 463). Previously, capital budgets were known as plant and equipment budgets (Berman, Kukla &, Weeks, 1994). As the previous term implies, most capital expenditures are long-term investments for plant or equipment investments. Most, if not all, organizations have limited financial resources and must decide how to invest the financial resources for the best advantage of the organization. Capital investment decisions have a significant impact on the organization since large amounts of the organization’s resources are at risk for extended periods of time. This makes capital budgeting one of the most important decision making opportunities an organization can undertake (Diamond et al., 1994). There are two basic types of capital budgeting projects, independent projects and mutually exclusive projects. The independent project does not affect the cash flow of other projects. That is, regardless of whether the project is accepted...
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...CRANEFIELD COLLEGE OF PROJECT AND PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT GROUP/INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT FOR MODULE Project Management: Perspective, Planning and Implementation (ACPM02) Please include the following declaration: “I/We hereby declare that this assignment is entirely my/our own work, and that it has not previously been submitted to any other Higher Education Institution. I/We also declare that all published and unpublished sources have been fully acknowledged and properly referenced. This includes figures, tables and exhibits. Where modified by me/us, this has also been indicated.” |Print Name |Signature |ID Number | |Wesley Lombard | |8409045107088 | |Ian Stewart | |8006075214089 | |Nicholas Mkhabele | |8905075297087 | |Siyanda Mfeka | |8501265486083 | |Lucky Tsolo | |7801165901087 | |Phethile Lubisi ...
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...Running Head: PROJECT PROGESS REPORT 1 Project Progress Report The City of Charming – Ocean View Resort Project Magenta Construction, Inc. November 29, 2012 Courtney Bocage, Lyndsie DeVito, Keayan Emory, Kelli Keith, Atsoh Nyindem Project Progress 2 Change History Date changed October 2, 2012 October 3, 2012 Change details Added the Responsibility Matrix Increased the City of Charming’s budget from $25M to $100M Increased the number of parking spaces from 600 to 800 Added the Project Communication Plan Added the Project Team Organization section Added the Project Schedule section and the work breakdown structure Phases were updated to include three tiers and then three phases within the construction tier Added the Roles and Responsibilities table Changed the working days constraint to include working days of only Monday – Friday, instead of Monday – Saturday Added the Project Cost Estimation section and the cash flow analysis section Added the Risk Management Plan Added Overallocated Resources and Project Crashing section Added the Crystal Ball risk analysis/cost uncertainty tables Removed “Designer” staff Working days were setup as Monday – Friday in the MS Project WBS We originally had only included the construction phases and had to create a place for the pre- and post-construction work Reason for change (if applicable) For the length and detail of the project, $100M is a more realistic budget. For 600 hotel rooms, 800 spaces were more realistic. ...
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...PROJECT MANAGEMENT Launching the First Hamleys Toy Shop In Vietnam Table of Content 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 2. PROJECT PURPOSE/JUSTIFICATION 1 2.1. Business need/Case 1 2.2. Business objectives 1 3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 1 3.1. Project objectives and success criteria 1 3.2. Constraint 2 3.3. Assumptions 2 3.4. Preliminary Scope Statement 2 4. RISK 3 4.1. Risk Assessment Form 3 4.2. Risk Assessment Matrix 4 5. PROJECT DELIVERABLES 4 6. PROJECT APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS 4 7. SUMMARY MILESTONE SCHEDULE 5 8. WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE 7 9. COST BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE 8 10. PROJECT MANAGER 9 11. AUTHORIZATION 9 12. REFERENCES 10 13. APPENDIX 10 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Hamleys is the finest toy shop known and trusted all over the world. Since its establishment in 1970, it has developed the wide chain of shops in many countries. To access more customers and to expand to new potential market in Asia, Hamleys Toy has planned to launch this brand in Vietnam market in 2015. This project is to handle preparation process to set up new store and organize the launching event of this brand in Vietnam 2. PROJECT PURPOSE/JUSTIFICATION 3.1. Business need/Case The major purpose of this project management is to prepare to set up the first Hamleys Toy shop and to organize the launching event in Vietnam. Even one of the most rapid developing countries in Asia with high GDP and the increase of income in middle-income population, Vietnam have still underdeveloped...
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