...childhood heroes, The Wonder Pets, have said time and time again. A group project consists of collaboration within all team members, a planned schedule, positive attitude, and a well thought out methodology. However, not all things turn out like you’d hope they would. What I’ve learned from doing this group project is that you need to keep an open mind, have a thought out plan, and the most important communicate. Relying on people to do their own part in a group project requires a lot of trust, which I had very little from the start. A huge error that was taken place in the project was that there was hardly any trust where I thought my group was capable of doing their own tasks. In some cases, it would have been my wrong doing for not having faith in my own classmates, but they did what I expected and decided to do the work the day before. Though I knew that they did not want to participate I learned that throughout time they truly cared about their grade and wanted to get the job done even if it was last minute. I soon realized that if I were in their shoes I’d want help even if I didn’t deserve it. Keeping an open mind by helping my group out even under the conditions we got the job...
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...Teaching Teams (30 points)—10 reflection paper; 20 group performance In small groups, you will prepare an hour presentation and teach a theory as assigned. I will teach with you and be your consultant, working with each group individually, brainstorming with you, providing resources, and approving your materials (e.g., Powerpoint and handouts) prior to your presentation. In order to prepare, you will: a.) Carefully read the chapter corresponding to your topic (Note: Your presentation is not a regurgitation of the chapter. Use it as one of several resources); b.) Complete a web search and short literature review on theory assigned; c.) Develop a PowerPoint or another mode of delivery for your presentation; d.) Meet with me (as a team) for feedback on materials and teaching strategy; e.) Include applications of the theory to practice by including an exercise or demonstration; f.) Create a one-page handout (single-sided) for the other students to print out and use as a study guide; g.) Write and submit a 3-4 page reflection paper describing your group experience, highlights of your learning, and applications of the theory to your practice, due one week after your presentation. I am looking for: • A researched and referenced, factual analysis of your topic with references in APA style at the end of your PowerPoint. • Exploration of areas that go well beyond the text such as modern applications of your theory, theorists who are important but not explored to any...
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...I would like to begin opinionating on the matter by stating that group projects deny students of their timing. Timing is one of the most important weaknesses of a group project and hinders many people in the group. It is already a very complicated process to get 2 people to be on the same schedule, let alone 3 or more people when everyone’s lives are different. Some students may be in extracurricular activities or possibly be in the process of working and are unable to attend group meetings or handle their portion of work due to events outside the class that need their attention. There may be a student who does not have the proper schedule academically to take care of their portion of the work and then fall behind in the assignment, leaving...
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...Individual or Small Group Student Projects Contacting Community Partners When contacting an outside organization about a service-learning project, you want to make sure to maintain a professional attitude. So how do you make the first call? Below follows a possible introduction to use when calling and making that first contact with an agency of your choice. Hello, my name is _______________________. I am presently enrolled in a ___________course at [name of campus]. My [instructor or Student Success Lead] gave me your name and number. I am very interested in doing a service-learning project for your agency. I want to apply the _________skills I am learning in my _________class to the volunteer position. When can I meet with you to discuss this further? If you have to leave a message, don’t be discouraged. Because many nonprofit and community agencies are understaffed, they might not return your call right away. Persistence is important in regards to making contacts and starting your service experience. More Communication Tips: When speaking to the site supervisor… * Ask about the organization’s volunteer policies and training guidelines. It is possible that you need to fill out additional paperwork with their agency as well as the GU/MSB/UCC paperwork. * Explain the course objectives (provided in your course syllabus) and tell them that you have __ service-learning hours to fulfill for your course. * Tell them your availability. What times are best...
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...Outlook Group: The Failed ERP Success Story By: Bandar Alogbi Kevin Ronk Farrukh Rehman Outline Outlook Group Background Prism Background Previous System Failure Success Comparative Analysis Results Outlook Group Background Over 30 years of experience in the packaging industry Based in Neenah, WI Annual Revenue:$50-$100 million Employees: 250-499 A leader in packaging solutions including: Labels Folding cartons Flexible packaging Shrink sleeves Outlook Group Background Services Direct mail Contract Packaging A complete contract-packaging solution in a variety of markets including: Personal care Consumer goods Healthcare o Awarded ISO 13485 Medical Packaging Certification Prism Background Prism is a developer of software products for the printing and graphic arts industry Based in Colchester, UK In the software business for over 25 years Prism’s solutions are scalable from mid-sized organizations to large, multi plant businesses. US$20 million invested on the development of Prism products over the past 20 years Open system approach Prism Background Partnerships with leading printing manufacturers such as: Heidelberg Goss Manroland Mitsubishi HP Australia India – sales office through UK New Zealand North America (Wilmington, MA) – starting 2008 South Africa United Kingdom They have branches in: Prism WIN MIS Prism WIN MIS ...
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...Leadership Roles 1 Leadership Roles in a Small-Group Project Merlla McLaughlin Professor Bushnell Communications 102 February 22, 2004 Source: Andrea A. Lunsford (Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2004) Leadership Roles 2 Abstract Using the interpersonal communications research of J. K. Brilhart and G. J. Galanes, as well as that of W. Wilmot and J. Hocker, along with T. Hartman’s Personality Assessment, I observed and analyzed the leadership roles and group dynamics of my project collaborators in a communications course. Based on results of the Hartman Personality Assessment, I predicted that a single leader would emerge. However, complementary individual strengths and gender differences encouraged a distributed leadership style, in which the group experienced little confrontation. Conflict, because it was handled positively, was crucial to the group’s progress. Source: Andrea A. Lunsford (Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2004) Leadership Roles 3 Leadership Roles in a Small-Group Project While classroom lectures provide students with volumes of information, many experiences can be understood only by living them. So it is with the workings of a small, task-focused group. What observations can I make after working with a my peers on a class project? And what have I learned as a result? Leadership Expectations and Emergence The six members of this group were selected by the instructor; half were male and half were female. By performing the Hartman Personality Assessment (Hartman, 1998)...
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...Group project, as defined by the Business Dictionary: A collection of individuals that come together to achieve a stated objective. Group project, as previously defined by myself: a dreadful situation that I would try to avoid as much as possible. I've always been an independent person-I would typically prefer getting things done completely by myself with as little human contact as possible due to my shyness. I never wanted to appear weak or out of control so I would complete every assignment possible by myself. This all changed during my sophomore year. My English teacher had purposely paired up the groups for our upcoming book projects with people that never spoke to each other in class. She wanted us to expand our horizons and get to know new people, but it might as well have been a death sentence to me. I begged endlessly after class for her to let me work with people I was more comfortable with, because that's when my best assignments are created. She told me that I was the one who needed this the most because in the real world, I couldn't turn down a job because my friends aren't working there....
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...Description of Solicitation Project: Program management support to a program office for a five-year contract. B. Background & Purpose of this document: In order to determine which submitted proposals represent the best overall value, a comprehensive and thorough evaluation of each is required. In considering the concept of ‘best value’, an approach that assesses many relevant factors from a holistic perspective is required and largely mandated by the Federal Government. This method of evaluating many primary factors and sub-factors increases the odds that the government agency will match successful contract bidders with the contracts that they are most qualified for, based on experience, capabilities, and a proven track record. For the purpose of this discussion, the group was tasked with identifying three sub-factors for four primary evaluation factors that were pre-determined. The primary evaluation factors that were considered in support of the program management solicitation project are as follows: 1) Corporate Experience; 2) Past Performance; 3) Management Approach; and 4) Technical Approach. C. Summarized table of Evaluation Factors and Sub-factors: The table below represents a summarized table of the sub-factors that have been assigned to each of the pre-determined primary evaluation factors. Evaluation Factor #1: CORPORATE EXPERIENCE This evaluation factor assesses the experience that a bidder is likely to add to the solicited project. The experience of the...
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...least one student in your group must be able to gain access for interviews and/or observation. * The process must currently exist, and performance measures for the process must be available. * The project is to be completed within your assigned group (shown below) Group Beta (B)Josh CobbShiyun FengJai PadmanabhanAllison Sibiga | Group Delta ()Danielle BlackwellMarc DeshaiesYao HeDavid Roscoe | Group Gamma ()Andrew GrayZhe HuangLongshuo LiAleksandra Tarashansky | Group Phi ()Mark HusseyLiz MietelskaCarlton VazJingyi Yang | Group Rho ()Aditya NadkarniScott LeahyGerman SayuntsRuicheng Xu | Group Sigma ()Andrew CampbellYaohua ChungDavid Coughlin | Deliverables There are three distinct deliverables stages, the last two of which incorporate and build upon documentation produced in prior stages. * Project Proposal Stage * Documentation due to be uploaded in your myWPI group file exchange area by end of Saturday, September 22 (will receive advisory comments) * Initial Presentation and Interim Report Stage * A 15-minute self-running online presentation in PowerPoint show format (PPSX) or MP4 video format due to be uploaded in your myWPI group file exchange area by end of Friday, October 12. This will be presented during the synchronous class meeting on Saturday, October 13. * Documentation due to be uploaded in your myWPI group file exchange area by end of Saturday, October 13 (will receive advisory comments) * Project Presentation and Final...
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...MKT 348 CONSUMER BEHAVIOR PROJECT GUIDELINES General Overview All students must complete a consumer behavior project that will be due at the end of the semester. The purpose of this project is to provide you with the opportunity to: * Examine a specific consumer behavior in detail as experienced/practiced by consumers personally and directly * Gain experience in collecting and analyzing primary consumer data * Apply some of the important concepts and knowledge acquired in the course to derive practical, managerial insights about the behavior you have examined * Work through differences of opinions, work habits, schedules, and so on characteristic of a group dynamic to produce a quality final report Group Formation Students must complete the project in self-selected as opposed to professor assigned groups of 4 students. These groups should be formed as early as possible (as soon as the enrollment stabilizes around the third week of the semester). Groups must elect one designated member, who will be responsible for all project online submissions/uploads. For the most part of the semester, you will need to meet outside the class to work on project-related tasks. Additionally, to ensure that you have adequate time to meet with your group to work on the project, three project workshop days (refer to syllabus) have been scheduled during class time. Topic Selection Although your group can pick the project topic, you are strongly encouraged to...
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...Shannon Motyl Individual Portion of Group Project American Intercontinental University An article on the FBI website stated that in order to have the discussion about police ethnics, the word integrity must be defined. Integrity is the sum of virtues required to bring about the general goals of protections and service to the public. The author, Rich Martin stated that the major cause of police corruption is mediocrity. It is the leadership’s responsibility to maintain a high level of conduct within a department to prevent the mediocre. He states that some reasons for the corruption is the work that police do. It is measured in results. Therefore, the officers will find ways to complete these tasks and some choose to cut corners or violate the law and not even consider it being unethical. (Martin, 2011) A report made by the National Police Misconduct reported in their Semi-Annual that there were 2, 854 law enforcement officers alleged to have engaged in misconduct. It also stated that there were 207 law enforcement leaders’ police chiefs or sheriffs that were cited in those reports. It included how many civilians that were involved in the law enforcement officer misconduct. It concluded that there were 2, 568 victims of reported police misconduct. (Packman, 2009) An example of police corruption in the United States happened in Missouri. An officer is accused of having sex with two women in exchange for not arresting them. The officer, Jeffrey Holmes...
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...Group Project Questions 1. If I were Dr. Mitchell I would recommend that the caller contact their attorney before they say anything to anyone else. The risks of continuing to work with the company could be that they get caught and the caller gets blamed as well, if anything the caller could be charged with conspiracy or aiding and abetting. The state board of accountancy could be a source of advice, but I would still recommend contacting an attorney before exercising that option. 2. The caller doesn’t have a responsibility to report this to the bank directly. Once again I feel that the caller needs to consult with their attorney before any actions. After that I feel that it is not the duty of the caller to speak with the bank, it would be the duty of the entity that is hired to investigate the fraud to consult with the bank. 3. The other parties that should be notified in addition to the bank once investigation has started could be the authorities. The accounts payable clerk wouldn’t be notified because although they informed the caller about specific transactions they still may let other people in the company know about the investigation. Other parties could be judges if search warrants and subpoenas are necessary. The caller’s attorney should be the first party to be notified so the caller knows what they should do with their current situation as to not incriminate themselves. Concerns that I would have about notifying the external auditors would be that they...
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...The focus of the Social Justice Avengers’ (SJA) Group Activism Project is the 2014 Federal Budget, handed down in May 2014 by Federal Treasurer, Joe Hockey. The budget contains many significant changes, however, the SJA chose four topics to highlight; the Medicare Co-Payment, changes to the Higher Education fee structure, and New Start and Youth Allowances. This essay will reflect on the rationale behind the choice of the Budget, the strengths and weaknesses of the activism project, the quality of participation within the group and a self-analysis of my contribution to the project. The specific components of the Budget that were the subject of the activism project were individually chosen by team members based on their personal values and...
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...International Expansion Report Tesla Motors, Inc. November 21, 2011 Rio Consulting Group Michael Dawes James Hadel Daniel Ma Simon Qin International Expansion Report | Tesla Motors, Incorporated | Rio Consulting Group Executive Summary Founded in 2003, Tesla strives to design, develop, manufacture and sell high-performance fully electric vehicles and advanced electric vehicle powertrain components. Currently, Tesla’s presence internationally is limited to dealerships in Europe and a minor production plant in Britain. In order to be best positioned moving forward, we recommend expanding into Latin America and Asia Pacific to better fulfill CEO Elon Musk’s primary goal to commercialize electric vehicles all the way to mass market. As we predict slow growth for the standard auto industry, we believe the electric vehicle industry is extremely attractive for several reasons, including high oil prices, less greenhouse gas emissions and government incentives. Our best estimates suggest the electric vehicle industry will have average growth rates of 35 – 40% over the next 10 years. International expansion, if done correctly, can help improve upon Tesla’s current strategic position in order to become the global leader in electric vehicles. We have determined that the optimal points of entry for the market are in Brazil and Singapore. In addition to gained access to the two fastest growing regions in the segment, the two locations are attractive for many political, economic,...
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...Project Report on Mr. M. Hanifur Rahman and his business enterprise ‘Helvetia’ [pic] Course name: Introduction to Business (BUS101) Semester: Fall 2010 Section: 10 Prepared By Md. Iftekhar Alam 1030771530 Farhat Shamita 1030256030 Runa Akhter 1030588530 Rizvi Ahsan 1030703530 Prepared For Mr. M. Saidur Rahman Core Faculty, School of Business [pic] LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL December, 2010 Mr. M. Saidur Rahman (Saeed) Lecturer Department: School of Business North South University Subject: Submission of the Group Report Dear Sir, Enclosed is a copy of the group report entitled “Profile of an entrepreneur and his Business” submitted as a part of requirement for our BUS 101 course. In preparing this report, we have tried our level best to include all the relevant information and explanations to make the report informative and comprehensive. Helvetia, one of the pioneer companies in the fast food industry of Bangladesh is focused in this report. All the information stated in the report is factual and is taken directly from the interview with the entrepreneur himself on 1st December 2010. It was a very enriching experience for us to prepare this report. Our writing and communication skills have improved significantly while doing it. We will be available for any...
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