IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT (Created by the Institute for Development Management, Botswana for the NGO Institute, STF. (Some materials in this module have been extracted from “A Guide to Project Management Body of Knowledge, 3rd. edition, 2004) What is a project? “A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service.” The Three P’s [pic] Working definition of project management Project management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities
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BISE – RESEARCH PAPER Analysis of Informal Communication Networks – A Case Study It is becoming more and more important for knowledge workers to increase their productivity. However, there is a general lack of (semi-)automated, IT-supported data collection and evaluation approaches that allow insights into the processes and structures of an enterprise’s internal networks and the activities of its knowledge workers. The article presents a prototype of an IT-supported instrument (“Social Badges”)
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AP Stucco, Inc. Organizational Change Proposal Kayla Oliver-Pratt BUS 610 Inst. Peggy Morrison July 5, 2011 Organizational Change Organizational change is inevitable. For centuries philosophers have struggled with the meaning of “change.” Accomplishing organizational change is one of the greatest challenges for business leaders in the twenty-first century. In order to build a successful organization, it takes time, effort, and perseverance; but once success is obtained, maintaining
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Comparing and contrasting Sentara Health System 2010 and Eastern Maine Medical Center 2008 Davies Organizational Award Minerva Ndikum Medical Informatics 6208 DE PhD Philip Aspden This paper compares and contrasts eight different views of two winners of Davies enterprise award. The HIMSS Nicholas E. Davies award recognizes excellence in the implementation and use of health information technology, specifically electronic health records (EHRs), for healthcare organizations
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Organizational Effectiveness in Criminal Justice Organizations All organizations have specific ethics, values, and goals that it uses to drive them in a forward direction that those within the organization need to know and understand. The Criminal justice system is not any different and has many moving parts that at times can make it difficult to have a clear picture of the overall effectiveness of the organization is truly operating. In order to make this picture clearer we will look at three
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Fitter-Snacker Case and SAP Configuration • Fitter Snacker has separate information systems for three functional areas: – Sales order processing – Warehouse management – Accounting • Sales transaction data is shared with accounting via periodic file transfers • Credit data is shared between accounting and sales via paper printout – High number of manual transactions leads to many opportunities for data error 4 Overview of Fitter Snacker • Fictitious Fitter Snacker Company produces
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Shortfalls Peter Mekhail GM591 - Leadership and Organizational Behavior Professor Joseph Plumley December 11, 2011 Introduction The organization that will be used as the topic of my course project will be my current employer, Cullum Detuners, Ltd. (CDL). CDL is a design-build company that provides acoustic support for the gas turbine industry. The headquarters for the company is U.K. based and employs mainly British personnel for the management team. Over the last few years the company has
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The purpose of this project is to give you the opportunity to apply course materials to an actual organization. Additionally, you will experience the processes and problems involved in working with others to reach a specific objective. There will be 3 deliverables: written team paper, team class presentation & an analysis of team behavior. The first 2 will be done as a team and the last assignment will be done by each team member and turned in separately. Project Steps: 1. Choose
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just decent individuals who behave in ways that, knowingly or not, sabotage the potential success of the IntensCare project. Medisys provides an especially good opportunity to think about lessons from the previous weeks. Specifically: Daniel Pink agues in his TED talk for the importance of autonomy as a motivator. Wasn’t autonomy the operating premise of the Intenscare project? As such, how can one reconcile Pink’s advice with the disastrous scenario in the case? Also, what could Valerie Merz
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BUS599 MBA Integrative Project Module II-Case Stevie Stephens Trident University Introduction The following paper looks to inform the reader of the six OD models widely used by organizations. Each of the six models is unique; bringing with them their own pros and cons. Along with the OD models, we will be covering three issues plaguing the Whole Foods Market today. 7s Model McKinsey 7s model is a model developed by McKinsey Consultants with help from Richard Pascale and Anthony G. Anthos
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