...don’t want to do or not get to things or places as you’d like to? b. Successful people establish habits that help contribute to their success in their daily routines. c. To only name a few out so many there are three key habits they have. Pre-planning the night before, setting priorities before the start of the day, and completing the most important tasks first. II. Body a. First, a minute of planning the night before can save 10 minutes in execution. Sit down before bed and write down everything you need to do the following day on a post-it or piece of paper. Writing down a list clarifies your thinking goals. i. According to Charles Duhigg in a Harvard Business interview, he says that 40-45% of we what we do is habit. ii. You want to be able to work from a list to get things done and not wing the day as usual. b. Second, set priorities on your list before you start the day working from the 80/20 rule. If you have 10 things on your list make two of them the most important than the other eight. i. Ask yourself, “if I there are two things I need to get done before the end of the day, what would it be?” and those are your two to prioritize for your day. ii. According to Atanu Dey’s article on Economics, Policy and Government, prioritizing is important because we have limited resources, all of which have alternative uses. c. Finally, begin and focus on it and only it until complete the most important task first. All success in general comes from project completion and establishing...
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... | | | |1. Producing widgets involves fourteen production tasks, lettered a through n, below. For each task, the time required to | |accomplish it is given, and the immediately preceding task. | | | |Production Task | | | |Time (min.) | | | |Preceding Task | | | |...
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...1. What is the difference between a main summary task and a summary task? Main summary tasks include a larger grouping of events like in this case, the entire project. The summary tasks are the little sub-projects that hold only a few events. There is really no difference in these. 2. On the View Tab, what does the Outline button with plus and minus signs do? The + expands the data and subtasks under the task names and the – contracts the same information. 3. What is a milestone? Milestones mark major project goals and phases. It visibly stands out to track progress in the project and is marked my indicators like the diamond. 4. What predefined report can you not make changes to the header and footer? The Project Summary report is the report you cannot change, per instructions in Lab1 part A- Select Page Setup for this report. The header and footer tabs are grayed out. For some reason, only known to Microsoft, this is the only report that you cannot change the header and footer. To that end, it is imperative that you enter all appropriate project information and project properties as discussed in the lab! 5. Give a real-world example of a) A successor task requiring lead time Installing equipment would require the successor task of purchasing it first, and installing the power would require a lead time for the equipment to be operational or even tested. b) A successor task requiring lag time Testing installed equipment...
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...activity network diagram is a method of displaying the timelines of all the various subtasks that are involved in any project.[1] Basically, two kinds of activities are required in the network diagram. There are activities in series and activities in parallel. For example, in the diagram of Question 1, Step A and Step B are activities in series and Step C, D, E and F are activities in parallel. For activities in series, Step B cannot start before step A finished. But for activities in parallel, like Step C, D, E and F, all of them are did at the same time. http://www.pmhut.com/critical-path-mapping-with-activity-network-diagrams [pic]G. 1 As G. 1, the first box on the top is Early start time(EST) and the next is Duration time(DUR). So EST plus DUR is the early finish time(EFT) and the EST in the next step as well. Last start time(LST) is different between Last finish time(LFT) and DUR. Total float(TR) between LST and LFT is LFT minus EST and DUR.[2][3] [2]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4m3tZ_TuTg [3]Project Management, Field and Keller (2007, p197, p198 and p391) Question 3: (Words: 136) Duration is the period required to complete an activity, job, or task, usually excluding holidays and other non-working days.[4] For example, in the activity C, duration is ‘10’ between EST and EFT. Which means they use 10 days to do work. Longest sequence of activities in a project plan which must be completed on time for the project to complete on due date. An activity on the critical...
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...Behavioral Influences and Leadership Styles LET1 / Task 2 WGU Task A: Before determining which style of leadership the current CEO and the two possible successors exhibit, we must first define each of the three types in the given scenario. The first type of leadership we will discuss is a Level 5 leader. A Level 5 Leader is basically selfless, very humble, and believes that by respecting his workers, he will bring out the best in them and bring success to the company. A Level 5 Leader is one that will give credit where the credit is due so to speak and will willingly take the blame for any mishaps or shortcomings instead of pawning off the blame onto his subordinates. The next style of leadership is the Transactional style. The Transactional Leader is one who believes in the setting of clear concise goals for his employees. He also believes in a punishment or reward system. If a goal is met then he rewards his employees but if they fail to reach the goal then they will be punished. Lastly, there is the Transformational style of leadership. The Transformational Leader identifies with his workers. He is a type of visionary and leads his employees through inspiration. His employees will usually be loyal to this type of leader and work hard to meet his goals. The current CEO in the scenario is a top notch Level 5 Leader. He has led the company to a 128% increase in stock and placed them in the “black” to show a profit. He is ambitious but maintains his integrity while moving...
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...NT2799 NSA CAPSTONE COURSE TEAM AGREEMENT & WORK PLAN [COMPANY NAME] [Date] I. TEAM AGREEMENT A. Individual Contribution This document should be a guide for individual tasking for the current team assignment. Through your chosen collaboration platforms and tools, each group member must individually enable your instructor to determine your level of involvement and contribution to the final team product. Individual team members who do not document their level of team involvement and contribution to the final team product may have their individual grade reduced, at the discretion of the instructor. Each group must seek and acknowledge their instructor’s preference on this point. B. Desirable team behaviors Examples of desirable behaviors are punctuality, effective "listening," no harmful "group think," systematic documentation of important team communications and decisions, etc. C. Submission of Final Document Team members will post all individual contributions to the team assignment in the team study group conference. Team members may find it helpful to use email to improve timeliness for review of deliverables. Your team should ensure that the final assignment that has been reviewed by all team members before submission to the instructor. Each member must upload the final paper in the dropbox under the assignment tab. D. Team Contact Information |Member Names |Telephone Numbers ...
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...Answer the following questions using complete sentences (use MS Project Help and lab, if necessary): 1) What is the difference between a main summary task, a summary task, and a sub-task? Main summary tasks include a larger grouping of events like in this case – the entire project The summary tasks are the little sub-projects that hold only a few events Subtasks are the smallest bits of a project 2) Give a real-world example of the following examples of task dependencies? a) Finish to Start You must buy a building before you can start to make changes to it. b) Start to Start You can start planning the brick design for a patio the same time you start to lay the foundation c) Finish to Finish If you were buying a house you would want to be sure that you closed the sale of your old house the same time that you closed the sale of the house you were buying. d) Start to Finish One you have started sending wedding invitations you would want to have finished setting the date and location for the wedding. 3) Give a real-world example of a) A successor task requiring lead time Before you finish getting all of the materials for a project you could begin to lay out the foundation. b) A successor task requiring lag time Prior to giving dividends to stockholders you will need some lag time to make sure that the money is in the bank and that the proper people are...
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... | Daytime | | Evening/Mobile | | Email address | | Company name | | Training date(s) | | Training location | | Trainer’s name | | Assessment due date | | Date submitted | | Submission Date | | Resubmit 1 | | Resubmit 2 | | Purpose of the assessment The purpose of this assessment task is to assess evidence for part of a unit/s of competency which in full will lead towards a nationally-accredited qualification I acknowledge the following (all boxes need to be ticked) ❏ The assessment process has been explained to me ❏ I am ready to commence the assessment process. I have been advised of the assessment requirements, my rights and responsibilities as an assessment candidate, and I choose to be assessed at this time ❏ I understand which unit/s to complete, evidence I need to provide, and how to complete this document ❏ I understand my right of appeal, and this has been fully explained to me ❏ I have discussed with my trainer any special needs that should be considered when undertaking this assessment task | Candidate declaration - By signing/dating below, I declare that 1. I have been advised of the assessment requirements for this unit of competency, have been made aware of my rights and responsibilities as...
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...it is recommended you read through all the content for this unit. It is important that all your tasks for this assessment are received together. Please complete all tasks in this assessment before submitting; your work will not be assessed if you submit partial assessment. • Complete all assessment tasks below in a Microsoft Office compatible document or a PDF. • If you need to provide supporting documentation please ensure it is in Microsoft Office or Office compatible document such as PDF. • It is recommended that you include your name on each page of all documents you submit. For more information on assessment procedures, appeals and recognition of prior learning please refer to the student handbook. Task 1 If you are in a workplace, locate your company style guide and document storage policy. If you are not in a workplace (or your workplace does not have a style guide or document storage policy) use the XYZ Company style guide and the XYZ Company document storage policy. (The XYZ Company style guide and document storage policy can be downloaded from the screen where you accessed this assessment.) Imagine you have to create a text from notes. a) Referring to your style guide, list two (2) requirements you would need to consider with regards the presentation of the text that you will produce from your notes. b) Referring to the document storage policy,...
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...TASK P6-PART B To: Store Manager From: Charlie Boorman Date: 12th November 2015 Subject: Blacklands Farm Overview of the task Firstly, we decided on doing a Bridge building task. The aim of this task was to build a bridge out of the resources provided. Our bridge had to be strong enough so it could to manage to hold a glue stick and other objects the bridge could hold. We first decided to a draw a plan for the bridge on a piece of paper. We then decided to distribute roles based on the skills certain individuals had. Freddie was the leader of the team; he started by rolling the paper to make pillars to support the bridge. At first we struggled to work as a team so he was the one that got the team focused and on track. Jack then started by building the main part of the bridge, which the glue would balance on. I then started cutting off strips of sellotape which we would use to connect the pillars to the main structure of the bridge. On Wednesday 11th November I attended a trip to Blacklands Farm where we had to work in teams to achieve a certain goal. Before we started the team building activity we had to select a leader, so as a group we decided that Alex would fit the role perfectly. We had to deal with situations in which Communication and teamwork was very important. For example, in the team building task we had were given slabs of wood which had to lay down a path to get from one side to another, but if our we took our foot off one of the slabs then they were taken...
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...Perfect Phrases for the TOEFL Speaking and Writing Sections This page intentionally left blank Perfect Phrases for the TOEFL Speaking and Writing Sections Hundreds of Ready-to-Use Phrases to Improve Your Conversational Ability, Develop Your Writing Skills, and Build Exam Confidence Roberta G. Steinberg New York Chicago San Francisco Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan New Delhi San Juan Seoul Singapore Sydney Toronto Copyright © 2008 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.Manufactured in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. 0-07-159247-4 The material in this eBook also appears in the print version of this title: 0-07-159246-6. All trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners. Rather than put a trademark symbol after every occurrence of a trademarked name, we use names in an editorial fashion only, and to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark. Where such designations appear in this book, they have been printed with initial caps. McGraw-Hill eBooks are available at special quantity discounts to use as premiums and sales promotions, or for use in corporate training programs. For more information, please contact George Hoare, Special Sales, at...
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...hours and hours there. Find outside sources that help you make your specific points. -Do the tasks in whatever order is easiest for you. -Break each essay into parts, the graders don't care too much about cohesion between part A and part B. -"Discuss imperialism" means "explain how and why" (I spent a page discussing in and got it sent back--the first time they said "not enough info" and so I added even more, then they sent it back again and finally told me they wanted "how and why"). -"Diffusion" doesn't mean spreading out, it means "influence on" so "discuss the diffusion between your society and another" doesn't mean compare how the two different societies expanded, it means explain how your society had influence on the other one. -The word "justify" means give factual evidence. Helpful websites for Task 1: http://history-world.org/egypt_and_mesopotamia_compared.htm http://www.recoveredscience.com/const128mesopotamianinfluences.htm http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1583.html http://michael-streich.suite101.com/egypt-and-mesopotamia-compared-a151958. Helpful websites for Task 2: http://susanbanthonyhouse.org/her-story/biography.php. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/mao_zedong.shtml http://www.history.rochester.edu/class/sba/third.htmlhttp://lkwdpl.org/wihohio/anth-sus.htm http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/great_leap_forward.htm Helpful websites for Task 3: lerner.org history.com http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/east_india_01...
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...18 days (how this happened, I don’t know) * Latest start time: 47 days * Latest finish time: 47 days I found the latest ones by adding the activities one by one, assuming that would take the longest, in order, of course. Like a to b, b to c, c to d, etc. And in reverse as well, like j and I to the next ones. For the earlier time, I assumed that each activity did not have to have the help of the others because it was a separate activity. So if one activity was moved to the next activity, it would “clear the path” for any other following activity so it could move along more quickly, I’ll explain a little bit more in detail: Start to finish: 1. After 4 days, B moves to F 2. 1 day later, A moves to D, E, C (F 3) 3. 3 days later, C and F move to I (D 1, E 3) 4. 1 day later, D moves to G and H (E 2, I 5) 5. 2 days later, E moves to H (I 3, G 3, H 4) 6. 3 days later, I goes to finish, G moves to J (H 1) 7. 1 day later, H moves to J (J 3) 8. 3 days later J goes to finish So added up it equals 18 days. From finish to start: 1. After 4 days, J moves to G and H 2. 2 days later, I moves to F (G 3, H 4) 3. 3 days later, G moves to D (H1, F1) 4. 1 day later, H moves to D, E & F moves to B, C 5. 4 days...
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...General Outline for Business Consulting Reports Management 451 Your group’s report will follow a similar format. Sample consulting reports from previous semesters are available in the library on course reserve. I. Cover Page Covers are usually printed on heavy, flexible pieces of paper called “coverstock.” The main reason that “coverstock” is used is so that it can protect the document. The cover should carry the title of the report along with some extra information that will help people who may want to file it for later use. For example, you might want to list the members of the team, show off the company logo, and list the date of the final submission of the report. For more on creating a good title, make sure to carefully review section 3 (Title Page) You can create your cover by preparing your material with a word-processing program. If your computer’s printer won’t print on “coverstock,” you can print it on regular paper, and then photocopy it on heavier paper (Paula Lewis in the EMA office can help you out with this). II. Disclaimer Page A disclaimer is a statement that the company or organization hopes will limit its liability for the product or service it provides (as your instructors, we certainly do not want to be held responsible for any bad advice or research you provide your clients ☺ ). The disclaimer statement is fairly typical in consulting projects, and if nothing else reflects the seriousness of writing at a professional level...
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...Efficiency Chapter 8 .......................Prepare Thoroughly Before You Begin Chapter 9 .......................Do Your Homework Chapter 10 .....................Leverage Your Special Talents Chapter 11 .....................Identify Your Key Constraints Chapter 12 .....................Take It One Oil Barrel At A Time Chapter 13 .....................Put the Pressure on Yourself Chapter 14 .....................Maximize Your Personal Power Chapter 15 .....................Motivate Yourself Into Action 2 Chapter 16 .....................Practice Creative Procrastination Chapter 17 .....................Do the Most Difficult Task First Chapter 18 .....................Slice and Dice the Task Chapter 19 .....................Create Large Chunks of Time Chapter 20 .....................Develop a Sense of Urgency Chapter 21 .....................Single Handle Every Task Putting It All Together 3 Preface Thank you for picking up this book. I hope these ideas help you as much as have helped me and thousands of others. In fact, I hope that this book changes your life forever. There is never enough time to do everything you have to do. You are literally swamped with work and personal responsibilities, projects, stacks of magazines to read and piles of books you intend to get to one of these days as soon as you get caught up. But the fact is that you are never going to get caught...
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