Strategic Planning:

Case Study Overview:

In conventional business and government megaprojects–such as hydroelectric dams, chemical-processing plants, or big-bang enterprise-resource-planning systems–the standard approach is to build something monolithic and customized. Such projects must be 100% complete before they can deliver benefits: Even when it’s 95% complete, a nuclear reactor is of no use. On the basis of 30 years of research and consulting on megaprojects, the author has found two factors that play a critical role in determining success or failure: replicable modularity in design and speed in iteration. The article examines those factors by looking at well-known megaprojects, both successful ones, and cautionary tales.

Using the attachment attached

You have been assigned to build a house for your sponsor Smith Thomas.  The budget for the house is $200,000, and the house must be completed in 6 months.  

Using the above link create a project canvas similar to the one on page 8(refer to attachment)

Describe your life cycle approach used to manage your project and why?

Describe at least five key stakeholders and your communication strategy

Describe how you will track scope and scope changes

Describe deliverables that will be created to track progress

1. Describe at least five risks and your mitigation strategy

I need you to answer these questions based on the document attached.

1. Why do you think the results of the first negotiationwere so skewed in favor of Enron?

2. In the second round, Enron appears to have traded offequity ownership for increased capacity. Its reductionin tariff of 1 cent per KwH appears to have beenabsorbed by the larger production quotas and the useof lower-priced naphtha fuel. Why was Enron willing tomake this trade-off? Why did the state of Maharashtraget more for its willingness to allow Enron to restartthe project?

3. What can be learned from the first two rounds of theDabhol power project negotiations about engaging inbig foreign direct investment projects that are highlyvisible on the world economic scene?

4. How did GE and Bechtel’s filing for arbitration move thedispute along?

5. What is the difference between GE’s deal versusBechtel’s deal? Both had the same amount of equity inthe DPP, so why was Bechtel able to get $15 millionmore?

6. What general principles can you come up with for foreigndirect investors using interests, rights, and power toprotect their investments in developing countries?

7. What general principles can you come up with forgovernments negotiating with foreign direct investors?

I need 3 paragraphs ( 5-6 sentences each paragraph) answer to the following discussion board question:

What are the organizational and operational challenges global entrepreneurs face beyond the basics of managing multiple locations?

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I also need a 1 paragraph (5-6 sentences) response to the following post:

Kennady Post

Organizations and entrepreneurs both face substantial challenges when operating at the global level. One of the primary challenges faced is properly staffing and managing employees from all backgrounds across the world. Concepts such as language fluidity and translation can dramatically affect sales as well as brand image. Training protocols along with best practices for HR should be unique to the specific geographic region but also follow the broader scope of the company’s vision.

Another aspect of a global business that must be considered is the logistical transportation of physical goods or services. The decision to outsource or not and how products will reach the end consumer has a direct impact on whether or not the business will be sustainable in the long run. Some of the largest expenses when considering global business lie in transportation costs and managing these costs should be paramount to the entrepreneur.

How to Manage Problematic Employees Ethically

Thesis: Problematic employees are employees who do not follow instructions or who knowingly break the rules, and managers will use historical as well as contemporary management styles to help deal with them. Managers will also take ethical considerations into the equation and attempt to create an ethical work environment and follow through with rules established by the company.

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Part 1

• What defines an unethical employee decision?
• The scientific method of management
• The administrative management
• The behavioral management viewpoint
• The quantitative management viewpoint
• The systems viewpoint
• The contingency viewpoint
• The quality management viewpoint

In this part of the essay, we will go over management theory and how the knowledge of ways to manage can help deal with problematic employees or problematic employee decisions

Part 2

• Who would the unethical decision hurt and how can it be fixed?
• The task environment
• Internal stakeholders
• External stakeholders
• Ethics and values of a manager and the approaches to a situation
• How to promote ethics to stop more unethical situations
• Possible International issues
• Setting standard from top managers to non-managerial employees

In this part of the essay, we will delve deeper into what made the unethical decision occur and how to deal with the repercussions. Then we will expl 

Part 1

The mission of the PCAOB is to restore the confidence of investors, and society generally, in the independent auditors of companies. There is no doubt that repeated revelations of accounting scandals and audit failures have seriously damaged public confidence. Users of financial statements expect auditors to assume a greater responsibility for detecting fraud and providing assurance that the financial statements are free of material fraud.

Summarize one of the Auditing Standards (Links to an external site.) (AS No. 1 – AS No. 16) and explain how the PCAOB auditing standards will help auditors to plan and perform an audit that will detect material misstatements resulting from fraud.

Part 2

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) fundamentally changed the financial reporting process for public company auditors, company management and independent audit committees.

Watch the Sarbanes-Oxley, Ten Years Later discussion, presented by the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ), to mark the 10th anniversary of the law’s passage at New York Ideas. Discuss how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act improved the audit quality and enhanced investor’s confidence in the auditing profession and the capital markets.