Schedule Compression and Resource Leveling (100 points)

This assignment consists of 3 parts: questions about resourcing projects, schedule development and compression, and resource leveling. 

Part 1 Questions (20 points)

Provide responses to the following questions

1.    What is the purpose of a staffing management plan?  What does it address?

2.    Whom should the project manager consult when performing resource leveling?

3.    Describe the two primary techniques for compressing a schedule?

4.    When crashing a project schedule, describe the two criteria that are considered when considering which activities will be sped up.

The Assignment in Details and please use the website they give:

Using the Office of English Language Acquisition Services (OELAS) website or the department of education website in your state, choose one ELL proficiency standard from each of the following sections:

Listening and speaking

Reading

Writing

1.5 page

For each standard, complete the attached chart by including the following:

The ELP standard

The correlating language arts standards or Common Core Standard

The teacher activity

You may use the “English Language Proficiency Chart” as a guide to complete this assignment.

GCU style is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

Imagine you have the opportunity to pitch an idea for a new TV or movie program that is based on current market trends. You will need to research what the popular genres are in either movies or television and write your pitch with the intention of selling a story that falls in line with what is currently profitable.

Write a 350- to 700-word pitch to either a movie or television producer. Include an analysis discussing how current popular entertainment trends do or do not reflect American cultural values and their influence on social behavior as well.

To complete this assignment, you must choose a listening selection from Section 1: Basic Musical Concepts (any of the classes from “Unity and Variety” up to and including “Folk Music, Art Music, and All That Jazz”) and write a two-paragraph summary.

Your summary must include the following to receive full credit:

The name and composer of the selection.

The location of the selection.

(e.g. Introductory Concepts: The Structure of Music)

A short analysis of the piece from the point of view of a Referential Listener.

(Read the description of the Referential Listener, and use the attributes listed to analyze the selection.)

Finally, indicate what musical “concept” is illustrated by the selection (e.g. musical idea, ensemble, solo performer, variation, etc.), and state intelligently whether you think the selection was effective in communicating this concept.

In the Assignment Materials section/Upload Assignment page, type your answer into the text box or upload your file. (Please check with your professor if you are unsure which method to use.) When you are ready, click Submit to send your answer to your instructor.

Using the GCU Library, locate five scholarly articles on changes and/or reforms in special education during the past 100 years.

Review the Topic 3 Lecture for a description of what is considered a scholarly article.

In a 750-1,000-word essay, compare and contrast the three most significant positive and negative changes in special education. Discuss the changes/reforms you think still need to be made.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required. 

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.

Read the following articles highlighting historical governmental economic regulations in the years preceding deregulation:

The History of Airline (De)Regulation In The United States/Aeronautics Online (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Deregulation: A Watershed Event/Smithsonian Institute (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Airline Deregulation: A Triumph of Ideology Over Evidence/Huffington Post (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Write a two-page (not including cover and reference pages) APA-formatted summary report that answers the question: Why was it necessary for the federal government to enact such sweeping regulatory actions in the decades prior to 1978 deregulation?

Save your assignment using a naming convention that includes your first and last name and the activity number (or description). Do not add punctuation or special characters.

This assignment will give you the opportunity to choose a case study, and then write about the ethical implications and the impact of the events that are described. Each case study includes a set of questions that you should answer. You can choose either Case Study 9.1: Unprofessional Conduct, or Case Study 8.4: Have Gun Will Travel. 

You will be graded on the following criteria:

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

Analyze the questions associated with your chosen case study and discuss them using concepts you learned in this course.

Explain your rationale for each of your answers to your chosen case study.

Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:

Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.

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 is not included in the required page length.

Cite your textbook as a reference.

Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Determine the considerations for and process of ethical business decision making to balance corporate and social responsibilities and address moral, economic, and legal concerns.

Analyze selected business situations using the predominant ethical theories, such as utilitarian, Kantian, and virtue ethics to guide ethical business decision making.

Determine the implications and impact of various civil liberty laws in the workplace, such as hiring, promotion, discipline, discharge, and wage discrimination.

Use technology and information resources to research issues in business ethics.

Write clearly and concisely about business ethics using proper writing mechanics.

Open the worksheet that you worked on earlier in the week. Then, complete the second table, address the following:

In the first column, identify creators from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries who you think made important contributions to art and culture in the form of humanities artifacts that impacted society.

Identify one of the artifacts they created (in the second column) and the medium of the artifact (in the third column). Recall from Fundamentals of Human Culture that mediums can include dance, literature, sculpture, visual arts, architecture, music, performance, and so forth. Then, explain why you believe the creator felt the need to express their ideas (in the fourth column).

For example, if one of the people you chose was John Lennon, you could identify one of his songs and discuss how the song relates to examples of his social activism.

Once you have completed the second table, answer the question presented at the bottom of the page: What differences do you notice between the artifacts from each era? Reflecting on what you have learned in this theme, where do you think those differences stemmed from?

Once the worksheet is complete, save the file a final time. Submit your completed worksheet for grading.

Read the Rough Seas on The LINK650 case study at the end of Chapter 4 of our text. 

Answer the following questions in a 3-4 page (not counting cover page and references), APA formatted document. Apply critical thinking skills when answering the questions.

Identify the various ways that employees expressed their job dissatisfaction on the LINK650.

Shaun O’Neill’s commitment to the LINK organization dwindled over his two years of employment. Discuss the factors that affected his organizational commitment.

If you were hired as a consultant to help address the issues on LINK650, what would you recommend? 

The paper is about the case above “Case 1.2 Cameron Auto Parts: Early Internationalization” and you have to answer to this 4 questions:

Should Cameron have licensed McTaggart or continued to export?

Was McTaggart a good choice for licensee?

Was the royalty rate reasonable?

What about the alternatives to licensing?