Management homework help

Can I please get help for best practices of each knowledge area in project management?

Each knowledge area is :

1) Project Integration Management

2) Project Scope Management

3) Project Time Management

4) Project Cost Management

5) Project Quality Management

6) Project Resources Management

7) Project Communications Management

8) Project Risk Management

9) Project Procurement Management

10) Project Stakeholder Management

The estimated costs of the following inputs create this baseline: cost management plan, scope baseline, activity cost estimates, project schedule, basis of estimates, project schedule, resource calendars, risk register, agreements, and organizational process assets. The purpose of the cost baseline is to provide a reference point against which project performance can be monitored and controlled.

1. According to PMBOK 2013, what outputs from the cost management plan create the cost baseline, and what purpose does a cost baseline serve in a project, please explains.

2. Why is it important for project managers to understand and use an earned value management approach to managing costs in projects, please explain?

– Subject: Operations Management

– Recommended textbook for the subject (it is attached): Heizer, J., Render, B., & Munson, C. (2017). Operations Management, (12th Ed.), Boston, MA: Prentice Hall, ISBN: 978-0-13-413042-2. Chapters 9 & 10. 

– Use of APA style required in all the assignment.

– Answer the following essay questions:

1. CASE STUDY – State Automobile License Renewals:

Go to page 401 in your textbook and find this Case Study at the bottom of the page. Read it completely and then answer the four discussion questions that follow. Write out and number each Discussion Question (put in bold type, single-spaced), and then use the APA essay style to answer each of the four questions in complete sentences. The fourth question is comprehensive in two parts so be certain to demonstrate your analytical ability and give thorough explanations with at least a 250-word essay.

2. Explain (a) ergonomics and the work environment and (b) why this is a big consideration in operations management?

3. Fill in the blanks. Before considering a product-oriented layout, it is important to be certain that these four things are considered:

• _____________________________
• _____________________________
• _____________________________
• _____________________________

4. Identify some of the major issues in job design.

Multiple-Choice Questions – select the correct option and explain your answer:

5. The least preferred method of establishing labor standards is:

     a) Time studies

     b) Work sampling

     c) Predetermined time standards

     d) Historical experience

     e) All of them

6. To set the required sample size in a time study, you must know:

     a) The desired accuracy and confidence levels

     b) The number of employees

     c) The number of parts produced per day

     d) Management’s philosophy toward sampling;

Part A: Product Differentiation

Part A refers to the material discussed in Lesson 5 of this course. Using logical, clear writing, do the following:

1. Define product differentiation and discuss the role that customer perceptions play in product differentiation.
2. Identify the three broad categories of product differentiation and two bases of differentiation under each category.
3. Explain the relationship between product differentiation and managerial creativity.

Part B: Flexibility and Real Options

Part B refers to the material discussed in Lesson 6 of this course. Using logical, clear writing, answer the following:

1. What is strategic flexibility? Why is it thought of as a third generic business-level strategy?
2. What are strategic options?
3. What are real options?

Part C: Collusion

Part C refers to the material discussed in Lesson 7 of this course. Using logical, clear writing, answer the following:

1. What is collusion?
2. What are the two types of collusion and how are they different?
3. How does signaling relate to collusion?

Part D: Vertical Integration

Part D refers to the material discussed in Lesson 8 of this course. Using logical, clear writing, do the following:

1. Define vertical integration and differentiate between forward vertical integration and backward vertical integration.
2. Identify the three fundamental explanations of how vertical integration can create value and discuss how value is created under each.
3. Identify three reasons a firm may be able to create value through vertical integration when most of its competitors are not able to create value through vertical integration.

Strategy Management:Please read the chapter 7 and 8 from the attached EBOOK for the subject strategy management.

Total words  5500Chapter 7 – 2750 words Chapter 8 – 2750 words

Write following (A) and (B) both for each chapters separately.

(A)  Write general summary. What did you understand? What are your opinions for the concepts in this chapter. Your learning out of this chapter. Provide any past experience or relevant examples.

(B) Follow the Bloom taxonomy format and write the Bloom Taxonomy for every Learning Objectives (Please see the screenshots attached for both the chapters). Answer should be only from the book’s chapter content. Write in your own words. There are total 6 levels. Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analyzing, Evaluating, Creating (Bloom taxonomy format attached)

General Instructions:

Keep the first-person writing tone for all the answers. (I, According to myself, etc etc. . .)

1. No plagiarism please. Attached the turnitin report along with the answers.

2. Academic level English. Accurate grammar and spellings mandatory.

3. Follow strict APA format.

4. Please make sure that all the answers are within the case study only. 

5. Use your own logic, rational, understanding and opinions while writing all the answers. Please make sure answers are meaningful.

Developing the project team improves the people skills, technical competencies, and overall team environment and project performance. It requires clear, timely, effective, and efficient communication between team members throughout the life of the project. What are the key objectives of developing a project team?

Developing the project team improves the people skills, technical competencies, and overall team environment and project performance. It requires clear, timely, effective, and efficient communication between team members throughout the life of the project. What are the key objectives of developing a project team?

Strategy Management:Please read the chapter 10 from the attached EBOOK for the subject strategy management. Write following (A) and (B) both for each chapters separately.

Total words  3000

Write following (A) and (B) both for each chapters separately.

(A)  Write general summary. What did you understand? What are your opinions for the concepts in this chapter. Your learning out of this chapter. Provide any past experience or relevant examples.

(B) Follow the Bloom taxonomy format and write the Bloom Taxonomy for every Learning Objectives (Please see the screenshots attached for both the chapters). Answer should be only from the book’s chapter content. Write in your own words. There are total 6 levels. Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analyzing, Evaluating, Creating (Bloom taxonomy format attached)

General Instructions:

Keep the first-person writing tone for all the answers. (I, According to myself, etc etc. . .)

1. No plagiarism please. Attached the turnitin report along with the answers.

2. Academic level English. Accurate grammar and spellings mandatory.

3. Follow strict APA format.

4. Please make sure that all the answers are within the case study only. 

5. Use your own logic, rational, understanding and opinions while writing all the answers. Please make sure answers are meaningful.

• Evaluate your project management options in terms of schedule, performance, and cost for the following scenario. Support your evaluation.
  • An office building construction project in the southern Virginia area is 80% complete when a major hurricane strikes, stopping progress on the worksite for 10 days while damage is assessed and repairs are completed. The project has a fixed budget and a completion date that cannot be moved.

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