What is the authors’ main point? Do the authors’ arguments support their main point? What is your opinion of the article? Do you agree with the authors’ findings?

In the Waldorf Online Library, locate an article concerning one of the following topics from this unit: employee emotions and moods, motivation concepts, or perception and decision-making. The article of choice should be at least five pages in length and must have been published within the last 5 years.
After reading the article, briefly summarize the purpose for the study, and answer the following questions.
What is the authors’ main point?
Do the authors’ arguments support their main point?
What is your opinion of the article? Do you agree with the authors’ findings?
What evidence, either from the textbook or additional sources, supports your opinion?
Compare the article information with what we are studying in this unit. What responsibilities do leaders have as far as recognizing attitudes and emotions in employees?
In exercising leadership functions, how can we promote positivity and productivity in the workplace?

Analyze your assigned tool and provide a detailed statement of the history, steps to use the tool, and best application of the tool. Include the benefits and drawbacks of your assigned tool.

The tools of Total Quality Management are important to not only this class but to your future career. These tools can be used to uncover quality problems at your company.
For this discussion, you will be assigned to one of the seven TQM tools.

Analyze your assigned tool and provide a detailed statement of the history, steps to use the tool, and best application of the tool. Include the benefits and drawbacks of your assigned tool.
Use the Assignment Chart to determine the tool to analyze.
Assignment Chart
First Letter of Your Last Name TQM Tool Assignment
A, B, C Check Sheet
Post your TQM analysis and include at least one reference to support your findings. Your analysis should be at least three substantial paragraphs.

Describe in your own words what the article is about, what its objectives are, what the methods used are, what the results show and what the conclusions drawn are.

Pick a journal article related to your industry which uses t-test and/or ANOVA to analyse survey data.
The articles should use some form of statistical analysis of the data, more than simply presenting bar charts / pie charts of numbers / percentages. Some articles are more complex, and some are simpler, so look for a few different ones and choose one that you are comfortable enough in understanding but be sure that the article employs these statistical methods to a meaningful extent.
Examples of statistical analysis would be chi-square test, t-test, anova, Wilcoxon regression, etc, see . Some tests, or aspects of them, may be too advanced or difficult to understand. Try to research what the test does and how it is usually applied and then relate this to what the article is using the test for.
Write a report on the selected article.

Describe in your own words what the article is about, what its objectives are, what the methods used are, what the results show and what the conclusions drawn are. Again, avoid overly technical jargon; however, some jargon is unavoidable. Spend some effort on outlining the method and it’s application in the article.
Describe any new learnings you have gained about the application of statistical methods from having studied this article, highlighting anything that you found particularly interesting.
Outline any points which were difficult to follow and methods you didn’t really have a full grasp of .

Describe and map, by creating two IDEFO diagrams, the main processes in the pre-construction phase of the selected project.

Process Management in Construction

Working individually, you are required to select and investigate arecent ‘iconic’ construction project completed in the last 10 years or currently progressing. The project can be located in any part of the world. Considering your selected iconic project, you should write a 3000-word research oriented report covering the following two tasks:
TASKS
1. Introduce your selected project. The selected project should be named, and a brief background should be provided to introduce/describe the chosen project and to justify its iconic nature. Project key information and start and completion dates should be clearly specified by including relevant tables/figures.
2. Describe and map, by creating two IDEFO diagrams, the main processes in the pre-construction phase of the selected project. The two IDEF0 diagrams should consist of a single Level 0 diagram and a single Level 1 diagram.

Explain how the Work-From-Home arrangement contributed to workers’ low productivity. Discuss how would managers resolve this challenge?

Explain how the Work-From-Home arrangement contributed to workers’ low productivity

Question:
Remote working during the covid-19 pandemic not only change the workplace but also bring new challenges for organisations. One of these challenges is low productivity among employees.

Using an example from a Pacific Island Country, explain how the Work-From-Home arrangement contributed to workers’ low productivity. Discuss how would managers resolve this challenge?
Further evaluate how effective are these managers in supporting the work efforts of their staff who continue to work from home.

Demonstrate an understanding of relevant business theories and frameworks in the discipline area of the project, critically examining theories and frameworks. Have you addressed the feedback and comments you have received for your interim assignment?

Your final assessment task is to write a 4,500-word project report detailing your research and its findings. Your Project Report should follow the structure provided in the Project Report structure guide.
Overall, your Project Report should:
Provide a clear description of the topic being addressed and its context in the organisation/industry of your choice.
Demonstrate an understanding of relevant business theories and frameworks in the discipline area of the project, critically examining theories and frameworks. Have you addressed the feedback and comments you have received for your interim assignment?
Describe and justify the use of a relevant research methodology and methods used, and secondary data relevant to the topic. Have you addressed the feedback and comments you have received for your interim assignment?
Analyse the data and evaluate findings relevant to the topic . You should include a section on reflections on your findings with implications for your chosen organisation and industry.
Provide recommendations and summarise conclusions.

Determine a basis for the provision of contingency within the cost plan . Make a clear recommendation, stating your reasoning.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

Using the data in the scenario, prepare a Gantt chart for the entire programme from inception to the end of the ‘soft launch’. You may assume the project start date is Monday 10 January 2022.
Compile a detailed network diagram and Gantt chart for the Arena construction phase You should allow in your programme for a two week shutdown of construction activity over the year-end holiday period.
1c. Identify the critical path for the construction phase.
1d. Re-present key data in Table 3 to show task durations using Eli Goldratt’s Critical Chain approach. Show also the safety buffer for the phase as a whole. Determine how buffer time should be used either at key milestones within the construction phase or only at the end clearly stating the reasons for your choice.
Determine a basis for the provision of contingency within the cost plan . Make a clear recommendation, stating your reasoning.
Using the budget you prepared in task two with the income streams provided in the scenario, prepare an itemised cash flow for the project for the period 2022 to 2029 inclusive. You should consider the payment profiles for both the remediation phase and the main arena construction phases . You will also need to include an estimate for the revenue receipt in Q4 2024, stating your reasoning for the figure you have chosen.
3b. Using the cash flow data, prepare an initial project appraisal and identify the Payback Period; Return on Capital; and Net Present Value of the project to support a business case for presentation to the client’s Board.
3c. State any assumptions made and the commercial implications of the results presented including an accept / reject recommendation for the project as a whole.

Give an example of a real-life situation in which the lessons of THE GOAL can be applied. Essentially, be a Jonah.

Reflecting on THE GOAL attachment and the lessons learned, answer the following three questions in a Word document. Be sure to state each question along with each respective response. Include any citations and adhere to the rules of written English. It should be approximately in the 500 to 1000 word range. This assignment is worth 10% of the course grade.
1. In your own words, explain and critique the wisdom of Jonah and his approach?
2. Critique THE GOAL as an operations management text and as a teaching tool for the workplace.
3. Give an example of a real-life situation in which the lessons of THE GOAL can be applied. Essentially, be a Jonah. You are the wise consultant brought in to fix or improve the company, and you are tasked with helping them to improve their metrics, their processes, their quality, their supply chain, their bottlenecks, or just about anything that would help to bring them closer to their goal of making money.