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Essay Instructions on Pharmacotherapeutics Assignment

 

i would appreciate some information please. i am trying to complete an essay on pharmotherapeutics incorporating pharmodymanics and pharmokinetics regarding two drugs morphine and zofran. this is at level 3 nursing degree and is 2500 words.  i have attached the guidelines can you please reply, also do you use referencing within the last 5 years.

 

 

Specific information: Level 3

 

-Assignment title:                 1. Within the context of a care study discuss the pharmacotherapeutic management in relation to any TWO drugs prescribed

 

                                               

-note your word limit and plan the  introduction, body and conclusion of your assignment accordingly – allow up to 20% of word limit for introduction and conclusion

 

-the sections relating to the introduction, body and conclusion should be recognisable but without any obvious headings! Please note that headings should not be used at all in any part of the assignment.

 

-having chosen your drugs or drug regimen, your literature search at this stage will help you to identify the range of evidenced based material available and therefore help you to focus on the concepts which you might develop. Look at the balance of the literature support you are using in terms of evidenced based literature and articles/textbooks

 

-make use of the material developed from the DSLS in your on-line pharmacotherapeutics notes

 

The INTRODUCTION should clearly identify:

-the assignment objective/aim

-the author’s professional role

-the format of the presentation ie care study or drug regimen with a very brief comment/rationale

-consider including a brief statement relating to the general biopsychosocial and/or epidemiological impact of the disease

-the drugs/regimen chosen for discussion needs to be stated

-the extent of the discussion needs to be highlighted i.e the rationale for the specific pharmacotherapeutic concepts the author plans to develop OR the rationale relating to why you have chosen to discuss specific aspects of a drug regimen etc  

 

 

The BODY of the assignment needs to develop the detail relating to the concepts specified in the introduction as follows:

 

Care study context:

-this is the point where the relevant detail relating to the patient should be discussed within the context of pathobiology – be precise and stay focused!

-the rationale for the drug initiation needs to be clearly discussed at this stage and within the context of all other related therapeutic interventions;

-you need to demonstrate that you understand how the disease process(s) (pathology) is compromising normal body structure and/or function (human biology) and the proposed impact of therapeutic intervention with drugs (pharmacotherapeutics)

-the two drugs chosen should then be discussed either separately or together. Either way you need to be sure that the related pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic concepts which you have chosen to develop are clearly discussed in your own language and with appropriate literature support. You need to demonstrate what you understand and not what textbooks say!!

-within the area of pharmacokinetics your chosen concepts for discussion need to be within the following areas- administration, absorption, metabolism, distribution, and elimination

-in relation to pharmacodynamics you must:

a. identify the location of the human body molecule (or microbial target molecules) which the drug molecules are designed to target

b. in your own terms (along with literature support) explain the normal physiological role of these target molecules and how they are normally activated 

c. using your own terms, discuss how the drug molecules interact with the target molecules and the changes which this interaction is designed to bring 

d. identify as many areas in the body with similar target molecules and discuss the significance of this 

-within the area of pharmacokinetics your chosen concepts for discussion need to be within the following areas- administration, absorption, metabolism, distribution, and elimination

 

The CONCLUSION gives you the opportunity to:

-determine that you have addressed all the relevant issues

-within the care study context evaluate the role of the medication

-focus on the themes which generated discussion and put forward your own thoughts and ideas

-suggest possible proposals, recommendations for change, research initiatives, educational initiatives etc

 

the case study I was going to discuss was a fit and healthy 42 year old lady being admitted for an elective abdominal hysterectomy for menarrohagia and the medication I was going to discuss are patient controlled analgesia (PCA)  the drugs are MORPHINE AND ondansetron. Will also need to discuss any guidelines which may be applicable to the use of PCA

I understand we need to briefly mention/ discuss any other medications which would be used also.  Polypharmacy For induction of a general anaesthetic drugs of choice would be Propfol, suxamethanone, sometimes use sevoflurane gas, fentanyl and kytril I think these need to be mentioned in the case study and then state however the assignment is going to discuss the morphine and ondansetron and use the guidelines as above please.

How to Review a Scientific Article_Instructions

How to Review a Scientific Article

 

The goal of this assignment is to review the results and implications of a recently published scientific article (Terry Hunt’s article in the course reader). Such reviews are often published by scientific journals as a means of communicating science to the general public. For example, a leading journal called Nature publishes short reviews in their News and Views section. For this assignment, you will write a review using the style, format, and structure used in the News and Views section of Nature. To help you write your review, I have also included specific instructions on style, format and structure below. I have also included the following link to a review published in the News and Views section that you can use as template:

 

 

 

Style and Format of the Review

The style and format of a review are dictated by its purpose: to review the results and implications of a recent scientific article for the general public. Thus, the style of a review is factual (reporting on the results) and interpretive (discussing the validity and implications of the results), but the language you use should not be too technical. In other words, the review should be informative yet engaging, and you should express your opinion regarding the validity and meaning of the results. Luckily, you have already learned a lot about the topic (Easter Island), so you should be prepared to formulate and express your opinion. If you need more information to help you form your opinion, you can read the articles cited by Terry Hunt and Jared Diamond (Chapter 2).

 

You should format your review as follows:

·         12 point font

·         1.25 inch margins on the left and right side of the page (the default in Word)

·         1 inch margins at the top and bottom of the page (the default in Word)

·         Double spaced

·         2-3 pages in length

·         Include a title

·         Do not use headings (the headings used below are only meant to indicate the structure of the review)

·         Cite and list your references using the same format used in News and Views (see Jeremy Sabloff’s review in the course reader).

 

 

Structure of the Review

 

Title

·         Include a succinct yet descriptive title (try to make the topic sound intriguing)

·         Include your name

 

Background Information

·         Briefly introduce the civilization (again, try to make it sound interesting and perhaps a bit mysterious)

·         Review current understanding of the civilization (citing previous articles and books)

·         Raise questions about the development and collapse of the civilization that remain unanswered or debated (particularly those addressed in the article).

 

Review

·         Introduce the article you are reviewing (giving the title, author and journal)

·         Explain the methods used to address the unanswered/debated questions raised above

·         Describe the main results reported in the article (e.g. radiocarbon dates)

·         Describe how the author interprets the results (whether the author thinks he/she answered the questions raised above)

 

Critique

·         Explain the potential significance of the results (how the author’s interpretation would change current understanding of the collapse, if true)

·         State whether you agree with the author’s interpretation

·         Explain why you do, or do not, agree with the author’s interpretation

·         Conclude by discussing how and why the debate should be resolved in the future

 

Evaluation of the Review

 

When writing the review, you should also consider the methods and criteria that I will use to grade final draft of your review.  The methods and criteria are described in the document “How to Conduct a Peer Review”, and they are the same methods and criteria that you will use when reviewing the written assignments of your peers. The final draft will contribute 100 points to your course grade (about 10% of the total – see Grading Scheme).

 

The first and second drafts will contribute an additional 5 points each to your course grade. However, they will be graded based solely on the timeliness of submission:

 

5          On time

2          1 day late

1          2 days late

0          More than 2 days late

 

Late submission is penalized to ensure that your peers have adequate time to review your writing (which will improve your final draft and grade). Note that the grade you receive on one draft will not affect the grade you receive on the other drafts. Also note that the late penalty for the final draft will follow the normal late policy: ten percent of the maximum grade will be deducted for each day that it is late (see Grading Scheme):

 

 

Corporate Governance Assignment

Corporate Governance Assignment

 

Corporate Governance mechanism

l   Corporate Law

l   Regulations

What is a corporation?

Functions of corporate law

What is corporate governance?

 

Directors’ fiduciary duties

Why do we need to curb the delinquent activities of company directors?

l   Divergence of interest

l   Significant deterrence

l   Compensation

l   Effective enforcement

Directors’ duties

Derivative action and minority shareholder remedies

Companies Act 2006

 

Classical difference between both legal systems

l   pros and cons

l   General trend of convergence

 

Diverse response to Enron’s collapse

Commonalities of Response

Pros and cons

l   Considerable resistance to the rule-based regulatory approach of the US

l   Countries like France and Germany prepared to adopt reforms based on Sarbanes-Oxley

l   Shift from commercial norms to legislation under the US reform

l   Creating an over complex and prescriptive regime that would be difficult to enforce

l   Deeply flawed and would undermine traditional board autonomy

l   Discourage cross-listing overly stringent corporate governance rules

Your own findings: e.g. appropriate room for risk taking: higher risk à higher reward

 

Conclusion

 

PAPER TITLE: "CORPORATE REGULATION AND GOVERNANCE MUST BE TARGETED AT CURBING THE DELINQUENT ACTIVITIES OF COMPANY DIRECTORS, HOWEVER, THE DANGER WITH THE EXCESSIVE REGULATION OF DIRECTORS' IS THAT COMPANIES WILL BECOME DOMINATED BY A RULES RELIANT CULTURE, TO THE EXTENT THAT BUSINESS ACTIVITY WILL BE SIGNIFCANTLY DIMINISHED. DISCUSS AND CRITICALLY ANALYSE THIS STATEMENT. AT LEAST 50 FOOTNOTES WORD LIMIT 5000 WORDS EXCLUDING FOOTNOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY PLEASE APPLY THE CASE "THE RULE IN FOSS V. HARBOTTLE"

 

 

 

 

Managing People, HRM and Organizations in Changing Contexts_Coursework Assignment

Managing People, HRM and Organizations in Changing Contexts

 

 

 

 

 

 

Introduction

 

This course introduces students to managing people and organizations in the context of change. As such it deals directly with some of the central issues faced business and its key functions.  The course is based on two books I have just written and deals with some of the core problems faced by all organizations, including management  and leadership, how individuals relate to their organizations, organizational design, international management, corporate reputations and branding, knowledge management, technology and people, and managing change and culture change and strategic HRM.   The two key themes in the course are change and internationalisation: change because there is rarely anything which is “fixed” about organizational life and HRM; one way of looking at organizations is that they are always in a state of becoming; internationalisation because looking at organizations and theories from other countries helps you to understand your organizations in this country.  Thus we will also look at some cases from Europe, the US and Asia, a few of which I have written myself in the course of previous research.

 

Learning Outcomes

 

The course has four main learning outcomes and by the end of it you will

1. Understand the key issues in organizational change and the management of change from the perspective of senior and middle managers and employees

2. Understand the role played by people management in the process of managing organizational change and be able to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of various approaches and techniques.

3. Understand how effective management and leadership relates to other key business functions

4. Be able to use some of the key ideas and techniques as practical tools for the design and change of organizations.

 

Set Texts and Further Reading

 

Set Text

 (2006) Managing People and Organizations in Changing Contexts, Oxford: Butterworth

(I will provide additional material on the internet)

Further Reading

 (2003) Strategy and Human Resource Management, Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave.

 

 (2004) Managing and Organizations:  An Introduction to Theory and Practice, London: Sage

 

(2006) Organization theory:: Modern, postmodern and symbolic perspectives. (second edition) Oxford: Blackwell

 

 (2001) The strategy-focused organisation. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press Newell,  (2002) HRM in context: a case study approach, Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan

 

 (2006) Corporate reputations, branding and people management: a strategic approach to HR. Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann

 

Journals

Academy of Management Perspectives

Academy of Management Review

British Journal of Management

Human Resource Management

The International Journal of Human Resource Management

Employee Relations

International Journal of Training and Development

The British Journal of Industrial Relations

Personnel Review

 

Key Internet Sites

 

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development ()

Society of Human Resource Management ()

World Federation of Personnel Management ()

American Society for Training and Development ()

 

Teaching Approach and Schedule

 

My approach to teaching this class is to make it as interactive as possible.  Consequently, you will need to read the cases and book chapters beforehand.  

 

You will need to buy the book, which has all of the basic reading and cases.  Paper handouts in class will be kept to a minimum.  When doing the assignments you will need to do further reading.

 

Course Grades

 

The assessments and weightings are as follows:

 

 

Coursework                                                     60%

 

Final Case Exam                                             40%

 

 

COURSE OUTLINE

 

SESSIONS 1&2: Introduction to the Course, the Problem of Managing People and Organisations in Changing Contexts

What do managers do and what should they do in contemporary changing contexts? The different role managers perform and the problems of managing people and organisational change.  Managerial and leadership competences.  Exercising wisdom

Reading

Martin Chap1& 2

Cases

See Chapters 1 & 2

 

SESSION 3  Managing the Relationships between Individuals and Organizations

The nature of psychological contracts: what employees expect, value and what do/should employers deliver.  What connects people to organisations?: identification, internalization, psychological ownership and commitment.  Employee engagement as a new approach.  Managing reputations and brands.

Reading

Martin Chapter 3

Cases

See Chapter 3.

 

SESSION 4  Managing in an Organizational Context

An exploration of some of the key issues in organizational design and the problems created by organizational structures.  Modern forms of organization – networked and virtual organizations.  Designing organizations: key principles

Reading

Martin Chap 4

Cases

Cases from Chapter 4: Innovative Electronics

 

SESSION 5  Managing in an International  Context

An exploration of some of the international dimensions of HRM, including the role of foreign direct investment, globalisation and global companies. We will also look at the importance of cultural differences and institutional differences in managing people

Reading

Martin Chap 5

Cases

Cases from Chapter 5, including Walmart, Management Education, McDonald’s

 

SESSION 6 – The Corporate Context

 

Understanding the role of the emerging corporate agenda on management: corporate reputations, corporate branding, corporate governance and corporate social responsibility.  Managing reputations and corporate brands through people

 

Readings:

Chapters 6

  

Case(s):

America’s image abroad

Agilent technologies

 

 

SESSION 7 – Knowledge Management, Human Resource Development and Management Development

Human capital and intellectual capital: the role of HRD in developing modern organizations.  The importance of management development to the process of strategic change.  Different approaches to learning and the impact of education on creating organizational learning and learning organizations.

 

Readings:

   Martin, Chapter 7 on the Knowledge Context

Reading by Seely Brown and Duguid

 

Case(s):

Standard Life

Universities as Knowledge Enterprises

 

 

SESSION 8 – Technology and Managing People

 

The role of technology in managing people and the role of technology in shaping the HR Function

Readings:

   Martin, Chapter 8 on Technological Context and Managing People

Case:

Macromed

Lean Production

Future of Work

 

 

SESSION  9 – Managing Organizational Change

 

Understanding the barriers to organizational change.  Applying change models to the analysis of change.  Understanding and managing in organizational cultures

 

Readings:

   Martin, Chapter 9

           

Case(s):

AT&T and NCR

Living with a Purist

 

 

 

Coursework Assignment

 

Write a 12-15 page report.

 

Guidelines for the Report

 

The purpose this report is to create an opportunity to apply the ideas and concepts discussed in class and the readings in the analysis of a real organizational situation. The situation may be drawn from your own experience, or from some public event on which information is readily available in newspapers, reports, etc. Your choice of situation will be an important one and will call for considerable judgment and discretion on your part in deciding whether it is feasible to use it for the purposes of the case study.

 

Be sure to maintain a professional stance in relation to matters that are sensitive. Confidentiality and the general conduct of the project is entirely your responsibility, so proceed with caution and great care.

 

In essence, the report invites you to do the following:

 

(a)   Identify some HR/people management/organizational change situation which appears to be amenable to analysis using the course material: the situation must be sufficiently complex to generate enough material for the writing of a case which meets the specifications described below.

(b)        Consider the concepts and general ideas discussed in class, and see which help make sense of the situation being described.

(C)       Engage in research activity which allows you to test the relevance of the different through the accumulation of relevant information and data.

(d)        Write up the report in a way which relates evidence to theory, to provide an appropriate analysis and explanation of the situation described.

 

Successful organizational analysis and design rests in an ability to examine any given organizational/HR/change situation so that its fundamental characteristics are made clear. It is not simply a question of spotting problems and applying appropriate solutions. Rather, it hinges on questions such as,

 

What is going on in the situation that I am analyzing?

How can I account for its characteristics and the way they are changing?

How can I make sense of the situation and arrive at an interpretation which  allows me to say something concrete about it?

 

HR analysis and design involves a process of thinking about a situation, constructing and reconstructing it in different ways that seem consistent with its nature, so that one can say something that may provide a basis for intelligent action. If the analysis has been done well, then the course of action which is appropriate for managing or changing the situation will become apparent.

 

Formal Requirements

 

The aim of this report is to get you started on the case study at an early stage, and to get you into a frame of mind which is analytical in the sense that it is constantly attempting to create a diagnostic reading relating theory and practice, taking the ideas discussed in the class and applying tern to the situation being studied. This report should be no more than 15 double-spaced typed pages and include the following:

 

(a)                     A brief account of the situation being investigated, providing sufficient information for the reader to understand the nature of the organization and its context.

 

This section should include relevant background information as well as a clear statement of the focus of your case study. For example, it is appropriate to provide information on the age, size, and history; of the organization, the product or services it provides, and the general nature of its environment the purpose of this is to orient the reader, so that he or she can acquire an understanding of the industry or sector with which you are dealing and the general trends it is facing. it is a good idea to do this as soon as you have selected a situation for analysis, preferably after the first week of class.

 

It should also offer a clear, concise statement of the problems, issues, or situations you will be examining as a focus for your case study. This is a critical dimension of your paper that cannot be underemphasized. Recall that your objective in this course is always to demonstrate the relevance of sound theory to practical organizational issues. To assure that you case analyses is firmly rooted in a specific situation or series of events, it is essential for you to explicitly identify this at the onset of your analysis. This will enable your reader to distinguish the direction and purpose of your analysis. In addition, it will provide you with a useful point of reference for determining what information about your organization should be included in your report.

 

(b) A series of sections applying ideas discussed in class to the case situation. Each class will give you some ideas through which you can see and understand the organization you are studying. It is your job to try and apply these ideas in practice, identifying the detailed ways in which the different theories/concepts relate to your particular organization.

 

 

Make sure that the report is written in a professional manner. It will be judged according to the quality of analysis and presentation, in accordance with the criteria listed later in this set of guidelines.

 

 

 

Draft_Assignment

 

ADVANCED DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING

 

EN4801/ENT692

 

 

 

 

The Effect of Lowpass Filtering on the Performance

of a Spread Spectrum System

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Objectives

 

The purpose of this Assignment is for the student to demonstrate and understand of  how to:

 

·      Use MATLAB software for system modelling;

·      Design a lowpass filter to meet a specified performance;

·      Characterise and measure spread spectrum system performance.

 

           

 

 

 

List of Contents

 

1.         Introduction: Matched filters are robust

 

2.         Matched filter performance measures

 

3.         Task 1: Design of a spread-spectrum waveform

 

4.         Task 2: Design of a family of signal postfilters

 

5.         Task 3: Prefiltering the matched filter

 

6.         Task 4: Writing a report

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Introduction:       Matched filters are robust

 

 

This paper shall experiment on the use of frequency-selective filters, matched filters, and Fast Fourier Transforms, and investigate the effect of bandlimiting spread-spectrum input signal on matched filter performance. The degree of bandlimitation to be examined is too varied between rather slight and very severe.

 

Ordinary signal waveforms for use in systems that do not use the spread-spectrum technique are usually quite sensitive to frequency-selective filtering: too much bandlimitation will usually cause severe waveform distortion, and the system performance will deteriorate rapidly as the filter bandwidth is reduced beyond what was originally specified for normal operation.

 

This is not the case with matched filtering. Matched filters are capable of tolerating many types of signal waveform distortion [ 1999], and perhaps their most fundamental property is that they are still able to detect the signal they were designed to match, even when the signal is invisible, immersed in noise, with a Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) less than 0 dB. Other examples are well-known: the matched filter is still able to operate, with surprisingly small loss of performance when the input signal is coarsely quantised; or, in the case of a binary pseudonoise waveform, when a significant proportion of the signal “chips” are wrong [1965], where biphase-modulated signals are analyzed.  Yet another example of the various distortions that a matched filter is able tolerate is that of frequency-selective filtering of the received waveform. Even when a significant proportion of the frequency spectrum of the input signal has been removed, the matched filter still manages to detect the filtered waveform when it is immersed in noise 2006].

 

The paper shall examine quantitatively the way in which various measures of matched filter performance are degraded as the bandwidth of the channel carrying its input signal is decreased.

 

The system scenario is shown in Figure 1.

 

 

 

 

                                                

 

Figure 1: Filtering the spread-spectrum waveform in a spread-spectrum system

 

the system is conceptualised quantitatively as a baseband system,

! ! ! -----à  MATLAB simulation scenario here

The resulting system simulation in MATLAB shall be inserted HERE

 

 

2. Matched filter performance measures

 

The measures of matched filter performance that we will be concerned with are:

• Peak-to-Sidelobe Ratio (PSR), and
• Signal-to-Noise Gain (SNG) (also called Processing Gain (PG))

 

The definition of PSR is the easier to understand. Ignoring noise, the output of the matched filter is the autocorrelation, of the bipolar () spread-spectrum signal sequence, consisting of M chips. This will be a sequence of length , symmetric about its midpoint M, where the peak value,  occurs. The sidelobe level is defined as the maximum of the absolute values of the sidelobes:  Straightforwardly, the definition of PSR is:

.

 

The definition of Signal-to-Noise Gain is more complicated:

where the Signal-to-Noise ratio, SNR, is defined, in the context of matched filtering, to be:

 

 

Assuming that the channel noise is additive Gaussian white noise (AWGN) with zero mean and RMS value  we have, at the input to the matched filter:

 

 

Similarly, at the output of the matched filter, we have:

 

 

where  is the impulse response of the matched filter. Consequently, the SNG is independent of  and we have:

 

These two measures are both useful in characterising the performance of the matched filter: PSR is more to do with the detectability of the peak when the input signal is noisy: if S is large then the corresponding sidelobe is quite likely to be mistaken for the peak, and a false alarm will occur. By choosing the spread-spectrum waveform to be bipolar we have already ensured that P takes its maximum possible value, M, and the signal waveform design simply consists of making sure that S is reasonably small, so as to obtain a good (large) value of PSR. As the n-th sidelobe () consists of the sum of the sum of n fairly random  values, which by the Central Limit theorem, should be fairly Gaussian with mean zero (provided the spread-spectrum sequence itself is unbiased) and RMS value  Close-in to the main peak, then, it would not be too surprising to find a sidelobe of value around 2 or 3 times  This would imply that  would be in the range  but a clever waveform design might do better than this.

 

The SNG for the bipolar spread-spectrum waveform is easy to evaluate: the peak input signal level is obviously 1; the peak output signal is obviously M, and the square root in the expression for SNG is obviously  Consequently,

 

These values, , with  about 2 or 3, are the values corresponding to an unbiased bipolar spread-spectrum signal. But if that signal is subjected to lowpass filtering, the peak input signal will change, and so will the correlation peak, even though the matched filter’s bipolar coefficients are assumed to be unchanged. So filtering will affect SNG and PSR, and the question is: how much?

 

 

 

 

 

3. Task 1: Design of a spread-spectrum waveform

 

Here, MATLAB software will be used to design a spread-spectrum waveform.

 

Parameters

Number of signal chips  (M)          = 1250,

Oversampling factor (K)     = 2,

Lowpass filter order (N)       = 30,

Kaiser window type with parameter (b) = 80

What is required is a bipolar  waveform of M samples, which is unbiased. This means that M needs to be even, and the number of +1s needs to be equal to the number of –1s. This immediately disqualifies the popular binary m-sequences, for which M is confined to be, for some value of k. One way to find a suitable input signal is simply to generate sequences of M (pseudo)random bipolar numbers and reject those with too large an imbalance of +1s and –1s. This can be done easily, for instance, using MATLAB’s Gaussian random number generator randn.m, as follows: s = sign(randn(1,M));; or its uniform random number generator rand.m, as follows: s = sign(rand(1,M)-0.5);. Without too much searching, it is feasible to discover a sequence with zero imbalance, that is, zero bias. This is helpful in reducing the size of the correlation sidelobes.

 

A further design option is to oversample the signal, by a factor K. This can be done using the Kronecker product instruction in MATLAB, kron(.,.). Instead of increasing M, this is an alternative way of increasing the time-bandwidth product of the signal. It can be shown that the time-bandwidth product is equal to the Signal-to-Noise Gain, so this will have a direct impact on SNG, and PSR as well.

 

! ! ! -----à  MATLAB INPUT/Output  here

 

4. Task 2: Design of a family of signal postfilters

For this Assignment, it is required that you use MATLAB’s  fir1.m instruction to design the lowpass filter. This filter design instruction is parametrised by normalised cutoff frequency, and also the filter order, N. In addition, the type of window used in the design can be chosen from an extensive repertoire. Obviously, filtering the spread-spectrum waveform removes signal power, and apart from distorting the waveform, there is an overall reduction in the amplitude. To ensure a fair comparison, that is, to make the definitions of input SNR the same, it is necessary to rescale the waveform, increasing its amplitude so that the waveform maximum is unity, as in the original unfiltered case. This is easily done, by measuring the maximum value of the filtered waveform, and renormalizing the entire waveform by dividing by this value.

! ! ! -----à  MATLAB DATA yield here

Calculate and plot the values of SNG in dB and PSR in dB for a range of filter normalised cutoff frequencies:  (The value of  corresponding to an allpass filter, is rejected by MATLAB).

 

The filter impulse response and magnitude of the frequency response should be plotted for the cases   Clearly, for  the values of SNG and PSR should be nearly those for the ideal case discussed in Section 3.

 

5. Task 3: Prefiltering the matched filter

Task 2 should convince you that matched filtering is robust to linear filtering of the spread-spectrum waveform. Now consider the idea that if this is so, then as far as the noiseless signal is concerned, it makes no difference whether the lowpass filter is placed on the far side of the channel in the transmitter following the waveform generator, or on the near side of the channel in the receiver, prior to the matched filter. This is just another way of saying that the PSR is the same in both cases. Formulate a formal proof of this assertion. This new system scenario is shown in Figure 2.

 

 

 

                                                

Figure 2: Filtering the noisy spread-spectrum waveform in a spread-spectrum system

 

In this alternative scenario, however, the noise also gets filtered by the lowpass filter, so that the SNR at the matched filter input will be better than in the case considered in Task 2. Modify the definition of SNG to model this situation, and repeat the SNG plot of Task 2 for this case.

 

! ! ! -----à  MATLAB DATA yield here INSERT an Overplot of the two cases for ease of comparison, investigating the robustness as a function of the oversampling factor K.

Is there a case for deliberately reducing the receiver bandwidth to exploit the robustness of the matched filter?

There is prior research by  [2006] on the efficiency of prefiltering a transmitting signal in combination with a matched filter receiver, yielding highly desirable and controllable communications signal.

 

6. Task 4: SUMMARY

The simulations thus performed, beyond mere laboratory demonstration, indicate the direction of further research and application of an alternative communication channel to possibly use lowpass instead of conventional bandpass filtering.  [1999] have similarly considered the robust detection of a spread-spectrum (ss) signal in the presence of unknown correlated ss interference and various pseudonoise additive. The general ss receiver structure they proposed is comprised by a vector of adaptive chip-based nonlinearities followed by an adaptive linear tap-weight filter, combining the relative merits of both nonlinear and linear signal processing [1999]. They further derived the optimum decision fusion filter for receivers that utilize hard-limiting (sign) chip nonlinearities. Data derived from their simulation and calculations demonstrate the performance of these schemes and offer comparisons with the conventional matched filter.

 

Similar experiments were performed by IBM for a white-Gaussian model in a similar context, though nonlinear effects of bandlimitation are not considered in the paper's analysis [].  The IBM research proves that for white noise, bandlimiting reduces output SNR by a few dB.

 

With no doubt, this area of spread-spectrum signalling is a rich area of future research and plethora of possible future applications

 

Included inside the back cover of the report is an envelope with CD-ROM containing the report and software used.

 

 

 

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The Effect of Lowpass Filtering on the Performance Assignment Instructions

CityCountry : United Kingdom
Title of Paper : The Effect of Lowpass Filtering on the Performance.
Note Pages : 1500 words - 6 pages

Footnoting : MLA

Instructions : i have uploaded my main assignment sheet, my assignment parameters are also uploaded.


I have also uploaded the sample model answer.


 

Develop a systems development project plan for a dental business

develop a systems development project plan
for a dental business owned by the Owen family

data:
* Lucille Owen, the Managing Director of Owen’s Dental Care,
manages the six practices spread across the region
* Typically, two dentists, a hygienist, various administrators and a receptionist work in each practice.
All the work is carried out at the local practices in treating the patients
* The administrator and receptionist at each site have stand-alone PCs with standard packages
(e.g. Word Processing, Spreadsheets and Scheduler for booking appointments).

During the past two years a number of problems have surfaced:
1. Management of supplies (Over- and under-stocking of essential products,
suppliers charging different prices for same products).
2. Difficulties resulting from diverse administration practices across the practices
(especially in terms of reconciling financial reports).
3. Customers have complained that they are not able to book into different practices,
especially when there are no suitable appointments available at their local practice.
4. MD unable to ascertain the financial state of the business on a regular basis.

The MD has decided to invest in an integrated computerised system to standardise its practices
across all the six practices. However, not all the staff from the different practises are convinced of
the need for this change, citing extra costs, training and removing autonomy from local practices as
some of the reasons for their resistance.

Owen’s Dental Care has decided to hire the services of an IT consulting firm to develop the system.
Your role, as a Project Manager of the IT consulting firm, is to produce a detailed project
plan and a supporting report. A budget of $70,000 (US) has been allocated for the system.
Owen’s Dental Care is expecting the system to be in place within eight weeks.
You can make any other assumptions, but these must be made clear in your report.

"systems development" ("project plan" OR report) concept technique theory budget

Owen’s Dental Care_Task Management Essay Instructions

Task Management

Important Notes:

􀂙 It is your responsibility to familiarise yourself with the NCC Education Academic

Dishonesty and Plagiarism Policy.

􀂙 Any thoughts, ideas or quotations which don’t belong to you must be fully attributed to their

sources using the appropriate in-text citation and bibliography using the Harvard

Referencing System. Authors’ work that is used in your assignment and not referenced is

plagiarism.

At Diploma level work omitting either citations or bibliography will be limited to a

maximum 50%; at Advanced Diploma level to a maximum 45%; at Honours and PgD

level to a fail.

􀂙 You must sign the Student Declaration as detailed in the ‘Statement and Confirmation of

Own Work’ found at the back of every NCC Education assignment. You must attach the

signed and completed form to your assignment.

􀂙 If you gain an unfair advantage or collude in any way whatsoever (other than on joint

assignments) you are liable to be disqualified. Cheating is an offence.

􀂙 You could lose marks if you exceed the recommended word count by more than 10%.

􀂙 A digital copy as well as a paper copy must be submitted (on disk or similarly acceptable

medium). Media containing viruses, or media which cannot be run directly, will result in a

FAIL grade being awarded for this module. Electronic media will also be checked for

plagiarism so beware!

Award: Postgraduate Diploma in Strategic Business IT

Module Title: Task Management

Assignment Title: Owen’s Dental Care

Examination Cycle: December 2007

Candidate Name:

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Submission Date:

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Mark: Moderated Final

Mark: Mark:

Introduction

This one assignment within the module will address all of the module’s learning outcomes. Your

Task is to develop a systems development project plan for a dental business owned by the Owen

family. Currently, Lucille Owen, the Managing Director of Owen’s Dental Care, manages the six

practices spread across the region. Typically, two dentists, a hygienist, various administrators and a

receptionist work in each practice. All the work is carried out at the local practices in treating the

patients. The administrator and receptionist at each site have stand-alone PCs with standard

packages (e.g. Word Processing, Spreadsheets and Scheduler for booking appointments). During

the past two years a number of problems have surfaced:

1. Management of supplies (Over- and under-stocking of essential products, suppliers charging

different prices for same products).

2. Difficulties resulting from diverse administration practices across the practices (especially in

terms of reconciling financial reports).

3. Customers have complained that they are not able to book into different practices, especially

when there are no suitable appointments available at their local practice.

4. MD unable to ascertain the financial state of the business on a regular basis.

The MD has decided to invest in an integrated computerised system to standardise its practices

across all the six practices. However, not all the staff from the different practises are convinced of

the need for this change, citing extra costs, training and removing autonomy from local practices as

some of the reasons for their resistance.

Owen’s Dental Care has decided to hire the services of an IT consulting firm to develop the

system. Your role, as a Project Manager of the IT consulting firm, is to produce a detailed project

plan and a supporting report. A budget of $70,000 (US) has been allocated for the system. Owen’s

Dental Care is expecting the system to be in place within eight weeks. You can make any other

assumptions, but these must be made clear in your report. Additionally, the report must address the

following Tasks:

Task 1 – 15 Marks

Task Context

Identify the project aims and objectives. You must consider management, patients and staff needs.

Identify the constraints within which these project objectives are specified (e.g. time, costs,

quality).

Task 2 – 20 Marks

Task Management

Using Resource Management Techniques, develop a Task plan for the project. The plan should

include all appropriate stages from selecting the computer system to implementation of the system.

For each stage of the plan produce a short critique.

Task 3 – 25 Marks

Leadership

There are many potential problems that can arise during the project. For each stage of your plan

identify any technical and/or non-technical problems that the Project Manager may encounter.

Describe how these can be overcome and what leadership/management style would be appropriate.

Task 4 – 20 Marks

Communication

As this is a top-down change instigated by Owen’s Dental Care, potential problems may arise due

to poor communication. Identify any such problems your plan may encounter and discuss how

these can be overcome with differing communication methods.

Task 5 – 20 Marks

Mentoring and Coaching

There is likely to be resistance from staff members – this maybe due to fear of losing their jobs,

lack of confidence in new technology, resisting any form of top-down change, not understanding

the benefits of the new proposed system etc. In these cases the Project Manager may be required to

take a role of a mentor or coach. In your plan, identify where such roles may be appropriate. Justify

your answer.

Guidance

Consult with your tutor if you are uncertain about any aspects of the assignment.

Submission Requirements

All the material required for this assignment is readily available. You are free to use any examples

to illustrate your answers. You must ensure that you observe all copyright restrictions in the

production of your assignment. If in doubt about copyright, consult your tutor.

To pass the assignment candidates must:

􀁸 Complete all five Tasks above.

􀁸 Collate their work in a single word-processed report of approximately 4000 words in length.

The assignment should be presented in a business report format.

􀁸 Produce clear and specific reasoning and argument to justify answers.

􀁸 Make appropriate reference to relevant concepts, techniques and theories.

􀁸 Appropriately cite all information sources.

The document should be submitted both in paper form and in digital form on a disk.

Warning: All media must be virus free!

Media containing viruses, or media which cannot be run directly, will result in a FAIL grade being

awarded for this module.

All candidates must read and understand NCC Education’s policy on ‘Academic Dishonesty

and Plagiarism’ and complete the attached form ‘Statement and Confirmation of Own

Work’. You must attach the completed form to your assignment.

MGT702 Managing People_Feedback Instructions on the Group Diagnostic

MGT702 Managing People

Feedback Instructions on the Group Diagnostic

 

1.         First, print out your completed questionnaire from the file ‘MGT702 PCR Group Diagnostic 2006’.

 

2.         Now, go through the ratings you have already made of your own personal characteristics on Page 1 of your printed questionnaire. For any ratings you have made at either end (that is, either ‘1’ or ‘2’, or else ‘6’ or ‘7’) click the box marked ‘S’ (self) at the relevant endpoint for each item below.

 

3.         Next, repeat the above process for your ratings of group members A and C by clicking the boxes ‘A’ and ‘C’ as appropriate.

 

  Unreliable S   A   C (1 or 2)                   (6 or 7) S   A   C Reliable

 

       Receptive S   A   C (1 or 2)                   (6 or 7) S   A   C Dogmatic

 

 Insensitive S   A   C (1 or 2)                   (6 or 7) S   A   C Sensitive

 

           Nice S   A   C (1 or 2)                   (6 or 7) S   A   C Nasty

 

  Manipulative S   A   C (1 or 2)                   (6 or 7) S   A   C Straightforward

 

         Rude S   A   C (1 or 2)                   (6 or 7) S   A   C Polite

 

       Ethical S   A   C (1 or 2)                   (6 or 7) S   A   C Unethical

 

    Uncaring S   A   C (1 or 2)                   (6 or 7) S   A   C Caring

 

     Trustworthy S   A   C (1 or 2)                   (6 or 7) S   A   C Untrustworthy

 

          Rigid S   A   C (1 or 2)                   (6 or 7) S   A   C Flexible

 

   Reasonable S   A   C (1 or 2)                   (6 or 7) S   A   C Unreasonable

 

   Unselfish S   A   C (1 or 2)                   (6 or 7) S   A   C Selfish

 

       Dishonest S   A   C (1 or 2)                   (6 or 7) S   A   C Honest

 

      Sincere S   A   C (1 or 2)                   (6 or 7) S   A   C Insincere

 

    Cooperative S   A   C (1 or 2)                   (6 or 7) S   A   C Uncooperative

 

Open-minded S   A   C (1 or 2)                   (6 or 7) S   A   C Closed-minded

 

   Intolerant S   A   C (1 or 2)                   (6 or 7) S   A   C Tolerant

 

   Considerate S   A   C (1 or 2)                   (6 or 7) S   A   C Inconsiderate

 

              False S   A   C (1 or 2)                   (6 or 7) S   A   C Genuine

 

          Irritable S   A   C (1 or 2)                   (6 or 7) S   A   C Good-natured

 

              Loyal S   A    C (1 or 2)                   (6 or 7) S   A   C Disloyal

 

      Sneaky S   A   C (1 or 2)                   (6 or 7) S   A   C Upfront

 

     Supportive S   A   C (1 or 2)                   (6 or 7) S   A   C Criticising

 

 

NOW, PRINT OUT THE ABOVE PAGE WITH YOUR SUMMARY RESULTS

 

 

4.         On your printed summary sheet, now check for any items on which you have marked the ‘S’ box and circle the adjacent word.

 

5.         The words you have circled are the key personal descriptors you use to characterise yourself. These descriptors represent your ‘overt self’, that is, the set of personal characteristics or qualities which you use to define yourself and which you reveal to others (see MGT702 Coursework, Module 3.3).

 

6.         Next, on the list of personal characteristics, place an asterisk (*) beside the words at the opposite endpoints of those you have just circled. These asterisked words provide a description of your ‘shadow self’, that is, the personal qualities you do not accept in yourself and which you may tend to project onto others (see MGT702 Coursework, Module 4.3).

 

7.         Reflect on the insights the above results provide you about yourself. Note that our shadow self is largely unconscious. We live our lives according to our overt self and we ‘disown’ the set of qualities which define our shadow (viz., those which are opposite to the overt self qualities we recognise and ‘own’). To illustrate, suppose I see myself as ‘unselfish’ and that I really try to live by this as an ideal, then my overt self would include this as a personal descriptor. At the same time, I would still have the capacity to act selfishly even if I consciously choose not to behave in such a manner. In other words, my shadow self has tendencies which are opposite to those of my overt self. If my overt self surrenders control for some reason (e.g., an episode of high emotionality), then my shadow self may emerge and I may exhibit selfish behaviour. So too with any other personal characteristic either positive or negative.

 

8.         Now, let’s look at how you relate to other members of your group. On your printed rating sheet, place the letter ‘A’ next to any words you have circled or asterisked if the adjacent A-box has been clicked. Similarly, place the letter ‘C’ next to any circled or asterisked words where you have clicked the adjacent C-box.

 

9.         Consider how similar or different these two people are from you. According to  (2006), we like most those who we see as having similar personal characteristics to ourselves, and we like least those we see as having characteristics opposite to our own. Did this occur in you case? Does Group Member A, the person you like least, have more of your disowned characteristics (asterisked)? Does Group Member C, the person you like most, have more of your overt self characteristics (circled)?

 

10.       Hede (2006, p. 63) argues that “interpersonal conflict is more likely to occur between group members whose perceptions of each other are the opposites of their perceptions of their own personal qualities”. What rating did you give for the level of conflict you have with the people in your group? If you have a high level of conflict (7 or higher), then it is likely that the person is ‘pushing your buttons’ because of projection. That is, you see them as having qualities you disown in yourself and this triggers an emotional reaction.

 

11.       Reflect on whether projection is a dynamic in your case.

 

 

 2006, ‘The dynamics of projection in conflict’, Module 5.3.2 in Coursework for MGT702 Managing People

 

Feedback Instructions on the Group Interactions Diagnostic

Feedback Instructions on the Group Interactions Diagnostic

 

 

1.    First, add up the ratings separately for items marked ‘r’, ‘t’ and ‘p’ on the right-hand side of your sheet.

 

2.    Then, enter these sub-totals into the following table under the relevant heading.

 

3.    Next, enter the sub-totals for all members of your group (when their scores are available – note that you are welcome obtain extra data by getting other group members to complete this section of the questionnaire).

 

4.    Finally, add up the sub-totals to give the group totals and then divide by the number of members (from whom you have ratings) to derive the average group scores for each type of conflict.  Note that scores 12-16 indicate high levels of conflict, 5-11 indicate moderate levels and 0-4 indicate low levels.

 

 

Group Member	Type of Conflict
	Relationship (r)	Task (t)	Process (p)
Member 1 (self)
Member 2
Member 3
Member 4
Member 5
Member 6
Member 7
Member 8
Member 9
Group Average

 

For Reflection and Discussion:

 

How much conflict is there in your group and how do the different types of conflict impact on your group’s performance and on member satisfaction?

 

What specific strategies could you implement to improve your group’s ability to handle relationship conflict?

 

 

NB: Conflict type questionnaire based on:

2001, ‘The dynamic nature of conflict: A longitudinal study of intragroup conflict and group performance’, Ac

ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

I have enclosed a previous politics essay in the standard format my university accepts. The paper is on 'consuming the city' and is related to the course Cities in the 21st century which addresses some of the key issues of urban life in the early 21st century and covers some of the main concepts, theories and principles of contemporary urban studies. It looks at the changes in patterns of behaviour related to the ways in which individuals and social groups use and consume the city. This mainly needs to deal with European cities.  

 

The beginning of the paper (intro) has not defined what consumption is.

 

The bibliography....Is poorly presented and not complete.... Are some of these websites... who exactly published them.? (See below)

 

 

Also what plagurism software has checked it?

 

Thanks Sarah

 

 

‘Environment in the European Union at the turn of the century’, 1999, European Environment Agency (EEA).

 

,

Not a standard essay, badly quoted. An essay is 'flo' thru does not have 'sections. To have seperate headings in an essay is a 'short cut'....below degree level work. Still the few quotes are badly quoted and you have not answered how it is plagurised detected. It misses out entirely the actual consumption of a city...............i used it today as a 'rough draft' it was laughed at..........thrown back in my face................there is more than water and utilities in consuming a city and the description of consuming a city is inadequate.

 

VIC, enclosed is a copy of the essay .... with the many problems out of 1250 words 485 are poorly attributed quotes. Also there is no explanation with them. This essay is NOT about consumption as in what the first quotes says. I do not want an environmental essay or what is outside the city.... but in the city. CONSUMING CITIES speaks for itself

 

When I placed my order I referred to the book Cities and Consumption by Mark Jayne. Even when the abstract of this book is looked up on amazon it is plainly evident that cities and consumption are about spaces, places...also about the consumption between, class, gender, ethnicity...it is about signs and symbols.

 

The writers over reliance on previously written papers and his/her need to change this to be about environmental geography issues rather than the urban geography and socioeconomic issue it is,  has only demonstrated that very little consideration to the needs of the client (myself) has been taken notice of. Instead it has been about the writers need to produce a poor level paper that has not used oxford style quoting, and most importantly fully related to the topic at hand.

 

Just as I have contacted you, this writer could have forwarded messages at any time.

 

In defining consumption or any term in an essay,  the thoughts and arguments of the person writing the essay should be first.......quotes are used as back up to illustrate and used to critically assess these ideas ie; argue or support a claim.

 

Your writer has explained very little or considered and effectively explained consumption. This needs to be at least 2 paragraphs with quotations as extra. This is the THEME, TOPIC, CONSIDERATION of the essay.

 

I have consistently received only what the writer wants............finds easiest to produce.

 

ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

Deadline: 5^th May 2006.

Question: 

 

 

17-07-2006

Aqaba's main port to relocate

Newswatch Fairplay International Shipping Weekly 13 Jul 2006 AQABA'S main port is to be relocated to the industrial zone in the southern port area, freeing up prime coastal real estate and allowing for much-needed expansion of port capacity. According to a master plan drawn up by the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority, the duty-free zone will become a regional hub for business and leisure, said Aqaba Development Corp (ADC) chairman & CEO . The enlarged southern port's capacity will grow to 100M tonnes a year as the result of two major expansion phases in the next 30 years, compared to the present maximum capacity of 30M tonnes/year. The current handling volume stands at 22M tonnes. "We started to worry about volume, and there is no room to expand within the present location,"  explained. "The other issue is that, with all the billions [of dollars] worth of urban tourism projects, ADC has attracted north of the main port area, we have a conflict of identity." Following best international practices, Jordan's only sea port will be broken up into separate business units to be offered for bidders, mainly on a joint-venture basis using the public private partnership model. These units including the container terminal, a ferry terminal, marine services, a grain terminal and general cargo and ro-ro berths, in addition to an industrial terminal dealing mainly with phosphate, potash and fertiliser exports, which are Jordan's main mining exports.The ADC chief said general cargo, ro-ro, industrial and grain terminal might be offered as one package to interested operators. A decision about the oil terminal will be taken later this year,  added. Total investment for this plan is estimated at $1.5Bn and the project was originally scheduled to be concluded in 2020. However,  is optimistic that the work can be expedited and completed in 5-7 years. A new terminal for cruise ships will built where the main port is currently located, as part of major mixed-use development comprising integrated tourism, commercial, residential projects as well as public use facilities. The cruise terminal will also be tendered in due course, with an estimated value of $2Bn.

 

Read the above articles. Discuss how further decisions related to the expansion of Aqaba’s relocated port could best be taken by Aqaba Development Corporation.

 

You do not need to do further research on Aqaba port. You should write in the format of a referenced essay of not more than 2000 words. You should make reference to the course materials.

 

Student Guidance

Overall Objective of the TMA (learning outcomes)

The TMA is designed to develop understanding and knowledge of:

·         how organisations make strategic decisions: rationality and routines, decision methods and decision processes

We are looking for the student to demonstrate their understanding of the key concepts in decision making, as well as their appreciation of the influence of societal factors which they support by the effective presentation of evidence. 

 

Support from the Tutor about the assignment:

 

Specific analysis should be drawn upon Chapter 1 - 5 by relating it to the case.


The importance on decision making for businesses and projects are essential

Scenraios of decision making is also important ???? Think and create !!

1- You need to understand the current decision taken by the development team

2- You should explain how decision could be best taken for this project

3- You should make reference to rationality and routine decisions methods and decision processes - referring to B300 module is very essential

4- 10% mark will be deducted if 10% word count has been exceeded.

5- YOU MUST reference your work or else you will not get higher than 65% .

 

Redevelopment of the Port of Aqaba, Jordan
ICON is currently working with the Aqaba Development Corporation to maximize the potential of Aqaba’s Old Port District. The redevelopment of the area offers a dramatic opportunity to reclaim waterfront for the public, to attract major investment, and to energize Aqaba using the unique capabilities and potential of the Aqaba Special Economic Zone (ASEZ). The District will have a public face, reversing the tendency of recent development to privatize and create gated environments. The new, active waterfront will provide an attractive amenity that will support a range of economic uses. New development will be sustainable and environmentally friendly in many respects, incorporating energy conservation measures, new energy sources, and water conservation through reuse of grey water and retention of rainfall. The port plan will incorporate a combination of contemporary designs with traditional vernacular forms and local materials.
   

 

Extra guideline from students:

‎1-what project?‎
‎2-what intended to do?‎
‎3-how important on decision?‎
‎4-what decision is better for this project on your perspective?‎
‎5-how you can take this decision?‎
‎6-what decision on Jordon?‎


You can take from:* group think –ch1‎
‎ * Goal, choice…-ch3‎
‎ * SWAT, value chain – ch4‎

Excellent answer:‎
‎1- Bring information about Aquaba‎
‎2- Specific examples‎
‎3- Clear evidence‎

The TMA is about how to take strategic decision making according to Aqaba port. Chapter 3 and 6 will help in strategic decision.

We have to follow the decision as initiator of action in chapter six:
1-searching for alternative
2-estimating consequences
3-evaluating alternatives
4-chossing
5-making rational use of irrationality

Also we have to discuses the problems or give solution. Example of problems:
How they handle the passenger while shifting the port
How they handle the volume of traffic
During shifting how they are going to shift the resources. Solution: shift it step by step

Does they are government give the huge project (move Aqaba) to private organization or any thing else.

This project may give to more than three private organizations then they will choose the best solution.

Also we are going to use SWOT

So, we have to estimate and evaluate each consequence to help which terminal move first and to avoid having lost and problems.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

 

TASK MANAGEMENT SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Agenda

l           Summary of the requirements

l           Plan for the business report

l           Table of Contents

l           Introduction

l           Project Overview

l           Project Plan

l           Resource Management

 

Requirements

Note: The following is a summary of the requirements. Do not put these into your assignment.

 

l          Task 1

n   Aims and objectives of the IT project.

n   Perspectives from management, staff, project manager, and patients.

n   Constraints of the project to achieve the identified objectives.

l          Task 2

n   Develop a project plan focusing on resource requirements.

n   Further define the project into stages from initiation to implementation.

n   Review each stage critically on resource management.

l          Task 3

n   List the potential problems for each stage from the viewpoint of the project manager.

n   Classify the problems into technical and non-technical problems.

n   Describe how leadership / management style can overcome these problems.

l          Task 4

n   List communication related problems

n   Describe how communication methods can overcome these problems.

l          Task 5

n   List possible resistance from staff members

n   Describe how mentoring and coaching can overcome these problems.

 

Plan for the report

Note: The following is a plan to match the report to the requirements. You should have your own heading. Do not put this plan into you assignment.

 

Structure of Report	Requirement
Introduction	-
Project Overview	Task 1
Project Plan	Task 2
Resource Management	Task 3
Risk Assessment	Task 3
Technical and Non-technical problems	Task 3
Leadership	Task 3
Communication Issue	Task 4
Communication Methods	Task 4
Staff Resistance	Task 5
Mentoring and Coaching	Task 5
Conclusion	-
Reference	Overall
Appendices	Optional

 

Table of Contents

l          Should have

n   Major headings

u          A maximum of 3 levels

n   Corresponding page number

n           Each page should have a page number

l          Should not have

n   Task number

n   Full text of the questions

l          Make good use of Microsoft word

n   Make different levels of heading with appropriate “heading tags”.

n   Generate the Table of Contents using Insert, references, Index and TOC.

n   Page numbers are automatically generated.

n   Re-generate the Table of Contents whenever there are changes in the wordings of the headings.

Introduction

l          Brief background information

n   Services provided by Owen’s Dental Care

n   Organization structure

n   Existing problems

u          Supply chain management

u          Difficult to have consolidated overview and monitoring of performance.

u          Cross practice booking is not feasible.

u          Lack of regular financial information

 

Project Overview

l          Project Aims and Objectives

n   Define basing on various perspectives

u          Management: overall control and monitoring

u          Staff in the head office: bulk purchase to ensure supplies and to reduce cost.

u          Staff from individual practice: fulfill management needs and maintain autonomy.

u          Project manager: implement the system within budget and time.

u          Patient: flexible booking and low cost service.

l          Constraints

n   Cost: USD 70,000.

n   Time scale: 8 weeks

n   Content: function as per requirement analysis

n   Quality: maintainability, interoperatability, scalability, usability, reliability, availability, portability, reusability, recoverability, flexibility…

 

Project Plan

l          Develop a Project Plan

n   Define the overall timescale

n   Define possible milestones

n   Define the timescale per milestone

n   Prepare for defining the resource requirements later

n   Draw a visual project plan.

l          Further define into stages

n   Select one method to define the various stages (Do not use more than one)

u          System Development Life Cycle

u          Soft System Methodology

u          Use Case

n   Identify the critical boundaries of each stage.

 

Resource Management

l          For each stage

n   List the resource requirements

n   Identify the resource monitor methods

n   Highlight any corrective actions that can be applied when deviations unearthed.

 

Risk Assessment

l          Simplified structure of the project (Team)

 

l          Potential problems

n  Project progress may have slippage

n  Requirement analysis may be insufficient

n  Additional work may arise when project manager discovers discrepancies.

n  Low user involvement during testing and training.

n  Staff resistance during implementation

n  And more

 

Technical and Non Technical Problem

l          Classify potential problems by stages\\

Stage	Technical Problem	Non Technical Problem
Requirement analysis	Packaged software unable to cater for	User unwilling to explain in details
Testing and training	Prototype not really per schedule
Implementation

 

Leadership

l          Effective leadership

n   Controller and administrators

u          Motivate controller and administrator using positive and / or negative motives.

n   Project monitoring

u          Identify root cause and risk

u          Motivate IT developer to prevent slippage.

u          Motivate controller and administrators to contribute in UAT, OAT, etc.

n   Relationship of various practices

u          Identify and prompt common goals and objectives.

u          Maintain autonomy of individual practice.

u          Utilize IT project team to build inter-practice relationship.

n   Worries and tears of staff members

u          Assess needs and hygiene factors

u          Consider models of Theory X and Theory Y

u          Apply different approaches to staff of different learning styles.

 

(Recommend to quote references when using theories)

 

Communication Issue

l          Problem in the project

n   Low quality initiated user requirement.

n   Changing requirement

n   Lack of mutual trust

n   Wish to protect autonomy and local interest

n   Fear of management intervention

n   And more

l          Effective communications

n   Quality initial user requirement

u          Effective listening skills

u          Reduce the risk of rework.

n   Changing requirements

u          Differentiate audience types

u          Analyze communication filters

n   Mutual trust

u          Remove communication barriers.

u          Consider expert power and referent power.

u          Observe non-verbal communications.

n   Fear of management intervention

u          Improve vertical communication

u          Consider team briefing and informal communication channels.

 

(Remember to quote reference when using theories)

 

Staff Resistance

l          Resistance expected

n   Worry on job security

n   Fear of new technology

n   Resist top-down changes

n   Do not appreciate the expected benefits

n   And more

 

Mentoring and Coaching

l          Mentoring

n   Brief describe mentoring

u          Peer level support

u          Work together

u          Create mutual benefits

u          Explore mentoree’s latent abilities

u          Develop mentoree

l          Coaching

n   Brief describe coaching

u          Development supported by someone from vertical position.

u          Target to higher possible goals.

l          Role and responsibility of the Project Manager

n   Rectify the perceptions

u          Crisis means opportunities

n   Equip the staff

u          To accept changes and to appreciate benefits.

n   And more

l          Effective mentoring and coaching

n   Career mentoring

u          Discover one’s strength

u          Coach to perform superb work

u          Gain success from practice

n   Change curve mentoring

u          Regain strength

u          Focus on shaping the future

u          Gain confidence by achieving success

 

(Remember to quote reference when using theories)

 

Conclusions

l          Conclusion should be

n   A summary of the essay

n   Conclusion evaluations of the main points

n   Deliver a conclusion of the theme.

l          Conclusion should not

n   Introduce ideas that have not been discussed in the essay

n   Discuss concepts and idea in depth

 

References

l          A list of references

n   Use author (year) title style

e.g.  (2006) The public inquiry

Essay Planning

l          Why planning is needed?

n   Give yourself an overview of the essay before you start to write.

n   Provide a clear structure of information flow with allocated length in words.

n   Maintain the focus of the essay when writing.

n   Prevent writing without direction and balanced word count.

n   Prevent loss in marks

l          Highlight for the structure of essay

Cover Page	Keep it simple
Table of Contents	(a must)
Introduction	(a must)
Conclusion	(a must)
Bibliography	(or Reference)
Appendices	(only if necessary)

For an essay of 4000 words, Executive Summary before the Table of Contents is not required.

Do not use foot notes or end notes

Do not include materials in the appendices that can be found via referencing information.

 

l          Essay in 400 words

Cover Page	N/A
Table of Contents	N/A
Introduction	150
Project Overview Project aims and objectives Constraints	450 (250) (200)
Project Plan Stages in the project Gantt chart (and explanation)	250 (150) (100)
Resource Management Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4	600 (150) (150) (150) (150)
Risk Assessment Project team structure Potential Problem	300 (80) (220)
Technical and Non Technical problems (Table and explanation)	300
Leadership Management Theories Effective leadership and motivation	500 (250) (250)
Communication Issues Poor communications Communication barriers	300 (150) (150)
Effective communication Written communication Verbal communication Non-verbal communication	500 (150) (150) (200)
Staff Resistance (Do not use table or point form)	300
Mentoring and Coaching Project Manager and Mentor(Coach) Career Mentoring Change Curve Mentoring	500 (200) (150) (150)
Conclusion	150
Bibliography	N/A
Appendices	N/A

 

Essay Instructions : Literature_Review: Date Rape - Internet Facilitated Crime