...Smith Systems Consulting Boardman Management Group - Baderman Island Resort: Word Processing Software Upgrade Table of Contents Overview 3 Purpose and Projected Goals 4 Business requirements 5 Gathering Techniques 5 Recommendation 9 Options 9 Microsoft Office 2010 Professional and Open Office Comparison 10 Economic model 13 Risk Assessment 21 Projected Schedule 24 Testing Plan 26 Training 27 Further Training. 27 Maintenance and Support Plan 29 Testing Process Summary 29 Conclusion 30 Running Head: BMG World Processing Software Upgrade Proposal Overview The Baderman Island inclusive resort entity falls within the confines of Boardman Management Group, which specializes in various areas of tourism. The previously mentioned management group is a well-known host to many conferences centers, dream vacations, and destination resorts. Supporting business ventures include areas specializing in recreation, hotel, health promotion, dining, and entertainment. Among the most notable is the Baderman Island Resort, which opened to the public in 2004, and consists of three hotel locations. Each location provides a variety of retail establishments from specialty shopping to fine dining. All Baderman locations are supervised by the Boardman Management Group. Boardman Management Group (BMG) is constantly working to improve each entity within its group. The successful executions of past goals, and missions, have helped to mold BMG into a well-established...
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...UNDERGRADUATE PORGRAM IN MANAGEMENT INTERNSHIP FINAL REPORT – PRJ100 Trust consulting BY Belhassen Neili Academic year 2014-2015 1 Declaration I certify that I am the author of this project and that any assistance I received in its preparation is fully acknowledged and disclosed in this project. I have also cited any source from which I used data, ideas, or words, either quoted or paraphrased. Further, this report meets all of the rules of quotation and referencing in use at MSB, as well as adheres to the fraud policies listed in the MSB honor code. No portion of the work referred to in this study has been submitted in support of an application for another degree or qualification to this or any other university or institution of learning. Belhassen Neili Student Name Belhassen Neili Signature 10/09/2015 Date 2 Abstract During the professional internship, I discovered a new business filed that I was not interested about at the beginning, yet, after the first week, I had the passion which drives me to execute different task and learning much more about this particular filed of business. Trust consulting was the host company, situated in Nabeul, Tunisia. Though this final report, I will try to match the different activities of the enterprise and describe the way it works stating from global filed until the specific tasks of the company. Keywords: ENS, Trust consulting, technology, Business, work process 3 Table of Contents ...
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...and competencies of the organization. As an example, if a company were focused on developing and manufacturing sporting equipment, it would need to determine if this includes all sporting equipment or a selection of products. Further, the company would need to determine what would be the various levels of support it would provide to its customers. For example, would the company take its equipment directly to the consumers for demonstrations and lessons on how to gain the optimal results with the equipment? All of these types of decisions would be the result of the organization developing a strategy for how it will conduct its business. All of this translates into Strategic Management with the intended result of gaining a competitive advantage in a business niche. Very simply, developing a Strategic Management Plan means having defined what is the best set of results the organization can attain or what the organization wishes to accomplish (from the Vision and Mission Statements), developing the ways to accomplish these results (Strategies), and measurable factors (Goals and Objectives). All of this is in context of good business practices (ethics) and making good business decisions. A vibrant organization knows that Strategic Management requires: * Planning by completing the...
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...should be expressed in terms of impact on the client’s business, and sometimes are expressed again in the “values” category, if used. Value: Either clearly stated or implied through buyer conversations, what is the value of achieving the objectives. This sometimes appears in the “objectives” category. Metrics: How will the client evaluate success? What are the indicators that the objectives have been met? Simply stated: How would clients know it if they fell over it? Timing: Projects are finite. When do we begin, when do we end, and are there progress measures in between? Accountabilities: What is the client expected to provide (documents, access, administrative support) and what do we provide (focus group facilitation, product, reports)? What is the nature of the collaboration? Credentials (optional): Why is Zenger Miller (and you) the best alternative for this client? This is usually already covered during the relationship-building. Sometimes this area includes the credentials of the individuals who will work on the project. Terms and Conditions: What is the fee (including the options) for the project, how is it to be paid and under what conditions? How are expenses to be reimbursed, and what is...
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...June 11, 2010, when Qualcomm won the licence to offer broadband wireless access (BWA) in Mumbai, Delhi, Haryana and Kerala for $1 billion. The nasty one arrived on September 7, 2011, when the Department of Telecommunications rejected its application on flimsy grounds. “It was a silly technicality and the message being sent out by the government was: Even if you commit to investing $1 billion in India, you will be uncertain of your fate,” says B.K. Syngal, a 40-year veteran of Indian telecom and a principal with advisory firm Dua Consulting. Jacobs was surprised, but it was Sunil Mittal, CEO, Bharti Enterprises, who must have been stunned. Airtel was set to buy out Qualcomm’s spectrum, at least in Delhi and Mumbai, to roll out its fourth generation (4G) services. “For months, Airtel’s body language among vendors and partners suggested it viewed Qualcomm’s circles as its own,” says Kunal Bajaj, the India head of Analysys Mason, a telecom consulting firm. But Qualcomm’s rejection meant Airtel would not be able to offer 4G services in Delhi and Mumbai till the issue is sorted out. No one could be happier than Reliance Industries Limited (RIL). It is now the only company to have a licence to offer broadband in the very lucrative areas of Mumbai and Delhi. All Your Data Belongs to Us On June 11, 2010, little-known Infotel Broadband beat the biggies of Indian telecom to win spectrum in every geography on offer. Within hours it emerged that RIL would be buying Infotel for...
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...FACULTY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION MEI 2015 CDAD2103 METHODOLOGY OF INFORMATION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT Contents 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Methodology 1 1.3 Types of Software developing life cycles (SDLC) 2 1. Waterfall Model 2 2. V-Shaped Model 4 3. Evolutionary Prototyping Model 5 4. Spiral Method (SDM) 7 5. Iterative and Incremental Method 8 6. Extreme programming (Agile development) 10 1.4 CASE (computer-aided software engineering) 11 1.5 Conclusion 16 Introduction System development methodology is a standard process followed in an organization to conduct all the steps necessary to analyze, design, implement, and maintain information systems. Organizations use a standard set of steps, called system development methodology to develop and support their information systems. Like many processes, the development of information systems often follows a life cycle. For example, a commercial product such as a Nike sneaker or a Honda car follows a life cycle; it is created, tested and introduced to the market. Its sales increase, peak and decline. Finally, the product is removed from the market and is replaced with something else. Many options exist for developing information systems, but the most common methodology for system development in many organizations is system development life cycle. However, it is important to know other alternative development methodology available in order to...
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...44160_WB-SP_pW128-W135 1/26/04 3:34 PM Page W-128 44160_WB-SP_pW128-W135 1/28/04 4:00 PM Page W-129 What Is a Student Portfolio? A Student Portfolio is a paper or electronic collection of documents that summarizes your academic and personal accomplishments in a way that effectively communicates with academic advisors and potential employers.1 At a minimum, your portfolio should include the following: Minimum components of a Student Portfolio • an up-to-date professional résumé. • a listing of courses in your major and related fields of study. • a listing of your extra-curricular activities and any leadership positions. • documentation of your career readiness in terms of skills and learning outcomes. The purpose of a Student Portfolio is twofold — academic assessment and career readiness. 1. Academic Assessment Goal The Student Portfolio serves as an ongoing academic assessment tool that documents your learning and academic accomplishments. As you progress through a curriculum, the portfolio depicts the progress you are making in acquiring the skills and competencies necessary to be successful in lifelong career pursuits. Over time, your portfolio will become increasingly sophisticated in the range and depth of learning and accomplishments that are documented. A well-prepared Student Portfolio is a very effective way of summarizing your academic achievements in consultation with both faculty advisors and professors. 2. Career Readiness...
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...Deloitte Consulting WetFeet Insider Guide 2005 Edition The WetFeet Research Methodology You hold in your hands a copy of the best-quality research available for job seekers. We have designed this Insider Guide to save you time doing your job research and to provide highly accurate information written precisely for the needs of the job-seeking public. (We also hope that you’ll enjoy reading it, because, believe it or not, the job search doesn’t have to be a pain in the neck.) Each WetFeet Insider Guide represents hundreds of hours of careful research and writing. We start with a review of the public information available. (Our writers are also experts in reading between the lines.) We augment this information with dozens of in-depth interviews of people who actually work for each company or industry we cover. And, although we keep the identity of the rank-and-file employees anonymous to encourage candor, we also interview the company’s recruiting staff extensively, to make sure that we give you, the reader, accurate information about recruiting, process, compensation, hiring targets, and so on. (WetFeet retains all editorial control of the product.) We also regularly survey our members and customers to learn about their experiences in the recruiting process. Finally, each Insider Guide goes through an editorial review and fact-checking process to make sure that the information and writing live up to our exacting standards before it goes out the door. Are we perfect? No—but...
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...Careers in Management Consulting WetFeet Insider Guide 2005 Edition The WetFeet Research Methodology You hold in your hands a copy of the best-quality research available for job seekers. We have designed this Insider Guide to save you time doing your job research and to provide highly accurate information written precisely for the needs of the job-seeking public. (We also hope that you’ll enjoy reading it, because, believe it or not, the job search doesn’t have to be a pain in the neck.) Each WetFeet Insider Guide represents hundreds of hours of careful research and writing. We start with a review of the public information available. (Our writers are also experts in reading between the lines.) We augment this information with dozens of in-depth interviews of people who actually work for each company or industry we cover. And, although we keep the identity of the rank-and-file employees anonymous to encourage candor, we also interview the company’s recruiting staff extensively, to make sure that we give you, the reader, accurate information about recruiting, process, compensation, hiring targets, and so on. (WetFeet retains all editorial control of the product.) We also regularly survey our members and customers to learn about their experiences in the recruiting process. Finally, each Insider Guide goes through an editorial review and fact-checking process to make sure that the information and writing live up to our exacting standards before it goes out the door. Are we...
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...amount. Line 14 adds depreciation back to generate the free cash flow for AEM. As figures are calculated through Excel, there might be rounding errors. In addition, all the entries in the table are expressed in US dollars, which considers the effect of foreign exchange fluctuations on the transactions Step 2. Determine discount rate. The following step is to determine an appropriate discount rate to generate the net present value of the entity. As Nickols and Chelonis agree with that “the estimate of the weighted average cost of capital provided in the report were in line with their expectation” (,pp.11), the amount of WACC provided in Exhibit 10 can be considered convincible to use as the discount rate in this DCF analysis (line 16). Target weight used to forecast WACC is based on AEM’s historical average. As the historical target weight applied by AEM is different from that used by its competitors, A-G Financial Consulting considered it reasonable to believe that AEM management would continue to use this proportion to raise capital (debt/equity ratio equals 1). Tax rate (line 10) derived from Exhibit 10 is also a variable affecting WACC, since debt will “vary with the changing marginal tax rate” (pp.23). As the tax rate remains the same in year 2005-2008, WACC will also stay constant since 2005. Step 3. Calculate the terminal value Based on the going concern assumption, cash flow of an entity is infinity. In this case, terminal...
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...06/06/16 Mod.160 Human resource issue report page-unit 2 HR Issues & Solutions Problem employees seem to exist for the sole purpose of giving HR and management a headache. They are problem employees and they are everywhere. No organization is immune to them. At best, they are little more than time eaters who keep you from being as productive as you’d like. At worst, they can be a threat to the stability of your work environment. Problem employees comprise a very small portion of the workforce yet manage to consume a disproportionate amount of HR and management’s time and attention. Very few employees set out to be a problem for their employers and those that do usually reveal themselves quickly. They tend to be disgruntled, suspicious, and apathetic employees and, generally, they have chronic attendance issues, performance issues, and disciplinary issues. And, thanks to the proliferation of employment and labor law information available via the Internet, they know just enough to effectively work the system to their advantage — particularly when it comes to state or federally mandated benefits such as workers’ compensation and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Employee lawsuits have reached an all-time high and are still rising. Managing problem...
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...The closure of MG Rover REPORT BY THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL | HC 961 Session 2005-2006 | 10 March 2006 The National Audit Office scrutinises public spending on behalf of Parliament. The Comptroller and Auditor General, Sir John Bourn, is an Officer of the House of Commons. He is the head of the National Audit Office, which employs some 800 staff. He, and the National Audit Office, are totally independent of Government. He certifies the accounts of all Government departments and a wide range of other public sector bodies; and he has statutory authority to report to Parliament on the economy, efficiency and effectiveness with which departments and other bodies have used their resources. Our work saves the taxpayer millions of pounds every year. At least £8 for every £1 spent running the Office. The closure of MG Rover LONDON: The Stationery Office £12.25 Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed on 7 March 2006 REPORT BY THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL | HC 961 Session 2005-2006 | 10 March 2006 contents ExEcuTivE SuMMAry PArT 1 This report has been prepared under Section 6 of the National Audit Act 1983 for presentation to the House of Commons in accordance with Section 9 of the Act. John Bourn Comptroller and Auditor General National Audit Office 7 March 2006 The National Audit Office study team consisted of: Craig Adams, Tim Bryant, Alan Hartnell and Si Mathavan assisted by Santosh Gora, Daisy Hodgson, Laura Hughes, Kevin Manic and Robert...
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...Mistakes In this Special Report, the experts and editors from Harvard’s Program on Negotiation offer advice from past issues of the Negotiation newsletter to help you avoid common pitfalls and build better relationships and agreements with your colleagues, clients, and those closest to you. You will learn to: ■ Identify opportunities to expand the pie of resources. ■ Take steps to ensure you don’t overvalue your assets. ■ Guard against a backlash from less powerful parties. ■ Gain a keener understanding of what you really want. ■ Avoid being hurt by overcommitment to a deal. www.pon.harvard.edu $25 (US) Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School Negotiation Editorial Board Board members are leading negotiation faculty, researchers, and consultants affiliated with the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. Max H. Bazerman Harvard Business School Iris Bohnet Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Robert C. Bordone Harvard Law School John S. Hammond John S. Hammond & Associates Deborah M. Kolb Simmons School of Management David Lax Lax Sebenius, LLC Robert Mnookin Harvard Law School Bruce Patton Vantage Partners, LLC Jeswald Salacuse The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University James Sebenius Harvard Business School Guhan Subramanian Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School Lawrence Susskind Massachusetts Institute of Technology Michael Wheeler Harvard Business School About Negotiation The articles in this Special Report were previously published...
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...Industry Insight Nutraceuticals February 2008 4th & 5th Floghts, Road No. 1, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad-500034, India Tel: +91-40-23430303-05, Fax: +91-40-23430201, E-mail: info@cygnusindia.com Website: www.cygnusindia.com Disclaimer: All information contained in this report has been obtained from sources believed to be accurate by Cygnus Business Consulting & Research (Cygnus). While reasonable care has been taken in its preparation, Cygnus makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy, timeliness or completeness of any such information. The information contained herein may be changed without notice. All information should be considered solely as statements of opinion and Cygnus will not be liable for any loss incurred by users from any use of the publication or contents Industry Insight-Nutraceuticals SYNOPSIS Along with the growing healthcare industry in India there is an emerging trend in growing consumerism for ‘Fast Moving Healthcare Goods (FMHG)’; worldwide known as Nutraceuticals, which are by definition, ingredients with human health benefits beyond basic nutrition. In this report, Cygnus has considered nutraceuticals along with functional foods to estimate the total market of nutraceuticals, both for global and Indian market. According to Cygnus estimates, nutraceuticals market in 2007 was INR18.75 billion and expected to grow at 20% CAGR to achieve a market size of INR27 billion in 2009. Global nutraceuticals market is estimated...
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...Contracts and Procurement Management Notes: E-PROCUREMENT E-Procurement is the business to business (B2B) purchasing of goods and services through the Internet. These days, E-procurement is an invaluable tool for streamlining the procurement process. There are several varieties of e-Procurement, each of which can offers benefits to manufacturing enterprises in ensuring both that materials are delivered in time to meet production schedules and that they are at the best price to maximize profit margins. The state of Kentucky uses two methods to manage their contracts. These processes are: the competitive sealed bidding where by the bid is opened publicly at the time and place of solicitation and the competitive negotiation by RFP of which they are not opened publicly. E-Procurement.gov. helps the government and the citizens realize the vision of growth via profitable B2B e-commerce. The proven platform used by the largest companies in India and the world, it enables trade between companies of different sizes, platforms and locations.To this end,eProcurement.gov.in will provide services like eProcurement, eTendering, eSelling and eAuctions. E-procurement Auction Services offers government departments easy-to-use, web-based solutions for conducting dynamic exchanges in an on-line environment. It provides real-time bidding solutions for buyers and sellers as control, and simplicity to corporate procurement and liquidation processes. The state of Kentucky uses two methods to...
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