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Stakeholder Engagement Plan – Part 4

Stakeholder Engagement Plan – Part 4

This week, you will complete the final sections of your Stakeholder Engagement Plan using the following resources:

Stakeholder Engagement Plan Template

Article: “Lessons Learned from Managing the Design of the ‘Water Cube’ National Swimming Centre for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games”

Use the Water Cube project article as the context for this Assignment, and the Stakeholder Engagement Plan Template as your guide. Complete Sections E and F of your Stakeholder Engagement Plan. The requirements for the content and length of each section are provided in the template.

For this Assignment, address the following for the Water Cube project:

Stakeholder Engagement Strategies

  • Explain how stakeholders will be engaged in the project on an ongoing basis.
  • Describe strategies for managing stakeholder expectations.
  • Explain the ways in which managing stakeholder engagement is related to project success.

Stakeholders and Change Management

  • Explain how project changes will be managed for the project
  • Explain how project changes will be communicated to the project stakeholders
  • Describe ways in which conflict among project stakeholders can be handled

References:

Project Management Institute. (2017). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide). Sixth edition. Newtown Square, PA: Author.

Zou, P. X. W., & Leslie-Carter, R. (2010). Lessons learned from managing the design of the ‘Water Cube’ National Swimming Centre for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 6(3), 175–188.

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Discussions

Discussions

Discussion 1

“Management and Leadership and Practical Reflection” Please respond to the following:

Stojkovic, our textbook author, identifies both management and leadership as process. For this discussion, research and report on the differences between management and leadership. How do these differences influence professionals in criminal justice organizations?

Discussion 2

“Effective Communication and Practical Reflection” Please respond to the following:

Effective communication is essential for successful police professionals and law enforcement organizations. Discuss the historical development of communication technologies and explain any pros and/or cons of these technological advances.

Discussion 3

“Motivation of Personnel and Practical Reflection” Please respond to the following:

  • In this week’s discussion, answer the following questions… What is motivation? What factors must be considered in maximizing productivity? What are the various theories of motivation?
  • From the e-Activity titled “How Mass Media Influences our Society” discuss two or three ways mass media influence you and others you know. Explain two or three reasons or ways in which mass media impact us. (Cite any sources you referenced.)
  • Debate It – take a position on this statement: Media cause individuals to develop negative and unrealistic body images. Support your views with two or three reasons and / or examples. (Cite any sources you referenced.)
  • Discuss one or two conflicting issues involving the view that video games encourage sexist behavior.

Discussion 1

“Do Media influence Society?” Please respond to the following:

Debate It – Take a position on the statement: American Values are shaped by the mass media. Support your views with two or three reasons and / or examples.

Discussion 2

“Do Media Distort Representations of Islam and Arab Cultures?” Please respond to the following:

Debate It – Take a position on this statement: The news media’s depiction of Muslims negatively effects the way American Muslims are viewed in society. Support your views with two or three reasons and / or examples. (Cite any sources you referenced.)

Discussion 1

“Body Image” Please respond to the following:

Debate It – take a position on this statement: Males and females are both targeted about body image to the same extent by advertisers. Support your views with one or two reasons and / or examples. (Cite any sources you referenced.)

Discussion 2

“Do Video Games Encourage Sexist Behavior?” Please respond to the following:

Debate It – Take a position on this statement: Violent video games encourage sexist behavior in adolescent and adult men. Support your views with two or three reasons and / or examples. (Cite any sources you referenced.)

Discussion 1

“Influence of Video Games on Violent Behavior” Please respond to the following:

Discuss one or two conflicting issues involving the view that video games encourage violent behavior.

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Negotiation Project

Negotiation Project

Throughout the course, you have debated and discussed the subject of negotiations, and you have also assisted a fellow student on a conflict resolution project. In Week 3, you were specifically asked to find something you can negotiate, and take notes on the negotiation. Hopefully, by this week you have not only identified the subject of your negotiation but have gathered pertinent information to assist you in the negotiation process. As you recall, some suggested negotiation topics were:

1. Trying to buy a car (you don’t have to do the deal).
2. Trying to get a better deal on your cell phone, internet, or cable TV package.
3. Trying to negotiate a raise from your employer, especially when the employee does not have adequate resources to provide a raise.
4. Trying to purchase a new piece of jewelry from a jewelry store, one not known to negotiate its prices.
5. Any negotiation you really are experiencing during the term (i.e. promotion, new job terms, etc.).

Before doing the negotiation, you needed to do these things, and take written notes for each item.

1. Define the negotiation you planned. Who is your competitor? Who has the “upper hand” in this deal and why?
2. Describe your goal of the negotiation.
3. Define your BATNA of the negotiation.
4. Review the 10 Best Practices of Negotiations in Chapter 12. Select at least three best practices that you plan to use in this negotiation.

 

Do the negotiation, and describe:

  1. Who made the first offer?
  2. How was it communicated?
  3. What was the response?
  4. Was there a counteroffer? Describe all counteroffers.
  5. Did you communicate your BATNA to your opponent? Why or why not? Did this seem to work?
  6. Did your opponent communicate his or her BATNA to you? Why or why not? Did this seem to help the negotiation?
  7. Which of the 10 Best Practices of Negotiations in Chapter 12 did you actually use? Was this different from your plan? If so, what happened that caused you to change?
  8. What was the final result of your negotiation?
  9. What did you learn from this about negotiating?

10 Best Practices of Negotiations

Be prepared

Diagnose the fundamental structure of the negotiation

Identify and work the BATNA

Be willing to walk away

Master the key paradoxes of negotiation:

  • Claiming value vs. creating value
  • Sticking by your principles vs. being resilient enough to go with the flow
  • Sticking with your strategy vs. opportunistically pursuing new options
  • Being too honest and open vs. being too closed and opaque
  • Being too trusting vs. being too distrusting

Remember the intangibles

Actively manage coalitions-those against you, for you, and unknown

Savor and protest your reputation

Remember that rationality and fairness are relative

Continue to learn from your experience

Use at least three resources/references. Write your notes up into a report about the negotiation, which includes all of the information requested.

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Health Care Systems

Health Care Systems

Paradise Hospital, Inc. is a for-profit hospital. As the facility’s new hospital administrator, you have been tasked with improving the service value of the hospital. The administration has not done this process since the hospital began operating in the year 1995. The investors are not familiar with the value proposition strategies of hospitals in the current day America.

Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

  1. Articulate the meaning of value-added service as it pertains to patient care services, and argue the major reasons why it matters to add value to patient services. Justify your response.
  2. Outline a system for identifying the functional areas in which changes might be necessary in order to improve the hospital’s service value. Recommend the key methods that you would use to acquire the information necessary to identify the specified functional areas.
  3. Specify four (4) specific areas where you believe the administration can add value in Paradise Hospital, and argue the most significant reasons why such value proposition would improve the value of services to the patients.
  4. Use four (4) recent (within the last five [5] years) quality academic resources in this assignment.
    Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not qualify as quality academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Propose methodologies that have been proven to increase value in health care delivery systems.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in health care management.
  • Write clearly and concisely about health care management using proper writing mechanics.

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Case Study 1: Agile in Practice – An Agile Success Story

Case Study 1: Agile in Practice – An Agile Success Story

Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:

  1. Determine the key reasons why Deloitte Consulting (DC) chose a modified SCRUM method instead of a traditional waterfall method.
  2. Explain how DC performed project planning and analyze its effectiveness for later execution and product release.
  3. Identify the challenges that DC encountered in each project phase and explain how they overcame those challenges. Give an opinion on whether the Agile concepts played an important role in this process.
  4. Determine the techniques that DC used to monitor the project progress and evaluate how it enabled the project success.
  5. Explain why DC did not use offshore resources and evaluate whether the Agile method will work in a project with diverse workforce geographically and culturally. .
  6. Speculate on the leadership roles needed if you were part of the DC team.
  7. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Compare and contrast Agile methods with traditional project management techniques.
  • Explain the challenges and opportunities of an Agile project leader.
  • Summarize the iterative qualities for Agile project success.
  • Describe Agile project management methods and phases.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in Agile project management.
  • Write clearly and concisely about Agile project management topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

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