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What might Goodrich have done, and what steps should it take in the future, to ensure more moral behavior?
Should Goodrich be held morally responsible as a com- pany for the A7D affair, or just the individuals involved?
Describe the different pressures to conform in this case and discuss the relevance of the concepts of groupthink and diffusion of responsibility. Do any of these factors excuse the conduct of particular individuals in this case? If so, who and why?
Was Vandivier right to "blow the whistle"? Was he morally required to so? Again, explain the moral principles on which your judgment is based.
Do you think Vandivier was wrong to work up the qualifi- cation report? Explain the moral principle or principles that underlie your judgment.
To what extent did Lawson, Vandivier, and Gretzinger consider the relevant moral issues before deciding to participate in the fraud? What was their reasoning? What would you have done if you were in their situation?
The social and psychological factors that sometimes jeopardize an individual's integrity B. The characteristics of sound moral reasoning.
The place of values and ideals in a person's life.
What it means to have moral principles; the nature of conscience; and the relationship between morality and self-interest.
The doctrine of ethical relativism and its difficulties.
The relationship between morality and religion.
The distinguishing features of morality and how it differs from etiquette, law, and professional codes of conduct.
The nature, scope, and purpose of business ethics.
For each of the following hypothetical situations, make an executive summary according to the instructions given in this chapter.a Your practical training b Your thesis research c A project you had to carry out as part of your studies
In which part of an executive summary can you give your own opinion?
Explain how an executive summary ‘says something’ about the future.
Explain how an executive summary ‘says something’ about the past.
See assignment 9.2. This assignment involves not only conducting an interview but also holding a presentation.
Keeping in mind the recommendations in this chapter, hold a presentation.organise it as follows:• Hold it in a group (there has to be an audience, after all). each person in the group should take a turn delivering a presentation, the remainder forming the audience.• choose your topics. It is
Try to get hold of an actual report (either from one of your fellow students or colleagues, from the library or from the company’s multimedia centre).Give an evaluation of that report based on the criteria described in this chapter. Suggest improvements.
List a number of the characteristics of a good report.
A report can be used as a basis for an executive summary.a Explain why.b What topics are likely to be dealt with in an executive summary?
If your project consists of a piece of research or a survey, the findings could be published in the form of a report. Give a number of reasons why you would want to give an oral presentation on the outcomes of your project in addition to a written report of the desired quality.10.2 a What is the
For this assignment, you and a small group interview an expert from a different field. You can choose from the topics given in the previous assignment or consult with your trainer/instructor about choosing a different topic. The results of the interview are then drawn up in an interview report (as
Prepare for an interview, conduct it and report on it in the way that is suggested in this chapter. The report should be structured and cohesive.The interview should preferably be carried out by two people. Find somebody who is prepared to be interviewed by you. The report should be handed in to
Form groups to discuss the following statements:a It is preferable to have the project manager chair the project team meeting.b If there are no topics for the agenda it is not necessary to hold the weekly project team meeting.c Time spent in preparation for a meeting is more than regained during
Decisions often have to be made during project meetings. A number of ways of reaching agreement are listed below. List the advantages and disadvantages of each of them.a The decision is made by one person (the project manager or an expert, for instance).b A majority decision is made based on votes
List a number of characteristics a good chairperson should possess.
Using the model provided in this chapter, write the minutes of the most recent meeting you have attended.
Draw up an agenda following the model provided in this chapter for:a A meeting between the project manager and the project team b A meeting of the steering committee c A meeting between the project manager and the sponsor d A meeting you yourself have to attend in the near future
A meeting has been arranged with five project members who are specialists in their field and who live in various places in the Netherlands.The meeting will take three hours and will be held in Utrecht. Two of the five participants live in Groningen (a distance of 200 km), one lives in The Hague (80
Given that managing processes and projects is complicated, various management techniques – such as Scrum – have been developed. They often go through phases of rise, flourish (use) and then decline.a Find out in which phase Scrum currently finds itself.b Look up what the alternatives for Scrum
What is the difference between a project manager and a Scrum master?
Place Figure 7.1 in a PowerPoint presentation and explain to students or colleagues how Scrum works.
Name a few conditions that must be met for Scrum to be used in an organisation.
Not every project is suitable for implementation with Scrum.a Think of two projects this applies to.b Why is Scrum less suited to these projects?
Scrum is also called an Agile method. Find out what this means and provide a description in your own words.
The descriptions of the following project commissions are invalid because the results cannot be assessed. Give a more accurate and SM ART description.a Optimise the flow of goods within the company.b Reduce the number of errors in allocating student loans.c Computerize the production system.d
Form a group and discuss the following statements:a C reating a project plan takes up a lot of time and is unnecessary if the project is small.b A project manager should not accept any modifications to the project plan during the course of the project.c The project plan must be amended if changes
This assignment requires you to create a project plan for a project.• Get together a project team of 2 or 3 persons.• S ection 1.2 of this book lists a number of projects. Select one of these projects. You could also take a project of your own. Discuss your choice with your trainer or
W rite a description (specifications) of the project result for each of the following projects. You will probably have to make up some details, though try not to let this stand in the way of defining the project as precisely as possible.a The construction of a new warehouse b The development of an
Consider the following projects:1 An art exhibition 2 The construction of a new hospital wing 3 A computerization project 4 An ISO -9000 quality control project 5 The introduction of performance assessment talks 6 A final thesis project 7 A project you suggest yourself Answer the following
a Explain what the difference is between the project’s day-to-day files and the document files.b Indicate how useful each is likely to be after the completion of the project
A course of training or study also has a number of milestones. List some of them.
Indicate how each of the management aspects of Time, Money, Quality, Information and Organisation (see Chapter 3) should be dealt with in the project plan.
‘Projects have to produce products.’a Explain why this is advisable.b Identify some ‘products’ that a project involving organising a school outing could produce.6.5 List four job positions that a project team might require.
a Why is it important to delineate the project’s scope and preconditions in the project plan?b E xplain (by means of an example) what is meant by the ‘length’ of a project.c Do the same for the ‘width’.d What are project milestones?e Why is it important not to set the project’s quality
W hat kinds of steps must a project manager take in order to write an acceptable project plan?
In which phase of a project is the project plan drawn up?
The following project assignments will deliver an uncertain result. Discuss how the results could be made more tangible.• Optimising the flow of goods within the company.• Reducing the number of errors made in an organisation.• Computerizing the production line.• Improving the services
Discuss the following contentions.a If the project is a minor one you can skip the project proposal.b The sponsor is likely to be the most disruptive element of a project.c You can always refuse to be the project manager.d Once underway, a project cannot be stopped.e What is the point of time
Why would you break a project down into phases?
Use the P6-Method for the following projects:a Organising a five-day excursion abroad.b O rganising a big party for former students of a college of advanced education.c A project that a sponsor has asked you to do.
To spend time efficiently, it is important to know ‘where all the time goes’.a Re-examine Section 4.11 on Time Management.b Estimate how many hours you need each week for all of your activities.This includes sleeping, eating, attending classes, studying at home, working and socializing.c
Discuss the following statements in a group:• A completely new project cannot be planned and attempting to do so is a waste of time.• Time records for project workers is one big lie and therefore a waste of time.• There is always only one critical path in a planning.• The critical path of a
Make a list of all the terms in Section 4.9 and give a definition of each term.4.15 Projects involve various resources – people, materials and tools. Give two examples of materials that can be used and two examples of tools.4.16 Using a computer program, make a Gantt chart for the following:a
Think of an activity that a Should be done as soon as possible (ASAP)b Should be done as late as possible (ALAP)c Should be done on an exact date d Should not be done before a certain date e Should not be done after a certain date
In this assignment you have to plan a project yourself. A number of projects have been mentioned in Section 1.2 of this book.a Choose one of these projects or a project of your own. Discuss your choice of project with your teacher or trainer.b Form a group of two to three people and together find
Choose one of the projects from Section 1.2 and create a Work Breakdown Structure for its activities.
Look at the following table of activities (Table 4.14).a Make a network diagram based on this table of activities.b What activities are on the critical path?c What is the duration of the project?d Make a Gantt chart based on the network diagram.e Which of the activities have slack? How much? TABLE
A company wants to develop a new product. The plans have to include marketing (see Table 4.13.).a Make a network diagram.b What is the critical path?c What is the duration of the project?d Make a Gantt chart (indicate slack). TABLE 4.13 Table of activities belonging to assignment 4.9 Activity Time
As the following indicates, there is a lot involved in cooking a meal. A man has to cook a meal for his friends. The meal has to be ready at 7 p.m. The shopping still has to be done. There are three courses: soup, main course, dessert. The main course consists of potatoes, vegetables and steak.A
a When drawing up a network diagram, what is the advantage of using planning software rather than doing it by hand?b What role do calendars play in planning software?
a A Gantt chart could suggest dependencies that do not exist. Explain.b What are you doing when you are drawing up a network diagram manually:planning the duration or the required working hours of a project? Explain.c Why should the number of dependencies be kept to a minimum?
Create a Work Breakdown Structure for:a An excursion b A staff day c The development and introduction of a new course
What is meant by:a Milestones b Dependencies c A critical activity d A critical path e ASAP and ALAP f Resources g Slack in a plan h A Gantt chart i A network diagram j Duration k Time spent
‘The project manager will therefore have to assess the plannings the project’s participants have drawn up on the basis of how realistic they seem’. Explain.
‘We do not have time to make a planning.’ Comment.
What is the difference between a planning and a project plan?
The following example (based on Tumuscheit, 1998) demonstrates how things can go very wrong in the early stages of a project.A top manager in your company has a problem and he asks you to be his project manager. In your enthusiasm and because you feel flattered to have been asked, you agree to take
Discuss the following statements in groups:a It is best to postpone major items of expenditure until as late in the project as possible.b The quality of both an intermediate and end product of a project should be as high as possible.c Making a project plan improves the chances of creating a
At the conclusion of a project, its success can be determined by testing the quality of the end product (the project results). While the duration of a project could be up to a year, to avoid the risk of receiving an unsatisfactory end product, the sponsor is unlikely to leave the assessment until
Respond to the following statement: ‘We can’t terminate this project because $50,000 has already been invested in it.’
What is the risk if the stakeholders are not sufficiently involved in the execution of a project?
Quality should be measurable. Suggest a number of criteria that can be used to measure the quality of the following projects (i.e. when they can be regarded as successful).a A project for collecting money for third-world countries b An ideal home fair c A thesis project d An conference on the
a What is the danger of a project manager going along with too many of the sponsor’s requests to alter the project?b What is the danger of the project manager not allowing any changes at all?c Why should a project manager demand that the sponsor put down any alterations to the project’s
a What is likely to happen if the project workers receive insufficient information from the project manager?b Quality control is easier in technical projects than in reorganisation projects. Explain why this is the case.
Which two kinds of documents are found in a project archive? Give two examples of each.
A sponsor wants to have a project carried out. What is the difference for the sponsor between buying a company car and ‘buying’ a project outcome?
Quality is one of the five aspects of a project.a In your own words, explain what is understood by the ‘quality of a project’.b Who determines whether the product is of sufficient quality?c ‘The quality must be as high as possible!’ How would you respond to this statement?
A project requires a budget.a What is understood by the term ‘budget’?b Who makes the budget available?c What does he get in return?d How is the project budget spent??e How can the budget be monitored during the execution of the project?
Which of the five monitoring aspects should the project manager of a manned space flight pay the most attention to? Explain your answer.
In your own words, describe the significance of each of the five monitoring aspects of a project.
a What is the difference between a project proposal and a project plan?b What is the difference between the project’s objectives and the project’s results?
Write a project proposal for the following situations:a You want to organise a graduation party for your department and you need management cooperation and funding.b You want to organise a three-day outing in your area of expertise for your department or company and you need management cooperation
Why write a project proposal? During which phase of the project should this be done?
a What is a kick-off meeting?b What is another name for a kick-off meeting?c What are three objectives of a kick-off meeting?
What is a pilot project? Give two reasons why an organisation would run a pilot project.
What are three types of companies that frequently work on projects?
The first step towards achieving effective communication between people of different cultures working in a multicultural project is to become aware of one’s own culture.a On the basis of the descriptions of Hofstede’s five cultural dimensions and Figure 2.12, indicate what your score would
Discuss the following statements in groups:a Being a project manager is a full-time job.b Not everybody can learn to be a project manager.c A project manager should be familiar with all the details of his project.d Everybody is capable of working on a project.e A project manager should be more
a What is the difference between a ‘project’ and a ‘program’?b What is a steering committee?c What is a task force?
Organise a brainstorming session in accordance with the guidelines of Section 2.13 with the following topics:a Organising an outing for your department b A new project c A topic of your choice
Which of the decision-making processes discussed in Section 2.15 is used by your project group? Give examples.
When a large reorganisation involves involuntary dismissals, some companies hire a temporary project manager from outside the company.Explain why this is preferable to bringing in a project manager from within the company.
List one advantage and one disadvantage of contracting out a project as a turnkey project.
a Explain why determining which Belbin team role(s) a person plays can benefit a project.b Which Belbin team roles are absolutely necessary in order to put together a good project team? Which project tasks are they needed for?c Re-examine the team roles in Section 2.10. Which two roles suit you
What is meant by the following:a An organisational chart b A line organisation c A competence d A steering committee e A committee of experts f A working group g A subject expert h A stakeholder i Laisser faire (with regard to leadership)j Task-oriented leadership k People-oriented leadership l
Discuss in groups what measures a project manager can take to ensure that the project group works effectively and efficiently.
What two advantages does hiring in consultants have? Can you think of a disadvantage?

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