Global Impact of Public Relations Select an organization from the United States that conducts business in countries other than the U. S., and assess the impact of global public relations on buyer behavior (hint: Coca-Cola, Disney, McDonald’s, etc.). Respond substantively to at least two of your classmates’ postings. Business, Sports, Tourism, and Entertainment
"Individual and Organizational Learning" • Determine the salient impact of an organization transitioning individual learning into organizational learning. Next, argue whether a behavioral approach or a cognitive approach would be more effective in the transition in question. Justify your response. • Choose two (2) mystifications (i.e., multiple parochial disciplines, treating organizations like people, visionaries and skeptics, chic and mystique, and active mystification). Then, examine the extent to which the two (2) chosen mystifications exist in your organization or an organization with which you are familiar. Justify your response with at least two (2) specific examples of the selected mystifications.
You have recently been appointed head of human resources and are now in charge of managing a small team. Your next project is to revamp the compensation and benefits package employees are receiving at your company. Design a plan for the human resource project without the use of MS Project or similar software. Note: You will have to make assumptions or create fictitious data for this assignment. Be clear about these assumptions and data for your professor to follow along. Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you: Construct a project charter to revamp the compensation and benefits package. Design a communication plan for the project.
"Project Scheduling and Overloaded Resources" Please respond to the following: Give your opinion of the value of a GANTT chart being used for project scheduling in a human resource management project. Select two (2) other types of scheduling techniques and compare the usability and clarity to that of a GANTT chart. Many times a resource can become overloaded during a human resource project. State the resources you believe have been overloaded in your company and give your opinion why resources become overloaded. Suggest some solutions to solve this issue
"Budgeting Time and Valuing Risk Management" Please respond to the following: Justify the time it takes to put together a budget for a human resource project. Discuss the forces that would contribute to your budget requirements. Rank risk management in importance among the previous planning elements of budgeting, resourcing, scheduling, WBS and scope planning. Justify the ranking.
Read the case titled: “Risk Management on a Satellite Development Project” found in Chapter 10. Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you: Suggest the issues that could have developed had the team not had a risk plan. Determine the major impacts of risk that the team needs to understand for the project to be successful. Justify the value of risk plan considering the time, effort, cost, and resources it took to develop such a plan. If you were the project manager, recommend the approach that you would take to ensure the project met the critical path identified.
"TQM Planning" Please respond to the following: Imagine your company is being used to subcontract the management of a project. However, you find that you must first convince the contracting company that your company is worthy of the position. Design a plan that centers on TQM and the contracting company’s increasing concern for a quality product. Be sure to address at least the following concerns: What precautions are being implemented to ensure a quality project? How do you plan on ensuring stakeholder satisfaction? What methods of quality assurance do you offer?
"Supply Chain Fundamentals and More Management Techniques" Please respond to the following: Evaluate how supply chain management affects the process of project management. Examine the impact SCM has on your project completion. Provide a rationale for your response. Watch the video titled “More Management Techniques from The One Minute Manager” (6 min 28 s), found on NBC Learn. Title: Management Techniques from "The One Minute Manager"
"Project Control and Wrapping Up the Project" Please respond to the following: Analyze the balanced scorecard approach as it applies to human resource projects. What differences are clear in this analysis? Prioritize the elements of finishing a human resource project. Define your critical path of the project.
"Project Management Advice" Please respond to the following: Imagine you work for a midsize organization that is inquiring about adding a project manager to your existing staff. Since you have knowledge about the subject, your boss turns to you for advice. Support or oppose the idea of adding a project manager with a compiled list of at least 5 reasons. Justify the reasons with knowledge gained throughout the ten weeks of this course.