$($a$)$ You have recently jointed a civil engineering company and been appointed

as a new project manager of an ongoing $1\mathrm{.}3$ million renovation project of a

hospital. The project has already been delayed and has overruns. You have

noticed that your staff is highly qualified and skilled but demotivated and not

fully dedicated to the project.

$($i$)$ Elaborate on why feedback is important and what are the methods used

to provide the feedback.

$($ii$)$ Demonstrate how you would provide feedback to your staff?

$[6$ marks$]$

$($b$)$ Your company wishes to purchase a new machine for a four$-$year project.

Your manager has to choose between Machine A and Machine B$,$ so it is a

mutually exclusive situation. Although both machines have the same initial

cost $(35,000)$ their cash flows perform differently over the four$-$year period

due to different labour, material and maintenance costs $($see Table Q$3).$

Your manager wishes to use the net present value $($NPV$)$ as a measure of

the value or worth added to the company by carrying out the project. You

are asked to:

$($i$)$ Estimate the NPV for each machine based on a discount factor of $20\%.$

$($ii$)$ Based on NPV analysis, advise if investing in either of these machines

is acceptable.

$($iii$)$ Recommend which machine to invest in and give your reasons.

$[10$ marks$]$

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PTO

$($c$)$ You are a project manager of a small civil engineering project of planned

duration of $5$ months and budget of $140,000.$ Your latest monitoring report

shows the following data: PV $=41,000,$ EV $=35,000,$ AC $=38,000.$

Determine the health of the project.