...Corwin Corporation is a $150 million / year company dedicated to produce low cost high quality rubber components. They have a two dozen different product lines meant for department stores, hardware stores and automatic parts distributors. Their product are meant to have longer life cycles. The management believed in creating new markets for existing product rather exploring new products. R & D mains mission was to evaluate state of the art technology and its application to existing product lines. They did not take risks in launching new specialty products. And the stringent requirements forced Corwin to no bid more than 90% of all specialty product enquires. The company is marketing driven organization. Manufacturing had different ideas but all decision were made by marketing. Pricing and estimating are jointly done by both marketing and manufacturing. Engineering department acts as a support group. Company's approach is to give product line managers assigned to new products. In 1980, Corwin accepted specialty product assignment from Peters Company. Peters Co. had $250,000 invested in R&D and they were looking for development of new rubber material but they did not have the personnel or talent to undertake project and their testing and R & D will be overburdened. But Corwin is not a research group and they only agreed to work with Peters company when the VP made a deal of 5 year production contract. The management of Corwin agreed on this deal and Royce gave the responsibility...
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...Case Analysis Corwin Corporation Project Management Failure by Jane Mauret EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report has been prepared to examine the reasons why the Peters/Corwin project, instigated in late December 2011, was terminated during the testing phase by the client. This led to financial loss for Corwin and cessation of relations with Peters, an important customer.Corwin has long-standing internal protocols with regard to project selection around product-based initiatives from outside clients. However, in this instance, these measures were entirely overlooked. Thus, the project failed to meet the brief due to lack of proper management at the initiation and execution stages. This analysis points up three major areas of concern, namely: project selection (includes staff competencies); managerial support (includes organisational culture); and communication issues (for internal and external stakeholders). Out of the discussion, conclusions were drawn which then helped formulate practical recommendations to address issues raised now, and to ward off future repetition. 1. INTRODUCTION This report seeks to isolate the reasons why a recent collaboration with Peters Company (PC), a company with which Corwin Corporation (CC) had an established and healthy working relationship, floundered. Not only did CC lose out financially but its future potential revenues from Peters have been jeopardised. CC’s strong reputation has received negative publicity at a time of global recession...
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...This case study is about how healthy relationship between Corwin Company and Peters Company broke due to immature policies by Corwin. This led to financial loss for Corwin and cessation of relations with Peters, an important customer. Corwin has long-standing internal protocols with regard to project selection around product-based initiatives from outside clients. However, in this instance, these measures were entirely overlooked. Not only did CC lose out financially but its future potential revenues from Peters have been jeopardized. CC’s strong reputation has received negative publicity at a time of global recession. Following are the conclusions from this case study: * Projects have little chance of a positive outcome when no time is taken to research the schedule, specifications and opportunities adequately before electing to proceed (or not). * Ignoring the normal protocols when putting proposals together by using unskilled personnel leads to deficiencies in technical matters, faulty documentation and poor consultation with stakeholders which adversely affects the budget, the profit and the company’s reputation. * If protocols are followed and the correct personnel involved from the outset, then the alternative decision to not adopt the project remains an option; alternatively, the client can turn down a bid that is much higher than their budget. * Fitting a bid around a figure proffered by a potential client and then making the contract “fixed-price” with...
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...CASE: CORWIN CORPORATION Table of Contents 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2 2. INTRODUCTION 4 3. PROBLEM STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION OF PROBLEMS 5 3.2 DISCUSSION OF PROBLEMS 5 3.2.1. POOR PROJECT SELECTION PROCESS 5 3.2.2. NO DETAILED SCOPE SPECIFICATIONS 6 3.2.3. LACK OF TOP OR SENIOR MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 6 3.2.4. LATE INVOLVEMET OF MIDDLE OR FUNCTIONAL MANAGEMENT 7 3.2.5. POOR CHANGE MANAGEMENT PROCESS 8 4. PROPOSED SOLUTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS OF SOLUTIONS 9 4.1. PROPOSED SOLUTIONS 9 4.2. DISCUSSION OF SOLUTIONS 9 4.2.1. EFFECTIVE PROJECT SELECTION PROCESS 9 4.2.2. DETAILED SCOPE SPECIFICATIONS 10 4.2.3. TOP OR SENIOR MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 11 4.2.4. EARLY INVOLVEMENT OF MIDDLE OR FUNCTIONAL MANAGEMENT 13 4.2.5. EFFICIENT CHANGE MANAGEMENT PROCESS 13 5. CONCLUSIONS 15 6. RECOMMENDATIONS 16 6.1. EFFECTIVE PROJECT SELECTION PROCESS 16 6.2. DETAILED SCOPE SPECIFICATIONS 16 6.3. TOP OR SENIOR MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 17 Top management support should always be there in an organisation to provide sufficient executive level support and make management decision. Tough the other members on the management level are not available; the business should be able to continue without showing any gap. Therefore, Corwin needs to do the following: 17 6.4. EARLY INVOLVEMENT OF MIDDLE OR FUNCTIONAL MANAGEMENT 18 6.5. EFFICIENT CHANGE MANAGEMENT PROCESS 18 Corwin Corporation must put in place an efficient change management process that will address all the scope changes. 18 PMBOK (2008:93), the Perform Integrated...
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...Case Study - Corwin Corporation March 13th 2013 Written by Andreas Sandnes The project going on at Corwin Corporations developed into a disaster. The project is an excellent example of how a project will fail if critical success factors are not stated from the beginning and how easily things can get out of hand. I will first explain how I would have done things differently if I was the project leader of this project and then I will end the discussion by giving a suggestion of how to salvage the relationship between Corwin and Peters. A different approach The project leader, Mr. Dan West, had a bad approach to the way of doing things on the project and his choices and actions along the way resulted in project failure. Already from the beginning of the project it became clear that success would be extremely difficult for this project. Three major factors which were not involved in the project should have been involved. First, the project contract should have been signed and agreed upon before the project planning started. Second, Mr. West should have gathered everyone working on the project for a kick-off meeting to discuss everything from project objectives to project working policies. Last, a weekly meeting between every stake holders should have taken place. I believe that if these tree actions had taken place there would have been a much larger possibility for success. Mr. West was facing a challenge that was almost impossible to overcome, considering his lack...
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...Corwin made some major mistakes in its handling of the Peters project. The first mistake was in its project selection process. New product development does not fit within Corwin’s conservative, risk-adverse market expansion focus. Although Corwin had a product selection policy in place, they did not formally evaluate the request from Peters against the policy. Instead, management at Corwin allows the 5-year profit sharing incentive to influence negatively its decision making process. If Corwin had of followed its policy and process, the project might never have been accepted. Corwin agreed to a fixed price contract. In a fixed price contract, the vendor takes on the majority of the financial risk. Fixed price contracts work well in situations where the requirements are clear and the vendor is confident that they can meet the requirements for the agreed price. However, the Peters project did not fit the criteria for a fixed price contract. Peters was only able to provide a rough draft of product specifications. Incomplete specifications are at high risk for change. Changes to product specifications can affect the cost, which can negatively affect Corwin in a fixed price contract. In addition, the contracts manager at Corwin was unfamiliar with fixed price contracts resulting in his inability to watch out for the best interests of the organization. If Corwin had followed its normal pricing process, they might have proposed a might higher cost for the project and Peters might...
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...collaboration between Corwin Corporation and Peters Company. The relationship terminated by the client (Peters Company) during the testing phase, due to the raising disagreement by the two groups on the basic procedures, along with lack of clear leadership and authority during the process by Corwin. The firm could count on clear and well tested protocols about new products that worked for many years and were completely neglected after the proposal by Peters. The project miserably failed due to lack of proper project management and correct execution through the different levels. Our analysis can focus on the wrong approach by Corwin and Peters in terms of managerial support, project selection, communication issues, identification of the proper timeline and costs analysis. In this way is possible to identify the main reasons of failure, to be able to address the issues and avoid future repetition. The personnel assigned to put together a proposal in only two days, was not qualified and veteran enough to be able to correctly respond to Peters. This should have never happened in absence of the main figures, especially in a time where electronic modern communications tools were not used. For instance, without the President and the VP of Manufacturing, part of the decisions was to be taken by the VP of Engineering, who did not have an important decision authority on a normal base, lacking the necessary experience and confidence. It appears to be evident that Corwin could not frame the...
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...Case Analysis Corwin Corporation Project Management Failure by Jane Mauret EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report has been prepared to examine the reasons why the Peters/Corwin project, instigated in late December 2011, was terminated during the testing phase by the client. This led to financial loss for Corwin and cessation of relations with Peters, an important customer. Corwin has long-standing internal protocols with regard to project selection around product-based initiatives from outside clients. However, in this instance, these measures were entirely overlooked. Thus, the project failed to meet the brief due to lack of proper management at the initiation and execution stages. This analysis points up three major areas of concern, namely: project selection (includes staff competencies); managerial support (includes organisational culture); and communication issues (for internal and external stakeholders). Out of the discussion, conclusions were drawn which then helped formulate practical recommendations to address issues raised now, and to ward off future repetition. 1. INTRODUCTION This report seeks to isolate the reasons why a recent collaboration with Peters Company (PC), a company with which Corwin Corporation (CC) had an established and healthy working relationship, floundered. Not only did CC lose out financially but its future potential revenues from Peters have been jeopardised. CC’s strong reputation has received negative publicity at a time of global recession...
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...Corwin Corporation Project Management Failure Case Analysis Executive Summary The purpose of this article is to explore the real reasons hidden behind the event of project termination between Corwin Corporation with the Peters Company. The decision of taking this project was made slapdash by Corwin Corporation just a few weeks before Charismas under the pressure of Peters Company. After three months, the project was finally cancelled just on the early testing stage by the client unilaterally. This project failure led to not only financial loss for Corwin, but also cessation of relations with Peters Company which is one of the most important and also a difficult customer. Corwin as the synonymous with quality has stringent requirements for any project selection around product-based initiatives from outside client. However, under the pressure and the temptation of further undefined manufacturing contract from Peters, the requirements were completely neglected. The project failed to meet the client expectation due to lack of proper management at the pre-project and on-going phases. The major concerns of the failure include: project selection; staff competency; management support; project planning; and project communication between internal and external stakeholders. Introduction This article is prepared to seek the reasons of Corwin Corporation’s project failure. Hunting mistakes that Corwin made during the project initiation and execution stages and provides recommendation...
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...of applying Nutbeam’s multidimensional health literacy framework to African American men’s understanding of Prostate Cancer information. (Corwin et al., 2009) Literature Review The literature review for this study included 25 year old African American men to 45 year old African American men in South Carolina. This study also included an experiment on how prostate cancer patients were involved in treatment decision making. This study the authors discuss the issue of health literacy. The article states that "in the context of the study, the problem is of greater concern since South Carolina ranks 49th of all the states in the number of ninth graders completing high school within 4 years" (Corwin 2009). The references for this article were current and ranged from 1957-2008, with majority of the references from the past 5 years. This article was published online on June 11, 2009 in the Journal of Community Health. Framework Corwin and colleagues uses D. Nutbeam's article "Health literacy as a public health goal: a challenge for contemporary health education and communication strategies into the 21st century", as a main source. According to Nutbeam the definition of health literacy is a composite term to describe a range of outcomes to health education and communication activities (Nutbeam, D. 2006). Corwin also used the definition from US Department of Health and Human Services and the...
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...LIBERTY UNIVERSITY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Theology of Missions Submitted To Dr. Augusto Rodríguez In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Completion Of GLST 500-D05 global studies survey By Clarence Hudson November 8, 2014 Contents Introduction 1 Old Testament and New Testament Texts Related to Mission 2 The Nature of God Relates to Mission 5 Mission Theology Relates to Other Aspects of Theology 6 Key Themes and Motifs of Mission Theology 8 Mission Theology Related to the Missionary, Church Leaders and Lay People 10 Conclusion 11 Bibliography) 12 Introduction “Mission is what we do.” It describes the specific task of making disciples of all the nations. It also includes your neighbor, church, employment, relatives, friends, across town, or in different states. Mission is not just one of a list of things that the Bible happens to talk about, it is somewhat more urgent than some. Mission is, “what it’s all about. With that said, this paper will visit the Old and New Testament in relations to missions, how the nature of God is reflected in missions, how mission theology relates to other aspects of theology, key motifs found in missions theology, as well as how missions relates to missionaries, church leaders and lay people. Old Testament and New Testament Texts Related to Mission In the beginning God created heaven and the earth. (Genesis 1:1KJV) He was on a mission to form the world and when he created...
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...LIBERTY UNIVERSITY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Submitted to Dr. David Campbell Summer 2014 GLST 500-D07 LUO Theology of Missions by Bryan Fletcher July 13, 2014 Table of Contents Introduction…………………………………………………………………….. 1 Old and New Testament Missions....................................................................... 1 Nature of God in Missions................................................................................... 5 Mission Theology………..……………………………………………………... 5 Key Themes of Mission Theology………...…………………………………… 6 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………… 7 Bibliography…………………………………………………………………….. 8 Introduction Missions are something we hear about all the time. Whether it is in Church or on the radio, we as Christians know how important Missions are to furthering the Kingdom of God. Some are much more involved than others, but it is something we all should have at the forefront of our thoughts and prayers. Whether you are called to go into mission work yourself or to just support it financially or through prayer, we all play a significant part in fulfilling the great commission. The scriptures have plenty to say about missions and this paper will just touch on the surface of what the theology of missions is all about. Old & New Testament Missions We see that starting in Genesis, missions have remained the same throughout history. God is the one who first established missions: He speaks, He acts, and He sends. Thousands...
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...southern rock” (205). There, by the southern rock is where he waited and the canoe holding a violin appeared. The very fact that Shamegwa accepts this violin tells readers a lot about this idea of music. It becomes evident that it is not the specific violin that Shamegwa misses, but the music itself. As the novel continues and more characters are introduced, the complexity continues to grow. Years later, Corwin Pace finds the violin from the canoe in John Wilstrand’s house. Wilstrand is Corwin’s mother’s boyfriend who lets him live in his basement. Corwin proceeds to steal the violin only to get turned in after “pretending to play the fiddle in a Fargo mall” (209). After his sentencing, Corwin had two choices. He could “either learn how to play the violin”, or “do time” (209). He became very close with Shamegwa, who gave him his lessons, but Shamegwa soon died “an ideal and peaceful death”, and Corwin took it incredibly hard (210). He took it so hard, in fact, that he “raised the violin high and smashed it on the rail” of the communion rail at Shamegwa’s funeral. By doing this, Corwin rejects the gift given to him and makes the statement that the violin will always belong to Shamegwa. ...
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...“Could you call over these suspects,” said White. “Sure thing boss,” Davis said as he went back to his desk. When the suspects got to the P.D, Detective White led them to the interrogation chamber. * * * White decided to start with Corwin. “So what happened at the party,” said White “ I don't know, I was just playing music, because I was the DJ, and all of the sudden, bam, somebody pulled out a machine gun and started shooting everybody up,” said the DJ. “So you where the DJ,” White asked “Yeah man, I was playing some killer tunes of you know what I mean,” * * * “So what happend at the party,” White asked Troy. “I dont know dude I was just getting some drinks and then all of the sudden someone pulled out a gun and shot like everybody dude,” “First off, dont call me dude, sir ok?,” “Yes sir.” * * * After a long day of interrogations White decided to call it a night. He watched the tape once more but saw something different this time, only one person was...
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...curriculum mapping process, teachers engage in practices that reveal the benefits of it (Corwin Press, 2008). Teachers regularly collaborate to discuss what the key indicators are, how they are being taught, and how will they know if the students are meeting the goals set. The conversations may uncover gaps in the curriculum or what indicators are repeatedly being taught and the depth at which they are being taught. If a consistent curriculum is being used, teachers can collaboratively reflect on the effectiveness of teaching strategies and how they will address students who have mastered the content or those who may be struggling. The shared vision (curriculum) of the district is reinforced throughout the process; this avoids teachers working in isolation and also allows vertical articulation within content areas. It insures students are learning what they need for the next course so they may be successful in grade-level content. As the process progresses, the conversations shift from teacher-centered to student-centered learning. The process will be time-consuming at first, but eventually, the organization of it will lead to a decrease in the amount of time teachers spend preparing lessons and materials. If a teacher leaves the district, new teachers have access to what was taught, how it was taught and the student data. References: Keys to Curriculum Mapping [Video file]. (2008). Corwin Press. Retrieved January 17, 2016, from Academic Video Online: Premium. ...
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