Identify the key modifications implemented by electricity organisations in Bahrain in response to the major challenges arising due to the adoption of decentralised models of energy production,offering suitable solutions to resolve them.

About the project

If the information required below is provided in a succinct form in a previous document, such as your application for external funding or for approval of the project you may submit this document (or preferably the relevant section from it) either in whole or partial answer to the questions below.

What are the aims and objectives of the project (maximum 250 words)?

The study will evaluate innovations employed by energy organisations across Bahrain to meet end users’ energy demands, concentrating on the innovation used when using the decentralised model of electricity production. The aim of the study will also be to reveal facilitators and barriers to the transition of energy models and how innovation management can reveal and address different challenges.

Objectives

This study will seek to:

Understand and analyse current and emerging challenges encountered by electricity organisations in Bahrain during the process of transitioning from a centralised to a decentralised model.

Identify the key modifications implemented by electricity organisations in Bahrain in response to the major challenges arising due to the adoption of decentralised models of energy production,offering suitable solutions to resolve them.

Explore and analyse the external and internal factors that hinder the implementation of effective innovation management.

Briefly describe the principal methods, the sources of data or evidence to be used and the number and type of research participants who will be recruited to the project (maximum 500 words).

Why does a business need to define its mission and engage in planning?

Why It Matters: Planning and Mission

Why does a business need to define its mission and engage in planning?

You learned earlier that the four main functions of management are planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Planning is the initial step that guides and informs all the others. It starts with clarity of purpose and goals formalized in the organization’s vision, mission, and values statements. These statements are the foundation for all activities in an organization and direct the behaviors of all the people in the organization.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Distinguish between mission and vision in business.

Explain how a values statement can support the goals of an organization.

Elaborate on why this trend started,where it’s going,and if you think the profession will be able to expand enough to support the need.

Facility management

Outline one of the current Facilities Management Trends. Use the article/information below as a starting point.

Elaborate on why this trend started,where it’s going,and if you think the profession will be able to expand enough to support the need.

Use the two articles listed below to support your ideas and format your paper in APA style.

Articles/ References:

Critically evaluate clear and confident use of the terminology and the principles of information and systems.

Big Data for Managers

L E A R N I N G O U T C O M E S

On successful completion of this assessment, students will be able to:

Critically evaluate clear and confident use of the terminology and the principles of information and systems.

Assess and recommend the information and systems that are required for a project or organisation to act effectively and responsibly.

1,500 words (10% allowable either way, does not include title page, table of contents, appendix and references)

Is it possible to go from return on investment to intelligence acquisition as a measure of effectiveness and efficiency?

Big Data Recorded and Mapped

Another timeline, this one specifically on the origins of the Big Data concept. Check the link below.

Click here. (Links to an external site.)

Note the very interesting framing of the origins of the term around storage capacity, capacity, and some quite fatalistic concerns over speed and computational finity.

Businesses need to consider the following:

How do the data they capture and the algorithms used, develop and increase the intelligence of organisations?

Is it possible to go from return on investment to intelligence acquisition as a measure of effectiveness and efficiency?

How can efficiency be improved through understanding – reducing costs and increasing revenues and using data to improve the bottom line and ultimately create value?

What processes can we use to turn our information into useful insights,and how do these processes influence decision-making within a business or organisation?

Explain the situation and what was learned in the process.Why do some organizations fail but become stronger while others fail to recover?

Discussion 1 – Productive Failure

Sometimes things go wrong and it’s not always a bad thing. Define and discuss the concept of productive failure.

Discuss a time in your organization’s history (or an organization you are familiar with) when a change process failed.

Explain the situation and what was learned in the process.Why do some organizations fail but become stronger while others fail to recover?

Discussion 2 -Making Change Stick

While change is inevitable in most organizations, there is a difference between change that is superficial and embedded sustaining change. Drawing from this week’s lecture and readings, discuss the processes for successfully implementing and sustaining change. Provide examples that are designed to help make change stick and apply at least one of the examples to an organizational change with which you are familiar.

What leadership skills would you recommend including in your organizational leader’s toolkit to develop the identified leadership behaviors?

Dis

First, you will need to review the employee engagement survey assessment that you completed in Module Two by implementing the grow, reality, obstacles, and way forward (GROW) model. Based on the findings, you will visualize and discuss what you plan to include in your adaptive leadership toolkit.

Think from the aspect of the tools found in a toolbox in many homes, such as a hammer, wrenches, pliers, saws, and screwdrivers. A single tool does not work in all situations. If you use a wrench to drive a nail instead of using a hammer, it might work. But it won’t work as well as a hammer.

Now consider things from the perspective of leadership skills and behaviors. For adaptive leadership to be effective, it is imperative that leaders use different tools in different situations. Equally important is developing a metric, a means by which the desired behavior can be periodically assessed. The measure you set determines the behavior you get, so effective leaders first determine the desired behavior, and then develop a metric to periodically assess progress.

In Module Three, you will post your initial response, while in Module Four, you will assess other learners’ posts and provide them with your input. This allows you additional time to make your initial post strong, robust, and well supported. For your initial post, you should consider the following questions:

What leadership behaviors are needed to improve the work environment, determined via your assessment of the employee engagement survey?

What leadership skills would you recommend including in your organizational leader’s toolkit to develop the identified leadership behaviors?

How will improvements in the recommended leadership skills and behaviors improve organizational performance?

What actions will you take to format the conversation with employees regarding the restructuring process?

Discussion 1 – Restructuring

Imagine that you are the liaison between the decision makers and the followers and that your role is to communicate potential personnel change initiatives. Using the communication strategies found in the text, what actions will you take to format the conversation with employees regarding the restructuring process?

Discussion 2 -Skillful Communication

There are specific qualities required to successfully communicate change initiatives within an organization.

Drawing from this week’s lecture and readings, discuss some of the most important leadership skills required to develop employee ownership and acceptance of change initiatives within an organization.

Why do you think it is important for a project manager to have both a deep and wide understanding of the core areas of the PMBOK?

Project Management

Purpose

Whether or not you eventually pursue your Project Management Institute (PMI) certification(s) in the professional project management discipline, the more you understand the individual bodies of knowledge or concentrations, the greater value you can bring to your organization as a project manager or project team member. Many senior executives and CEOs indicate they want and need more holistic thinkers who can gain knowledge of many areas of the corporation outside of their primary concentration area (finance, supply chain, IT, etc.) and then apply it to solve business problems and bring new capabilities to bear. As you study the PMBOK concentrations and the associated techniques or practices, you will have the opportunity to become more holistic thinkers and practitioners.

Instructions

Review the Week 2 Resources area and review the websites – for PMBOK. Consider doing some additional research and investigate the areas within the PMBOK to familiarize yourself with the wide variety of practices and knowledge areas.

Then write a 2 to 3 page paper (approximately 600-900 words) which addresses the following questions related to PMBOK:

Why do you think it is important for a project manager to have both a deep and wide understanding of the core areas of the PMBOK?

Describe how at least three practices in the procurement and cost management areas of the PMBOK have a direct or indirect impact on the project integration, scope, and time executional areas of the PMBOK (e.g., temporary labor contracts would directly affect the project timeline if they limited this important resource group to 10 hours per week.)

Determine how the change management team will collect data during the exploration phase.

Assignment 1: System Development Life Cycle: Phases I & II – Planning and Analysis

Overview

Read the details of the Larson Property Management Company case scenario on pages 114–115 of the textbook. The Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Larson, and the Chief Financial Officer, Ms. Johnson, would like to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the HR functions, as well as reduce overall HR costs. Mr. Larson and Ms. Johnson would like you, the HR Director, to serve as the change agent of the project. In this assignment, you will develop a plan and analysis (the planning and analysis phases of the systems development life cycle [SDLC]) of the current business based on the details of the scenario.

Instructions

Write a 3 page proposal, in which you do the following:

Introduction and Plan

Detail the current situation for the company, focusing on the issues that the organization is currently facing from using a legacy HRIS. Explain your plan for moving forward to address these issues.

Needs Analysis

Based on the issues the organization is currently facing, identify the new system needs. Identify change team members who will help identify system need, and specify their role and responsibilities.

Interview, Questionnaire, Observation, or Focus Group

Determine how additional data will be collected regarding system needs.

Determine how the change management team will collect data during the exploration phase. Specify whether team members will use interviews, questionnaires, observations, and/or focus groups to collect data from end users. Provide at least five essential questions that will be asked of end users via interview, questionnaire, observation, or focus group.

Conclusion

Explain two to three reasons why the company would benefit from adopting an HRIS. Focus on how the HRIS would address the current HR needs of the organization.

Resources

Use at least 3 quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Textbook
Human Resource Information Systems 4th Edition
Editors: Michael J. Kavanagh & Richard D. Johnson