...Running head: CASE STUDY XYZ Case Study XYZ: An Examination of Project Procurement Management Practices Group 12 John Doe Jane Smith Bobbie Sue University of Maryland University College Project Procurement Management, Semester XXXX, Section XXXX Professor Stephen R. Guth MMMM DD, YYYY [No Abstract or Introduction required for this assignment] The Inception Phase Rating Scale: 5—Excellent, 4—Very Good, 3—Good, 2—Poor, 1—Very Poor |Project Management Area |Inception Phase | |Scope Management | | |Time Management | | |Cost Management | | |Quality Management | | |Human Resource Management | | |Communication Management | | |Risk Management | | |Procurement Management | ...
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...Kim Nguyen 2/17/16 HCM 3020 002 Case Study 1 The group that I was put in was group number two. In our group we discussed the cost and benefits of high turnover and how to reduce things. These are increases cost of turnover are since company’s hire new employee they would need to be trained. By that employee would need to stop what they are doing and take their time to train others. Companies would need to spend money on supplies since employee need to use things to get things done. Supplies would include name badges, tags, uniforms, and badges to get access to the office when it is locked. When companies hire they need to spend money for background checks as well as medical screening. Some companies even get employee cell phones to keep in contact or emergencies or even need to communicate. Since people quit from their job this company would be short staff which makes it a low quality of work. The benefits of reducing turnover would be high productivity, lower of supplies, quality of work increases, and time management. In the case the company would spend less money. The cost of turnover rate is that we wanted to change the managers. By that we want to improve managers in order to be professional and how they can be better managers, more training for them, loss of replacement of managers, and give more benefits. In group one I believed they didn’t really say anything. They have stated to bring moral down, and to keep employee motivated. By keeping those motivated have...
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...In this case study there will be several problems that are encountered and solutions to them as well. Carl Robins is the individual that encountered some problems, in the hiring of some employees that he had hired and was ill prepared for at the time. There were issues that needed to be resolved before he could finish the hiring process. In order to do the job correctly he needed to go through all the steps that would need to be taken. Carl Robins is a campus recruiter for ABC Inc. he hired fifteen new hires that would work for Monica Carrolls, the Operations Supervisor. He found himself in tough spot and it all started out by poor timing Carl hired fifteen new hires, and he assured Monica the Operations Supervisor that all details would get taken care of and for her not to worry. When hiring the new employees, Carl had to make sure that all paper work was in order and that all files were up to date. He had a lot of work to do and quite some time to do it in. All fifteen new hires were initially hired in April, and Monica had called in mid-May to see about orientation packets and schedules etc. Things needed to get done and they were not getting done by the looks of it. Carl was stressing out and tried to decide how he was going to deal with the situation. To say the least, it was a matter of timing and how he used it. Carl had about thirty plus days to get all the work done. He had time to make sure that all the files were in order and that all the new hires had time to make...
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...Zach Duncan Mergers and Acquisitions Arcadian Microarray Technologies, Inc. Professor Singer FIN 439.001 11/17/2009 Executive Summary Rodney Chu, an investment manager from Sierra Capital Partners, is interested in purchasing a 60% equity interest of Arcadian Microarray Technologies, Inc., a biotechnology firm. Currently, the bid is at $40 million. The managers of Arcadian have optimistic projections for their firms’ performance over the next 11 years. However, Sierra has their own calculations, and they have come up with a much more conservative view. At the request of Mr. Chu, a fair bid price is to be calculated along with any appropriate counterproposals. Appropriate steady state growth rates and terminal values are to be included and explained. Problem The current forecast assumptions for Arcadian Microarray Technologies and Sierra Capital Partners represent a very optimistic scenario and a very conservative scenario respectively. First off, Arcadian management believes that the “DNA microarray technology [will] pay off dramatically and quickly; [and] that by the year 2013 the firm’s revenues would top $1 billion.” However, it seems to me that Arcadian is understating its risk and has assumed an astronomical steady state growth rate of 7%. Under these conditions, Arcadian would be assuming that they would be able to sustain a 6% business growth rate on top of a 2% inflation rate (given on pg. 599). ...
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...SAMPLE CASE COPY TO REFERENCE WITH ASSIGNMENTS Your Name _____________ ID# (XXXXXXX) Date _______ Course Busi 1301 Section ___ Chapter# ___ Case# ___ Case Title: Harry Potter and the Wizards of Public Relations 1. What would you suggest that Scholastic do to increase sales of earlier Harry Potter books through public relations? Answer: Scholastic's should use the current publicity it has regarding its new books to promote its previous books. The previous books are old news, so a news release about the book would not be very newsworthy. However, while the new books are receiving attention from the media and books stores, Scholastic can sell many copies of older Harry Potter books. For Scholastic to sale early Harry Potter books they are going to have to use sales promotions that attract new customers or encourage current customers to buy the old books. Since the books are part of a series, it is important that readers read all of the books. So first time readers will have to start at the beginning, meaning there is still a market for these books. Scholastic should use techniques to appeal to new markets to capture new readers. One of the best possible markets is to children who have recently developed their reading ability level to that of the novels. This market is going to be a lot younger than the current market, so different marketing techniques will need to be used. Many of these techniques can be similar to the ones the company used when they introduced...
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...should make sense and contain reputable or honest data. Another consideration is the data should be validated (Christensen, Johnson, & Turner, 2010). This can be done through peer-reviews to see if the data makes sense and has been known in other cases. This can also be done through other resources that have stated and proven similar facts. A third consideration is that the data is non-numerical and exploratory (Christensen, Johnson, & Turner, 2010). Many times there is some confusion between qualitative and quantitative research as qualitative research focuses on narrative or pictures while I would prefer more numerical data. 2. What factors should go into determining the sample size used in a qualitative study? When conducting research, quality sampling may be characterized by the number and selection of subjects or observations. Obtaining a sample size that is appropriate in both regards is critical for many reasons (Patel, Doku, and Tennakoon, 2003. A large sample size is more representative of the population, limiting the influence of outliers or extreme observations. A sufficiently large sample size is also necessary to produce results among variables that are significantly different (Patel, Doku, and Tennakoon, 2003). Sample size is also important for economic and ethical reasons. 3. Given that the researcher is considered an instrument in qualitative research, what are the implications for potential bias with this researcher role? How can a researcher minimize this...
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...Case Study Question 1 What is a Case Study? “A case study is an observational method that provides a description of an individual” (Cozby & Bates, 2012). The sample size in a case study usually only consists of a single person or organization, but by design only studies one single social phenomenon. They typically use field-related research to produce qualitative data and help to prepare for future qualitative research. Question 2 What are Some Reasons for Using a Case Study Approach? Case studies are useable within the social sciences to help explain rare circumstances or behaviors. In the world of music, the ability to name correctly and consistently an audible pitch without relating it to any other pitches is an extremely coveted talent. One case study by Lucinda Pearl Boggs (1907) provided qualitative data on a participant known as Miss C. Disinukes, who possessed the gift of perfect pitch. Boggs discovered that Miss Disinukes began learning about music at an extremely young age, and that she had very talented, musical grandparents. This research sparked further quantitative research to test whether having early musical education aids in the development of perfect pitch. Question 3 What are Some Advantages and Disadvantages of Using this Approach? Like pilot studies, case studies are very helpful in exploring a topic on a smaller scale initially and beginning a larger product using the data gathered in the case study. For example, a researcher may be studying...
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...Strategies to Test Theories: -Descriptive -Correlational -Experimental Descriptive (systematic observation) Three Types: 1) Case Study (oldest descriptive method) -Study one or more individuals in great depth -e.g.Sigmond Freud -studied people with psychological disorders in Vienna -extrapolated on personality in general using info. from these people -Problem: the person or people you select may be so abnormal that data based on them is misleading -Today: case studies are used with brain damage patients -e.g. how strake victims speak provides information on the role of the brain in language - from this we learned that language is mostly in the left hemisphere and there are two separate areas involved, one for speaking and one for understanding 2) The Survey -Asks many people to report their behavior or opinions -e.g. election surveys, sex on campus by the “Times” -can be used to compare cultures -Trying to make a statement about a large group of people -You can’t usually ask all of the people you are interested in (called the target population), so you get a subset of the population -this subset is called a sample -For the results to be reasonable, the sample must be random, meaning that every individual in the population has an equal chance of being picked for the sample -If the sample is not random, you can get erroneous conclusions -e.g. book Women in Love only used the data from women in national women’s...
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...letters in industry or for a class, knowing your purpose and audience will help determine what information to include. Generally, business letters follow a particular format, although your instructor or company may require you to use alternative formats. This guide provides writers with an introduction to writing business letters. Case Studies: This guide examines case studies, a form of qualitative descriptive research that is used to look at individuals, a small group of participants, or a group as a whole. Researchers collect data about participants using participant and direct observations, interviews, protocols, tests, examinations of records, and collections of writing samples. Starting with a definition of the case study, the guide moves to a brief history of this research method. Using several well documented case studies, the guide then looks at applications and methods including data collection and analysis. A discussion of ways to handle validity, reliability, and generalizability follows, with special attention to case studies as they are applied to composition studies. Finally, this guide examines the strengths and weaknesses of case studies. Desktop Publishing: Desktop publishing is the process of laying out and designing pages with your desktop computer. With software programs such as PageMaker and Quark Xpress, you can assemble anything from a one-page document to a...
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...all the information needed to be able to bid for and win a mandate, price the deal, document it and close syndication. It covers the legal and economic issues comprehensively. All the contributors are leading practitioners in today's markets including lawyers, bankers from every relevant banking discipline (origination, syndicate, sales, transaction management, agency), IT providers, information platform professionals. This new edition includes the following: - Extensive statistical information on the history of the market and current market trends - Case studies on two example transactions (a corporate backstop facility and an acquisition finance facility) involving extensive analysis of tactics for bidding for mandates and of all-in costs of transactions - Sample term sheets for both transactions with guidance notes plus a sample facility agreement for one of the transactions (also with guidance notes) - Case study for secondary loan trading with pricing analysis and legal documentation - A full glossary of market terms - Supplements by leading market practitioners, borrowers, service providers and trade associations (including the LMA and...
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...SAMPLE CASE STUDIES – MARKETING Case Study 1 Marketing and Distribution of Mushroom Sachin and Virag are two enterprising youth. They have passed out from IIM, Bangalore. They thought instead of doing a job, they will launch fresh vegetables in Indian markets. Having learnt of the future conventional foods, they decided to venture into cultivation of mushrooms. Mushrooms are known to be the best alternative food for vegetarians. For Sachin and Virag fund raising was a serious handicap for mass production. However, the first trial batch of mushrooms that they produced was bought by Star Hotel in Bangalore. Further, the hotel placed orders for supply of 20 kgs every day. Now mushroom industry is run by small entrepreneurs, like Sachin and Virag. Another big player M/s Ashtavinayak Mushrooms, equipped with cold storage facility was more interested in the export market. Sachin and Virag have set their sights high. They aim to sell mushrooms in a very big way all over India. Mushrooms have a great market potential and is a perishable food. Questions A. How will you advise Sachin and Virag, as how to increase the consumer awareness about this new food? What would be your suggestions for distribution channel for mushrooms? B. Possible Solutions A. • Consumer awareness can be created by test marketing. Through sales persons and customer response to the product. • • Samples can be distributed in big malls and Variety stores. Awareness can also...
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...After beginning the process of construction, he was faced with the next task of hiring employees to staff the four ice cream shops. Throughout his calculations, he estimated he would need a total of 50 employees to staff the four shops, but he did not have any knowledge in how to select the right 50 individuals to hire. Randy asked for the advice of both his friend Mary, a business owner of a lunch counter at the airport and of Ray Higgins, a previous professor who taught Randy HR management while getting his business degree. They both suggested interviews and a work sample test that would include hands on demonstration of scooping ice cream and serving it. In his estimations, Randy figured it would cost around $100 to interview an applicant and $150 per applicant to perform the work sample test. Professor Higgins informed Randy that the validity of the interview is r = .30 and the validity of the work sample is r = .50. If the selection ratio is .50, then the average score on the selection measure of those applicants selected is z = .80 (Heneman, Judge, Kammeyer-Mueller, 2012, pg. 572). For the applicants selected for the job, Randy will pay them $6 per hour, which would come to a total salary of $12,000. How much money would Randy save using each selection method? First, one must understand the...
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...Maternal depression and filicide-case study of ten mothers Quincy Jones Prof, Landis Psy 235 March 3, 2011 Maternal depression and filicide 2 Maternal depression and filicide 2 Abstract This study conducted in Finland, examines ten women experiencing severe depression that committed filicide of one or more of their children. The case study used many sources, which included medical, psychiatric, police, and court records, and autopsy reports. The average age of the mothers observed in the case study is 28.5. ( Kuappi et al. 2007). The mothers presented with irritability, severely depression with crying spells, insomnia, fatigue, anxiety, preoccupations with worries about their baby’s well-being and their ability to care for their infant, suicidal ideation, and psychotic thoughts ( Kuappi et al. 2007). The average age of the infant victims is four months. The majority of the ten mothers in this case study received house calls from psychologists and public nurses. However, their mental state quickly deteriorated, resulting in filicide ( Kuappi et al. 2007). Maternal depression and filicide 3 Maternal depression and filicide This case-study began with 292 cases of filicides. These cases were selected from a period of twenty-five years between 1970-1994 (Kuappi et al. 2007). There were 292 deaths that were determined as either homicide, or death from an unspecified cause of children under the age of fifteen years. Out of 292 cases twenty-eight deaths were undetermined...
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...Chapter Three: Methodology This chapter describes and explains the methodology deployed in this study and at the research methods reading which informed my choice of methods. This study is a practical project of field study type. Chapter One introduced the subject of this dissertation, i.e. to investigate the nature and impact of national and local initiatives on geography teaching in schools with ICT (Information and Communication Technology). The focus is particularly the significant factors that influence and facilitate teachers’ ability to embrace ICT and incorporate it in their geography teaching and use it with pupils. I am interested in discovering what the main barriers are to teachers who do not integrate ICT in the geography curriculum. This had to be “doable within the time, space and resources available” (Blaxter, et. al., 1999, p.25) and was refined from the early rather ambitious aims to being more focused. The are many models of the research process, most of them devised according to a series of stages. Cohen and Manion (1994) identify eight stages of action research, which appeared rather too scientific in approach, as I was seeking to “understand individuals’ perceptions of the world” (Bell, 1999, p.7). Other representations of the research process, including one with five stages of research shown in diagrammatic form showing design, sampling, data collection, data analysis and the report are presented by Blaxter et. al. (1999, p.8). This seems to...
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