...The Problem With Priorities Team # 4 Stephanie Gaines and Aura Sweeney Management 5017 – Project Management The Problem With Priorities Team # 4 SUMMARY: Question 1. What are the problems facing Kent? Priorities are not being enforced unless project and functional managers can’t agree on the allocation and distribution of resources. The R&D director doesn’t agree with the new computer system so Dan’s, the computer PM, project is given a low priority. There are currently two proposals pending and could be won by Kent Corp provided the new computer model is available for use. Kent Corp is capable of handling 100 projects simultaneously but this system creates a continual reshuffling of resources. Question 2. How would you sum up the situation at Kent and attack the problem? Kent is a large corporation that can handle several different projects at once but they should consider reducing the number of projects by 10-15%. The reduction of work in progress would reduce the burden on resources. Priorities need to be enforced across the board and an independent committee needs to be formed to decide on the priority listing for the company. This would eliminate any potential biases coming from various department heads. Currently the R&D director is the only employee not on board with the new computer system and he has the ability to assign a low priority to the project. No one employee should be able to independently decide the fate of one project that is important to...
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...Marking Rubric Criteria Fail Pass Credit Distinction High Distinction 1. Case Analysis: Analyses the case identifying the key issues and/or problems. Clearly indicates and explains one priority issue or problem that is to be managed. Too brief; inability to identify issues raised by the question; may show superficial treatment; insufficient knowledge or understanding of the topic; much irrelevant material Borderline and limited understanding of question; some gaps in addressing key issues; largely descriptive Sufficient understanding of question; some evidence of analysis of core content and problems /issues of the case. Priority issue mostly identified. Good understanding of the question; analysis and some linking of issues in core content and problems /issues of the case. Priority issue identified. Comprehensive and critical understanding of the question; focuses on key issues; linking of issues in core content and problems /issues of the case. Priority issue well identified with some evaluation. 2. Linking theory and practice to the solution: Develops a solution to the priority issue or problem. Justifies the solution with management theory, approaches, concepts and/or models. 3. Recommends and explains actions to address the priority issue with theories/models. Unclear solution and not justified; structure is disjointed, lacks logical flow and cohesion; mostly description or listing...
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...Care is a tool used to guide a community through the assessment and prioritization of risk and protective factors most in need of attention and links those priorities to evidence-based and data driven programming to address them. It is important to remember that the Communities That Care system is simply a tool to aid in building a prevention infrastructure referred to as the Strategic Prevention Framework process. Communities That Care and Strategic Prevention Framework are not programs nor are they administrative names for program implementation. They exist and work together in helping communities get organized, identify problem areas based on community data, make knowledgeable decisions pertaining to how these problems should be addressed, and evaluate any actions taken to counter the problem areas. Each phase of the Communities That Care system fits well into a coordinating phase of the Strategic Prevention Framework process, and it is clear that sustainability and cultural competency as key components to every part of building a prevention infrastructure. This report describes the results of the risk- and protective-factor assessment completed as part of Elkhart County's Communities That Care effort. The Communities That Care system is a way for members of a community to work together to prevent youth problem behaviors, including...
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...Marking Rubric Criteria Fail Pass Credit Distinction High Distinction 1. Case Analysis: Analyses the case identifying the key issues and/or problems. Clearly indicates and explains one priority issue or problem that is to be managed. Too brief; inability to identify issues raised by the question; may show superficial treatment; insufficient knowledge or understanding of the topic; much irrelevant material Borderline and limited understanding of question; some gaps in addressing key issues; largely descriptive Sufficient understanding of question; some evidence of analysis of core content and problems /issues of the case. Priority issue mostly identified. Good understanding of the question; analysis and some linking of issues in core content and problems /issues of the case. Priority issue identified. Comprehensive and critical understanding of the question; focuses on key issues; linking of issues in core content and problems /issues of the case. Priority issue well identified with some evaluation. 2. Linking theory and practice to the solution: Develops a solution to the priority issue or problem. Justifies the solution with management theory, approaches, concepts and/or models. 3. Recommends and explains actions to address the priority issue with theories/models. Unclear solution and not justified; structure is disjointed, lacks logical flow and cohesion; mostly description or listing...
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...Marking Rubric Criteria Fail Pass Credit Distinction High Distinction 1. Case Analysis: Analyses the case identifying the key issues and/or problems. Clearly indicates and explains one priority issue or problem that is to be managed. Too brief; inability to identify issues raised by the question; may show superficial treatment; insufficient knowledge or understanding of the topic; much irrelevant material Borderline and limited understanding of question; some gaps in addressing key issues; largely descriptive Sufficient understanding of question; some evidence of analysis of core content and problems /issues of the case. Priority issue mostly identified. Good understanding of the question; analysis and some linking of issues in core content and problems /issues of the case. Priority issue identified. Comprehensive and critical understanding of the question; focuses on key issues; linking of issues in core content and problems /issues of the case. Priority issue well identified with some evaluation. 2. Linking theory and practice to the solution: Develops a solution to the priority issue or problem. Justifies the solution with management theory, approaches, concepts and/or models. 3. Recommends and explains actions to address the priority issue with theories/models. Unclear solution and not justified; structure is disjointed, lacks logical flow and cohesion; mostly description or listing...
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...find links back to this current page at suitable points on that page. | The E-Z systemThe problem with the cis-trans system for naming geometric isomersConsider a simple case of geometric isomerism which we've already discussed on the previous page.You can tell which is the cis and which the trans form just by looking at them. All you really have to remember is that trans means "across" (as in transatlantic or transcontinental) and that cis is the opposite. It is a simple and visual way of telling the two isomers apart. So why do we need another system?There are problems as compounds get more complicated. For example, could you name these two isomers using cis and trans?Because everything attached to the carbon-carbon double bond is different, there aren't any obvious things which you can think of as being "cis" or "trans" to each other. The E-Z system gets around this problem completely - but unfortunately makes things slightly more difficult for the simple examples you usually meet in introductory courses. How the E-Z system worksWe'll use the last two compounds as an example to explain how the system works.You look at what is attached to each end of the double bond in turn, and give the two groups a "priority" according to a set of rules which we'll explore in a minute.In the example above, at the left-hand end of the bond, it turns out that bromine has a higher priority than fluorine. And on the right-hand end, it...
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...Artificial Intelligence – Depth First Search(DFS) November 13, 2012 · by Siddharth Agrawal · in Artificial Intelligence Okay! So this is my first blog post! I will start by talking about the most basic solution to search problems, which are an integral part of artificial intelligence. What the hell are search problems? In simple language, search problems consist of a graph, a starting node and a goal(also a node). Our aim while solving a search problem is to get a path from the starting node to the goal. Consider the diagram below, we want to get to the node G starting from the node S. Which path will we get on solving the search problem? How do we get the path? This is where algorithms come into picture and answer all our questions! We will look at Depth First Search which can be seen as a brute force method of solving a search problem. Creating the search tree So how do we simplify this problem? If we reduce the graph structure to a tree(not particularly a binary tree!), the problem would be to find a node with a particular value starting from the root. So the tree would be as follows: S will be the root of the tree. S will have children A and G. A will have children B and C. B will have only one child D. C will have children D and G. D will have only one child G. Now you may ask which ‘D’ will have the child G, the one which is the child of B or the one which is a child of C? The answer is both. We want to consider all the possibilities and thus we have to show all the connections...
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...Ranking List of Priorities General topic: Time Management Broad topic: Prioritizing Specific topic: Problems of teens in prioritizing Sub topics: 1. Common priorities 2. Common problems 3. How to overcome the problem that he/she will encounter in prioritizing Questions 1. Given a maximum of 30 seconds, rank your priorities: Family | | Education | | Friends | | Money | | Relationship | | Social Media | | Fangirling | | Religion | | 2. What is/are your basis in ranking your priorities? *Why did you make that first priority of yours as your main priority? *Why did you make that least priority of yours as your last priority? 3. How will you know if you are prioritizing something? *Are you spending a lot of time for it? *Are you thinking often about it? *Are you stressing yourself too much for it? 4. Did you feel somehow pressured in answering given that you have only 30 seconds? Why or why not? *Look back at your answers; did you feel any regret in ranking? If no, why not? If yes, what could be preferred in ranking your priorities? 5. Did you ever feel stressed in prioritizing? *If yes, what caused you to be stressed? *Are you stressed because you don’t know how to choose which one should be done first? *Did you ever experience spending a lot of time thinking of what should be done first that you already wasted a lot of time instead of just dong the task? 6. How do you balance your time for your priorities? *Do you use...
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...cost savings, and an ability to keep planes in the air more of the time than its competitors” (Heller, I., 2008). For the past 40 plus years Southwest has exceedingly accomplished these competencies and strategies within a very competitive market, and has outstandingly been recognized as a low cost provider in airfare with frequent service domestically. In 2014, Southwest chose to integrate international flights in its business strategy. In an effort to identify issues and develop solutions for this new integration, clarifying strategic priorities and providing the company’s strengths and weaknesses will aid in supporting the use of the Strategy Canvas Tool. Equally important, the strategy tool will assist in providing an analysis to ascertain and elucidate if the strategic priorities are clearly articlulated and implicit. Defining strategic priorities and identifying current gaps within the organization will boost the framing of the problem statement, and will benefit in the examination of the case for change in the current business...
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...Web Interface - User Phone Call - Email Technician Staff 2. Incident Categorization Incidents can be organized with three levels of categorization - Category, Subcategory and Item. The incidents can be assigned to these categories depending upon the failure that is reported and can be automatically routed to the appropriate support engineer. 3. Automatic Dispatch of Incidents. Business rule criteria can be created based on the pattern of failure. The incidents will be automatically assigned to technicians, categories and levels. 4. Incident Prioritization - Predefined Prioritization Define the priority based on the impact and urgency of the incident. System can then automatically assign the priorities based on Predefined prioritization. - Dynamic Prioritization Allow technician to assign the priority manually or to override the values set by the priority matrix. 5. Incident Diagnosis Searching the existing workarounds or solution from the KnowledgeBase and getting back to the users immediately with the resolution. 6. Incident Escalations When the first-level support is unable to resolve the incident, the incident can be assigned to the second-level support. The incident will be escalated to the third-level support when the second-level support is not able to resolve it within the due by time. 7. Knowledge Base Library After identifying the issue and resolving the incident, the resolution provided by the supporting staff will be added in the Knowledge...
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...n Management of Non Performing Assets σ Abstract - In India the magnitude of the problem of bad debts was not taken seriously. Subsequently, following the recommendations of Narasimham committee and Verma committee, some steps have been taken to solve the problem of old NPAs in the balance sheets of the banks. It continues to be expressed from every corner that there has rarely been any systematic evaluation of the best way of tackling the problem. There seems to be no unanimity in the proper policies to be followed in resolving this problem. There is also no consistency in the application of NPA norms, ever since these have been recognized. Non Performing Assets are also called as Non Performing Loans. It is made by a bank or finance company on which repayments or interest payments are not being made on time. A loan is an asset for a bank as the interest payments and the repayment of the principal create a stream of cash flows. It is from the interest payments that a bank makes its profits. The problem of NPA is not limited to only Indian public sector banks, but it prevails in the entire banking industry. Major portion of bad debts in Indian Banks arose out of lending to the priority sector at the dictates of politicians and bureaucrats. If only banks had monitored their loans effectively, the bad debt problem could have been contained if not eliminated. The top management of the banks was forced by politicians and bureaucrats to throw good money...
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...currently using? 3. What communication techniques are currently contributing the poor communication environment? These questions are answered via an analysis of the organization using John Dewey’s Rational Problem-Solving Process (Hynes, 2011). Through an examination of the problem-solving process and, in particular, the developed resolutions in the fourth step, several recommendations are made so that Vair Corporation may develop a positive internal communication environment. Introduction Vair Corporation is a growing company that specializes in resale of HVAC and fireplace units for apartment management companies in the greater Washington, D.C. area. As the staff works from multiple locations, internal communication is of vital importance. The Sales Team works closely with the Operations Team to communicate the status of various orders and fulfill deliveries in a timely manner. This communication is often filled with conflict as the Sales Department places priority on specific orders, while the Operations staff strives to fulfill each order in a first-come, first-served sequence. When the Sales staff communicates priority orders to the Office Manager, s/he occasionally requests rushed processing by the Operations Department. However, the orders are not given priority as...
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...A Comparison of Solution Procedures for the Flow Shop Scheduling Problem with Late Work Criterion Jacek Błażewicz *) Erwin Pesch 1) Małgorzata Sterna 2) Frank Werner 3) *) Institute of Computing Science, Poznań University of Technology Piotrowo 3A, 60-965 Poznań, Poland phone: +48 (61) 8790 790 fax: +48 (61) 8771 525 blazewic@sol.put.poznan.pl Institute of Information Systems, FB 5 - Faculty of Economics, University of Siegen Hölderlinstrasse 3, 57068 Siegen, Germany pesch@fb5.uni-siegen.de Institute of Computing Science, Poznań University of Technology Piotrowo 3A, 60-965 Poznań, Poland Malgorzata.Sterna@cs.put.poznan.pl Faculty of Mathematics, Otto-von-Guericke-University PSF 4120, 39016 Magdeburg, Germany Frank.Werner@mathematik.uni-magdeburg.de 1) 2) 3) 1 A Comparison of Solution Procedures for the Flow Shop Scheduling Problem with Late Work Criterion Abstract In this paper, we analyze different solution procedures for the two-machine flow shop scheduling problem with a common due date and the weighted late work criterion, i.e. for problem F2 | dj = d | Yw, which is known to be binary NP-hard. In computational experiments, we compare the practical efficiency of a dynamic programming approach, an enumerative method and a heuristic list scheduling procedure. Test results show that each solution method has its advantages and none of them can be rejected from the consideration a priori. Keywords: flow shop, late work, dynamic programming, enumerative...
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...Process Management Director Ipekyol Tekstil ve Tic. San. A.S. Kazım Orbay Cd. 43 Bomonti Sisli 34381 Istanbul Turkey M. Murat Albayrakoglu albayrak@bilgi.edu.tr Coordinator, Business Informatics Program Istanbul Bilgi University Kurtulus Deresi Cd. 47 Dolapdere 34440 Istanbul Turkey Keywords: Supply-chain management (SCM), apparel industry, vendor selection, analytic hierarchy process (AHP) Summary: The aim of this study is to emphasize the importance the vendor selection problem and its relation to the supply chain strategy and goals. First, the current conditions of the textile or apparel industry are analyzed and the key factors for a successful supply chain considering the globalization of the industry are discussed. An analytical hierarchy process (AHP) model that an apparel company can use for the selection of suppliers is presented and a supplier relationship management (SRM) strategy is created based on the results of the model. In addition, strategic priorities for the supplier selection problem are identified and weights are developed to select the right supplier that fits the company’s strategy. Finally, the outcome and the implications of the model for implementation are discussed. 1. Introduction In today’s world of globalization many apparel retailers are building strong supply chains to gain advantage over their competitors by offering the best value to their customers. The supply-chain management (SCM) has become very critical to manage risk, dynamism,...
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...for real-time system research. Real-time operating systems are an integral part of real-time systems. Future systems will be much larger, more widely distributed, and will be expected to perform a constantly changing set of duties in dynamic environments. This also sets more requirements for future real-time operating systems. This seminar has the humble aim to convey the main ideas on Real Time System and Real Time Operating System design and implementation. Index Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Real-time Programs: The Computational Model 2. Design issue of Real Time Systems 3. Scheduling 3.1 Scheduling paradigms 3.2 Priority inversion problem 4. Real-time operating...
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