Project Management - What, if anything, could Steele have done differently to avoid this problem

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Project Management

1. What happens if these are not present?

2.   You manage a hotel resort located on the South Beach on the Island of Kaui in Hawaii. You are shifting the focus of your resort from a traditional fun-in-the-sun destination to eco-tourism. How would you classify the following projects in terms of compliance, strategic, and operational?

3.  How would you respond and why?

4.   Why is a conductor of an orchestra an appropriate metaphor for being a project manager? What aspects of project managing are not reflected by this metaphor? Can you think of other metaphors that would be appropriate?

1. If you were Steele, what would you do?

2.  What, if anything, could Steele have done differently to avoid this problem?

3.  What could the management of Cerberus do to more effectively manage situations like this?

1) Explain the difference between budget reserved and management reserves 

2) Present six reason scheduling resources is an important task.

3) What are the difference between the five stage model of team development and the punctuated equilibrium model?

4) Under what condition would it be advisable to use a strong matrix instead of a dedicated project team?

5) Define Project. What are the five characteristics that help differentiate projects from

other functions carried out in the daily operation of the organization?

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT - What, in your opinion, is the major reason for the failure of Kozmo

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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

1. What is Physical Distribution Management (PDM)? Why is PDM considered to be a critical area of overall supply chain management? Discuss the system or 'total' approach to PDM in detail.

2- Define SCM integration and discuss the four stages of Steven's model of supply chain integration. Also, describe the strategies involved in SCM integration.

3. "Many innovations on technology-based approaches are well-suited to the enhancement of the effectiveness of Supply Chain Management"-Justify the statement by giving few applications of information technology in SCM.

4. What is Customer Profitability Analysis? Why has it gained importance in the recent times? Is it ethical to deny a customer who is not profitable?

5. Why is the location of warehouse important for the SCM? Discuss some methods for determining the location of the warehouse

6. What are the essential differences in the Supply Chain Management of Products vs. Services? Discuss the application of Supply Chain Management principles in Financial Services.

Questions:

(a) What, in your opinion, is the major reason for the failure of Kozmo?

(b) Do you think that Kozmo promised what its supply chain could not bear? What could have prevented its shut-down?