hat is a project?  How does project management differ from other types of management?  What does a project manager do?  Describe at least three interpersonal or leadership skills that are essential for a successful project manager.

 

 

Phases and Steps of PM

What are the four phases and eight steps of the project management process (as defined in your text)?  How are these steps and phases connected?  What is the likely outcome if these are not followed?  What is the key difference between a project team member’s focus and a project manager’s focus when it comes to these phases and steps?  Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

week 3 individual assignment cmgt

The project for the company offsite 2-day training session has been given a preliminary go-ahead. However, a budget needs to be submitted for approval.

Update the Microsoft® Project file submitted in Week Two by adding the following information:

• Identify resources (both personnel and materiel) needed for the project.
• Assign the resources to the project tasks.
• Estimate the costs for the resources, and add the costs to the resource information in the Microsoft Project file.
• Estimate the total cost for the project, using the Microsoft® Project budget or cost reports.

Submit all Individual assignments (Project Proposal and Project Task List and Schedule) with updates based on instructor feedback.

Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

Write a 400–600 word paper

 

Assume that you are the manager in your chosen health care facility in the medical records department. Your boss has asked you to assist him in preparing a talk to the other department employees on the most important ethical issues they might face in working in medical records.

 

• Identify two of the biggest ethical issues that medical records employees may face, and discuss why these issues are so important to be aware of.
• Be sure to provide a properly referenced rationale for your choices.

Even the most superficial of presentations calls for some kind of preparation. An “elevator speech,” which summarizes a topic in minutes, if not seconds, calls for lightning thought and reflexive application of the rhetorical triangle, grammar, outlining, content knowledge, and logic as you are standing there. For more elaborate and considered presentations, you should reflect on your topic and on the implications and potential for your message. If presenting yourself, you want to be seen as a mature professional and in the best light. If presenting discipline-related material, you want to be seen as a mature and reflective professional, who has not only laid out a mechanical and logical outline of the material, but who has linked the material, with meaning, to the audience. For this Individual Project, you will create a sentence outline for a presentation and informally share your ideas for approaching the visual elements of a presentation. Using your thoughts from earlier in the course and your elevator speech ideas, create a sentence outline for a 10-minute presentation about a discipline-related topic in which you propose a small project or professional action to an audience of mid-level executives. The outline should indicate the flow and content for your anticipated presentation. Incorporate an introduction of yourself, and link your background, experience, goals, and education to the topic. Imagine that the audience has not met you or that they do not know you very well. Assume that your own strengths and abilities, including your university studies, will be key and important to the success of your proposal for the project. Be sure the outline reflects solid organization and process. In Unit 4, you will give a final presentation based on this outline, so be sure to provide enough information for future use. Therefore, use a sentence outline format rather than simply jotting down one- or two-word topics. After you complete the outline, add a paragraph or two sharing your initial thought process for determining visual support for your presentation. Consider color choice, font choice, use of white space, layout, and so on. Refer to intellipath, unit resources, and your assigned readings for additional ideas. Please submit your assignment as a single Word document. Purpose of Assignment and Content Development Demonstrates an outstanding use of appropriate, relevant, and compelling content with excellent expression of topic, main idea, and purpose. Demonstrates exemplary knowledge or analysis of human perspectives appropriate to the assignment’s purpose and context. Where applicable, graphics accurately reflect the assignment requirements. 30% Organization, Grammar and Presentation Organization is clear. Language clearly and effectively communicates ideas and content relevant to the assignment. Presentation and delivery are confident and persuasive (where applicable). Audience, style, tone, and perspective are consistent and appropriate to assignment. Few if any errors in grammar, spelling, and sentence structure. 30% Information Literacy and Research Demonstrates outstanding selection and use of high-quality, credible, and relevant sources to develop ideas that are appropriate to the assignment. Where applicable, sources are consistently cited. 5% Critical Thinking Demonstrates outstanding or exemplary ability to analyze assumptions and evaluate evidence, complexities of issues, and alternatives. Where required, demonstrates outstanding or exemplary ability to use creativity and originality in problem solving. 35%

Even the most superficial of presentations calls for some kind of preparation. An “elevator speech,” which summarizes a topic in minutes, if not seconds, calls for lightning thought and reflexive application of the rhetorical triangle, grammar, outlining, content knowledge, and logic as you are standing there. For more elaborate and considered presentations, you should reflect on your topic and on the implications and potential for your message. If presenting yourself, you want to be seen as a mature professional and in the best light. If presenting discipline-related material, you want to be seen as a mature and reflective professional, who has not only laid out a mechanical and logical outline of the material, but who has linked the material, with meaning, to the audience. For this Individual Project, you will create a sentence outline for a presentation and informally share your ideas for approaching the visual elements of a presentation. Using your thoughts from earlier in the course and your elevator speech ideas, create a sentence outline for a 10-minute presentation about a discipline-related topic in which you propose a small project or professional action to an audience of mid-level executives. The outline should indicate the flow and content for your anticipated presentation. Incorporate an introduction of yourself, and link your background, experience, goals, and education to the topic. Imagine that the audience has not met you or that they do not know you very well. Assume that your own strengths and abilities, including your university studies, will be key and important to the success of your proposal for the project. Be sure the outline reflects solid organization and process. In Unit 4, you will give a final presentation based on this outline, so be sure to provide enough information for future use. Therefore, use a sentence outline format rather than simply jotting down one- or two-word topics. After you complete the outline, add a paragraph or two sharing your initial thought process for determining visual support for your presentation. Consider color choice, font choice, use of white space, layout, and so on. Refer to intellipath, unit resources, and your assigned readings for additional ideas. Please submit your assignment as a single Word document. Purpose of Assignment and Content Development Demonstrates an outstanding use of appropriate, relevant, and compelling content with excellent expression of topic, main idea, and purpose. Demonstrates exemplary knowledge or analysis of human perspectives appropriate to the assignment’s purpose and context. Where applicable, graphics accurately reflect the assignment requirements. 30% Organization, Grammar and Presentation Organization is clear. Language clearly and effectively communicates ideas and content relevant to the assignment. Presentation and delivery are confident and persuasive (where applicable). Audience, style, tone, and perspective are consistent and appropriate to assignment. Few if any errors in grammar, spelling, and sentence structure. 30% Information Literacy and Research Demonstrates outstanding selection and use of high-quality, credible, and relevant sources to develop ideas that are appropriate to the assignment. Where applicable, sources are consistently cited. 5% Critical Thinking Demonstrates outstanding or exemplary ability to analyze assumptions and evaluate evidence, complexities of issues, and alternatives. Where required, demonstrates outstanding or exemplary ability to use creativity an

Even the most superficial of presentations calls for some kind of preparation. An “elevator speech,” which summarizes a topic in minutes, if not seconds, calls for lightning thought and reflexive application of the rhetorical triangle, grammar, outlining, content knowledge, and logic as you are standing there. For more elaborate and considered presentations, you should reflect on your topic and on the implications and potential for your message. If presenting yourself, you want to be seen as a mature professional and in the best light. If presenting discipline-related material, you want to be seen as a mature and reflective professional, who has not only laid out a mechanical and logical outline of the material, but who has linked the material, with meaning, to the audience. For this Individual Project, you will create a sentence outline for a presentation and informally share your ideas for approaching the visual elements of a presentation. Using your thoughts from earlier in the course and your elevator speech ideas, create a sentence outline for a 10-minute presentation about a discipline-related topic in which you propose a small project or professional action to an audience of mid-level executives. The outline should indicate the flow and content for your anticipated presentation. Incorporate an introduction of yourself, and link your background, experience, goals, and education to the topic. Imagine that the audience has not met you or that they do not know you very well. Assume that your own strengths and abilities, including your university studies, will be key and important to the success of your proposal for the project. Be sure the outline reflects solid organization and process. In Unit 4, you will give a final presentation based on this outline, so be sure to provide enough information for future use. Therefore, use a sentence outline format rather than simply jotting down one- or two-word topics. After you complete the outline, add a paragraph or two sharing your initial thought process for determining visual support for your presentation. Consider color choice, font choice, use of white space, layout, and so on. Refer to intellipath, unit resources, and your assigned readings for additional ideas. Please submit your assignment as a single Word document. Purpose of Assignment and Content Development Demonstrates an outstanding use of appropriate, relevant, and compelling content with excellent expression of topic, main idea, and purpose. Demonstrates exemplary knowledge or analysis of human perspectives appropriate to the assignment’s purpose and context. Where applicable, graphics accurately reflect the assignment requirements. 30% Organization, Grammar and Presentation Organization is clear. Language clearly and effectively communicates ideas and content relevant to the assignment. Presentation and delivery are confident and persuasive (where applicable). Audience, style, tone, and perspective are consistent and appropriate to assignment. Few if any errors in grammar, spelling, and sentence structure. 30% Information Literacy and Research Demonstrates outstanding selection and use of high-quality, credible, and relevant sources to develop ideas that are appropriate to the assignment. Where applicable, sources are consistently cited. 5% Critical Thinking Demonstrates outstanding or exemplary ability to analyze assumptions and evaluate evidence, complexities of issues, and alternatives. Where required, demonstrates outstanding or exemplary ability to use creativity and originality in problem solving. 35%

Assignment 1:

 

Bonds vs. Stocks

 

Grading Rubric

 

 

 

You are trying to decide which investment would be best for you: bonds or stocks. You must do some

 

research to make a good financial decision.

 

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Explain how bonds and stocks are similar.

 

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Explain how bonds and

 

stocks are different.

 

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Explain how stocks are valued.

 

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Explain how bonds are valued.

 

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To determine which investment would yield the most, explain how to do the yield analysis for

 

bonds, and then for stocks.

 

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From the information obtained through your research

 

which investment would work the best

 

for you: bonds or stocks? Explain.

 

This Assignment will assess your knowledge based on the following outcome:

 

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Formulate a logical solution to a problem.

 

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Your paper should be 1

 

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justify your discussion and place references at the bottom of the paper. Avoid using quotations, you

 

should paraphrase the material and use an in

 

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text citation to give credit to the reference. Sources

 

should include academic journals, Web sources, and thoroughly use the text. (Review the APA

 

formats found in the Kaplan Writing Center.

 

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Include in your final paper:

 

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Cover page with the title of the paper, your name, date, course, and instructor’s name

 

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Introduction

 

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Analysis

 

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Conclusion

 

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Reference page

 

Directions for submitting your paper

 

Make sure that you save a copy of the paper you submit. To submit your paper, go to the Dropbox

 

and select the Unit 10: Assignment 1 and follow the instructions.

The Final Assignment is your opportunity to bring all your learning together. This Strategic Management Plan presentation is an in-depth case study analysis of the company of your choice. Click here for Final Project Guidelines which are also available in Doc Sharing.

 

You may choose either a large, well-known Fortune 1,000 company that has information readily available, or a smaller company in your city or town which has information in the local press (the larger company may be easier). Pretend that you are a business and strategy consultant hired by one of your chosen company’s executives to present the new strategic plan to the Board of Directors (BoD).

 

You will create this Assignment in a PowerPoint presentation format. Use a bulleted list for each slide (page) and support the bulleted ideas in the Notes section of the slide. Use APA format and citation style in the notes description section. Do include a references page at the end of the presentation for the outside sources you used and integrated in the presentation itself. In addition, follow the Final Project Guidelines.

 

Final Project Guidelines

 

 

Assignment Checklist:

 

Prepare a PowerPoint presentation that includes, on a single slide, a flowchart of the procurement management process. Include in your flowchart at least six process steps starting with the identification of what services and items are needed by the Project Manager and ending with the confirmation by the Project Manager that the items and services required for the project have been received.  After the slide on which the overall flowchart is presented, provide a single slide for each process step identified in the flowchart.  For example, a flowchart containing six process steps should be followed by six process slides, each of which describes one of the six process steps in the flowchart.

Provide examples of what will take place in each process step from Your Selected Course Project (refer to the Week 1 Introduction for an explanation of Your Selected Course Project).

Find a Project Procurement Management Plan example or template on the Internet.  Compare and contrast it with your process flowchart by identifying major elements included in one that are not included in the other.  Provide one slide of bullets and speaker notes reflecting on your comparative analysis.

Incorporate appropriate animations, transitions, and graphics as well as “speaker notes” (at least 100 words) for each slide other than the Cover, Agenda, Conclusion, and References slides.

The required length of the PowerPoint presentation option for this assignment is 11-16 slides.

The presentation must include Cover, Agenda, Conclusion, and References slides, as well as a Flowchart slide and slides for each of the process steps identified on the Flowchart slide. Be sure to include citations for quotations and paraphrases with references in APA format and style.

Save the file as a PPT file with the correct course code information in the name.

In this assignment, you will refine that thesis even further and develop your argument. You are required to incorporate your instructor’s feedback in your Final Paper and to take peer feedback into consideration.

In your paper,

• Create a detailed introduction that contains a thesis that offers a debatable claim based on one of the prompts on the list.
• Apply critical thought by analyzing the primary source you selected from the approved List of Literary Works. Avoid summary and personal reflection.
• Develop body paragraphs that contain clear topic sentences and examples that support the argument.
• Write a conclusion that reaffirms the thesis statement and includes a summary of the key ideas in essay.
• Apply your knowledge of literary elements and other concepts in your response to the prompt. Reference the List of Literary Techniques.