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Project Commercial Integrity
Aim:
The overall aim of this module is:
To promote an understanding of key commercial management underpinning projects environment and to understand how commercial integrity will ensure the likelihood of project and project management success

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of the module learners are expected to (be able to):

1. Critically analyse the key commercial issues involved in the management of projects.

2. Critically appraise the business environment, finance, procurement integrity, contract management, disputes and legal frameworks within the project environment.

3. Establish the Project’s Supply Chain and evaluate the commercial integrity.

Instructions:

This is an integrated coursework assessing financial, procurement, purchasing, supply chain management and legal issues of a Company’s proposed capacity development. You have the choice of selecting any ONE of these industries below. You could use ANY choice of Company either world renowned brands and popular chains.

a.) Hospitality
b.) Banking/Finance
c.) Oil and Gas
d.) Renewable Energy/Clean Energy
e.) Construction
f.) Engineering
g.) Real Estates
h.) Manufacturing/Production
i.) Creative Industry
j.) Telecommunications
k.) Food and Beverage
l.) Charity (NGOs/INGOs)

Capacity development under consideration is expansion (to a new untested market), franchising, joint venture with other services and providers, re-branding, innovative services for seamless customer services (service enhancements), acquiring new assets, new technologies, merger or acquisition with smaller and medium size companies, local content partnership, partnership with local government initiatives and SMEs and etc., This list is not exhaustive. You could choose any one of these initiatives (or your own) for capacity development of this choice of company.

You would need to provide a brief introduction about the choice of company, their current offerings, gaps and the rationale for selecting this Company. This should be limited to TWO pages only. Emphasis is on critical evaluation and depth of commercial analysis of the proposed capacity development of the choice of company. It also should NOT be a mere descriptive listing of techniques, tools and processes. It MUST be a clear discussion and analysis on how you have used these techniques, tools and processes to inform effectively the choice of capacity development for this Company.

You would need to assume that your choice of company is aspiring to be a specialist provider within their field. You need to critically evaluate the commercial integrity and commercial fitness of this initiative. There are three sections for this coursework, Finance, Procurement/Contract/Supply Chain and Legal administration. You would need to critically appraising the commercial integrity of this new initiative. All three sections MUST be covered. This coursework is to be done INDIVIDUALLY.

You can make all necessary and realistic assumptions and MUST include all of these following caveats below:

Note: Project here refers to any of the initiatives proposed above within the capacity development.

How much funds you would want to ask the Company’s Steering Group for this new Initiative/project (capacity development).
Required capital assets and resources – e.g., Capital Expenditures, Operational Expenditures and other Financial Expenditures
Types of Customers you want to consolidate and position in this new market
Identify this project’s stakeholders (all project partners). You need to briefly establish the role and responsibilities of each of these stakeholders, communication plan and their contribution (effort) to this project. You need to produce a stakeholder’s analysis grid, communication plan and responsibility assignment matrix.
Construct this project’s life cycle diagram and identify specific phase, activities, stages, deliverables, issues and challenges at each of this project phases (you can either produce high-level or detailed level project life cycle diagram for this project). You can map/chart the issues and challenges, scenarios and exposures after scanning the project’s internal and external environment.
Undertake Options Appraisal of your choice of capability development. Have adequate market research is undertaken to ascertain the viability of this project in short term, medium term and long term? You may want to carry out a project business environment appraisal (gaps analysis). There are many tools, techniques and framework available to appraise the feasibility of a project, e.g., SWOT, PEST, PESTEL, STEEPL, 5-PORTER Boston Matrix (BCG Matrix) and McKinsey 7-S Model. All these tools serve as a guideline to decompose (break-up) your appraisal. Select any tools that you are comfortable with and appraise this project. You can use either any one of the above tool or more than one tool. You need to appraise the internal and external environment for this project. You need to carry out a detailed project environment scanning to ascertain the feasibility of this project. The motivation for this appraisal to determine key determinants of this project’s success. You have to be very careful NOT to list critical success factors (CSFs) and critical failure factors (CFFs) – these are entirely different.
You would need to appraise the proposed procurement route, purchasing mechanisms, supply chain management and contract management strategy, contract management and administration issues in this capacity development. You need to criticise and evaluate this project’s procurement and contracting strategy. You must also consider where possible Supply Contracts, Sub-contracts and Service Level Agreements. You must critically evaluate the contract arrangement/structure by including a supply chain map, contract strategy, pricing strategy for this project and how the contract should be managed for this project. How do you ensure a high performing contract for this project?
You would need to appraise the potential legal issues in this project. You can identify and critically assess potential legal issues at each phase of this project, e.g., dispute resolution strategy between the project’s stakeholders/partners, contractual term/conditions ambiguities and clarification including service level agreement (SLA), non-compliance/non-conformance to the project’s commercial and technical specifications and this project’s risk and contingencies allowances. You may want to identify potential risk events and critically map and appraise against the dispute resolution approaches. You may have to prepare a risk register for any potential conflict and dispute, use probability/impact grid and identify appropriate dispute resolution method. You MUST remember it should NOT be a mere discussion or reporting of legal/litigation techniques, legal instruments, contract law, dispute resolution and alternative dispute resolution techniques in this project. You need to ensure that critical assessment of these legal issues must be identified for this project.
You MUST discuss and critically relate to the profit, value, benefit, achievability (success rate) for this project. Plus any other realistic assumptions to ensure a successful capacity development. You MUST consider financial scenarios, procurement scenarios, purchasing scenarios, identify the Supply Chain for this proposed initiative including stakeholders in this new market and legal instruments. You would also need to consider how if any other commercial constraints (including culture) for this proposed capacity development of your choice of Company.

Your Task: To Prepare a Report considering the financial and economic scenarios, contractual, legal obligations and exposures of this capacity development (Project) and advise the Company’s steering committee of this Project’s viability (feasibility). The Company’s steering committee wants to know potential financial, procurement, contractual, supply chain management and legal scenarios and exposures including any commercial oversights. You would need to convince the Company’s steering committee of this Project’s viability financially, contractually and legally. You would need to assume that your career progression and future with this Company is dependent upon this Project’s successful development and progress bringing in the required profit, benefit and value. You can assume yourself as the Capability Lead (your role) when reporting back to the Company’s steering committee. The membership of this Company’s steering committee is composed from senior executive management. The remit of this Company Steering Committee’s is either to finally approve or reject the proposal.

Reminder:
Report must cover all three elements of this project’s commercial fitness and their integrity (financial, procurement/contract/supply chain & legal context).

Very Important:
In three sections the argument, logical reasoning and critical evaluation of the above project that you had identified must be made in Commercial Context for Capacity development. This Capacity Development is a Project for the Company that you have identified.

Word Count: 4,000 words

Tolerance: +/-10%

(i) You MUST AVOID generalisation and descriptive statements or mere quotations and recycling information from references/academic source. It is CRITICAL EVALUATION, DEPTH and LOGICAL REASONING using appropriate academic and research publications that we want for this report. CLARITY IS THE KEY WORD HERE.

(ii) You MUST AVOID opinionated views, hearsays, rumours, speculation, stories, tales, TV personalities/celebrities views, word of mouth and any other non-academic/professional source. You MUST make sound academic and professional judgement supported or build upon from current credible/authoritative publications.

(iii) You MUST AVOID citing opinions and views from Wikipedia, Blogs, web based Chats, web based Forums, web based mails, web based friendship/collaborative tools or social networking sites, e.g., Facebook, WAYN, Twitter, MySpace, Linkedln, Hi5, Orkut, Friendster and etc., You MUST use peer reviewed resources. You also MUST be resourceful.

(iv) You MUST demonstrate your ability to build arguments systematically with logical reasoning and critical evaluation.

This is MSc level submission which demands significant evidence of depth and critical evaluation of commercial context of a Company’s capability development. These must be demonstrated in the report. All arguments, logical reasoning and evaluation must be supported by references from credible/valid/authoritative academic/professional source, e.g., books, e-books, peer reviewed publications, journals (e.g., International Journal of Project Management), white papers, professional institutions magazines/articles, e.g., PMI (Project Management Journal) and APM (Project Magazine) publications, trade magazines, case studies, symposiums, congress and conference proceedings)

Purpose: This assignment is meant to show the students’ ability to apply the statistical and graphical practices that have been covered in this course.
Format: This paper must be scholarly, properly cited, and in APA format. Each project must include a title page, an abstract (100-250 words), an introduction section (300-600 words), the mathematical work for at least two forms of statistical analysis, at least one form of graphical analysis, a results and conclusions section (300-600 words), a reference section, and an appendix containing the dataset used.
Sources MUST be properly cited using APA format. If using a print article that cannot be found online, please scan it in and attach it as an appendix.
Assignment: Come up with a question surrounding a topic of personal interest, find a dataset that can help answer the question, perform at least two types of statistical analysis and at least one type of graphical analysis that help to answer the question, and handwrite a formal report on this process.
Final Project Instructions:
Design a research question that meets the following conditions:
• Must be able to answer question using statistical analysis
• Must provide insight into an issue of importance
• Must be relevant to your interests and/or have personal significance
Select a dataset that meets the following conditions:
• The dataset must be raw, meaning little to no analysis of the data has been conducted.
• The dataset should have between 50 to 200 data points.
• It is recommended that you find a dataset online rather than gathering the data yourself.
Select at least two methods of statistical analysis appropriate to your selected dataset.
• Your selected method of statistical analysis should have been covered in the course.
• The method of statistical analysis must help you answer your research question.
Perform at least two statistical analyses of your selected dataset. Perform at least one graphical analysis of your selected dataset.
• Label all axes and provide values for each axis.
• Make sure graphs help answer the research question.
Combine this work into a single document, in proper APA format, that summarizes the research question asked, the dataset used, the analyses performed, and the conclusions drawn from this process.
Books we are using are 1) Essentials of Research Design and methodology by Marczyk, DeMattteo, Festinger 2) statistics for the Behavioral Sciences by Gravetter and Wallnau
I will also attach examples of A papers and F papers

Even though I paid for 6 pages, the text portion of the project should be around 900 words ( see exact number of words in the assignment description) I paid for extra pages because my project requires handwritten solutions. Plus tables or graphs from the articles have to included!

Under the KYOTO agreement, and other initiatives to combat climate change, governments are
requiring commercial energy users to reduce energy consumption. In addition, distributed
generation is being promoted as being beneficial to electrical networks.
A landowner has been approached by a company which is suggesting that his energy bill can be
lowered, and that income can be generated, from the installation of either a 1.8 MW wind
turbine or an equivalent solar photovoltaic (PV) farm on his land. The landowner has requested
a document outlining the operation of the wind-turbine and of solar PV, what other equipment
would need to be installed on his land and how the energy is fed into the electrical grid. He also
wishes to understand the resources required to monitor and maintain such installations.
Task:
Produce a document outlining:
(i) the operation of a wind turbine and the electrical interface from the turbine to the
electricity grid;
(ii) the operation of a solar PV farm and the electrical interface from the system to the
electricity grid;
(iii) the likely energy output for the equipment in a typical location in Oman;
(iv) the types of monitoring equipment which could be installed to ensure safe operation
of the equipment;
(v) the maintenance requirements for both installations;
(vi) the environmental considerations around both types of equipment.
The document should be written in a way that a non-expert can understand the interaction of
the components.
Indication of what measurement(s) would be required to gather data on the various
components making up the entire installation should be presented.
The document should also address possible asset management plans, i.e. aspects of the plant
which could be monitored, devices which would be used to monitor the plant and the frequency
investigation.
Justification of the choice of monitoring equipment and the maintenance regime from
background reading would strengthen the case being presented to the customer.
The report:
The report, as discussed in the class, should be based on government reports, journal paper,
review of manufacturers’ literature and personal experience (if appropriate).
The report should provide evidence of the following:
Ability to structure and present information
Evidence of background reading and clear understanding of main issues
Basic technical description of assets involved in this area
Critical appraisal of issues
Relevancy and accuracy of arguments

Relevant conclusions
References

Question: Outline the key elements of the theory of Path Dependency and explore the implications that follow from it for the conduct of social scientific research. Use relevant case study material to illustrate your answer.

I would like in text parenthetical citations when information is used, and a full bibliography, both in Harvard style when information/facts are given/used. Also at least a chart/diagram/table which is properly cited.

That is how the assignment sounds:
For the Final Project, each student will find a dataset of interest to them and statistically analyze
it. This dataset may concern any topic, but should be of some interest to the student.
Purpose: This assignment is meant to show the students’ ability to apply the statistical and
graphical practices that have been covered in this course.
Format: This paper must be scholarly, properly cited, and in APA format. There is no page limit
on this paper. Each project must include a title page, an abstract (100-250 words), an
introduction section (300-600 words), the mathematical work for at least two forms of statistical
analysis, at least one form of graphical analysis, a results and conclusions section (300-600
words), a reference section, and an appendix containing the dataset used.
Sources MUST be properly cited using APA format. Simply putting a website address IS NOT
properly citing. If using a print article that cannot be found online, please scan it in and attach it
as an appendix.
Assignment: Come up with a question surrounding a topic of personal interest, find a dataset that
can help answer the question, perform at least two types of statistical analysis and at least one
type of graphical analysis that help to answer the question, and write a formal report on this
process.
The books were using: Essential of research design and methodogy by Geoffrey Marczyk and Statistics for the behavioral sciences by Frederick Gravetter.
The # of words in the project may be as low as 700-800 as required by my prof. But she wants graphs/tables& hand written solution.Contact if need more info

That is how the assignment sounds:
For the Final Project, each student will find a dataset of interest to them and statistically analyze
it. This dataset may concern any topic, but should be of some interest to the student.
Purpose: This assignment is meant to show the students’ ability to apply the statistical and
graphical practices that have been covered in this course.
Format: This paper must be scholarly, properly cited, and in APA format. There is no page limit
on this paper. Each project must include a title page, an abstract (100-250 words), an
introduction section (300-600 words), the mathematical work for at least two forms of statistical
analysis, at least one form of graphical analysis, a results and conclusions section (300-600
words), a reference section, and an appendix containing the dataset used.
Sources MUST be properly cited using APA format. Simply putting a website address IS NOT
properly citing. If using a print article that cannot be found online, please scan it in and attach it
as an appendix.
Assignment: Come up with a question surrounding a topic of personal interest, find a dataset that
can help answer the question, perform at least two types of statistical analysis and at least one
type of graphical analysis that help to answer the question, and write a formal report on this
process.
The books were using: Essential of research design and methodogy by Geoffrey Marczyk and Statistics for the behavioral sciences by Frederick Gravetter.
The # of words in the project may be as low as 700-800 as required by my prof. But she wants graphs/tables& hand written solution.Contact if need more info

As a Global Business Management graduate of London Metropolitan University, you are to advise a family friend, Gunter Merkel who has 20 years’ experience in large mining projects. He is considering setting up his own company back in West Lancashire to extract shale gas, on some land he inherited.
So far the current indicated gas reserves discovered from test drill holes is estimated at 11 million cubic metres.

He currently owns shares in a major publicly listed UK chemical company valued at over £6 million, which could be sold, to start the business.

At present your best assessment of the future costs and revenues are as follows:

• Payment of £3.26m at the commencement of the project (1 December 2015) for exploration work to date and the licence to frack for shale gas for a period up to and including 2030.
• Payment of £2.5 million for further exploration and drill holes during 2016

Based on the expected energy price you expect to receive and the gas extracted, the operational cost to extract the gas is estimated as follows:

Year Income£ Operational Mining- Costs
2015 0 0
2016 3,000,000 £1.65m
2017 3,500,000 £2m
2018 4,000,000 £2m
2019 4,500,000 £2m
2020 5,000,000 £0.7m

The extraction license granted by the government requires the operator of the mine to clear and environmentally improve the area on completion. Estimates indicate this will involve a £0.815 m cost at the end of 2021.

The cost of capital of 12% p.a. With the exception of the exploration costs to date, assume all costs and revenues arise at the end of each year.

Calculations indicate a net present value of £1,107,800

Requirements:

1. Evaluate the viability of the project and the reliability of information on which the net present value is based. (8 Marks)

2. Outline the risks of using his own capital for this investment project.
(5 marks)

Unfortunately by the 12 November 2015 the price of shares have fallen by over a third, following a stock market dip on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
You find yourself as his advisor/potential financial manager needing to raise extra capital of just over £2 million and to assess the options in relation to long term funding from equity or debt.

Requirements:

3. Identify the potential sources of finance available to this business venture, whilst
considering the return for investors and gearing for a new company. (7 marks)

4. Following your successful operational advice you decide to investigate a career in Financial Management. Identify what makes up this role and prepare a reasoned personal list of which areas you would enjoy, have talents for and those you would perhaps rather avoid. (10 marks)

Gunter asks for your advice on the internal environment of business and management accounting, particularly costing for decision making and budgeting.

Requirements:

5. Prepare some notes which identify the types of costs, with an example of each, likely to be incurred by this mining business and the impact on both profit and cash flow. (10 marks)

6. Provide a short report on budgetary planning, control and motivation (10 marks)

Market research completed by Gunter has indicted 3 potential customers for the shale gas. However due to location, problems of supply and pipelines and potential demand it is necessary to determine the most profitable mix. Due to the current lack of investment in pipelines for shale gas there is a limited output per month.

There are three customers and demand has been estimated as follows:
SS1. 810,000 cubic metres per annum at a selling price of £2.90
SS2. 140,000 cubic metres per annum at a selling price of £3.40
SS3. 60,000 cubic metres per annum at a selling price of £3.45

The costs per customer per cubic metre are as follows: 1 2 3

£ £ £ Raw materials gas 0.98 0.98 0.98
Pipeline delivery 0.40 0.48 0.60
Delivery costs are £0.08 per cubic metre capacity per mile.

Due to connection problems the pipeline delivery capacity available is only 975000 cubic metres in 2016 with the fixed costs being £250,000 per annum.

Requirements:
7. You have been asked to determine the most profitable supply mix, showing the actual amounts to be supplied to each customer. (7 marks)

8. Calculate the contribution and profit following your recommendations for the optimum production plan. (3 marks)

9. Discuss the limitations of marginal costing for decision making with reference to your supply mix and suggest other techniques, with their advantages for managing various sources of finance. (10 marks)

the thesis itself is due at the Final Hand-in 1/2/16, however i’ll need the writer to do an 2500 words draft before !!! the (12/11/15)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
the writer ll also need to help me defining a research question base on the topic and some how related to sustainability, question should drive your research and structure your thesis.

example could be:

What are the implications for environmentally sound printmaking?

This kind of thesis question would probably involve a substantial amount of self-directed primary research; a thorough investigation of materials, an understanding of what aspects of printmaking have environmental implications (and what these precisely are), an investigation into the technical research and development by manufacturers to address the issues, case studies and so on. After considering exactly what kind of research you will need to do to answer your question you may decide that you are unable to take it on.

When developing a research question you need to work out all the different, relevant factors that will inform a convincing analysis. In other words you need to break your question or topic down into sub-questions. These sub-questions will then help you form the structure of the thesis.

Bibliography
All sources (written or unwritten) which were consulted during the course of the research should be in the Bibliography. It should include all material you have read and used during your thesis including books, articles, TV programmes, films, magazines, etc.

GUIDELINES FOR THE LIBRARY RESEARCH PAPER
Do not simply repeat a manualized treatment (e.g. CBT for veterans). If you choose CBT you MUST
include another treatment approach to pair with it. Do not choose a first year practice approach or one
that we have not covered in this class. Examples used in course; Mindfulness, systematic desensitization, Evidence based Expressive treatments, Art therapy, the empty chair, Dialectiacal Behavioral Therapy, Transference Focused Therapy, Schema Therapy,. Use an approach suitable for work with adult individuals and their support systems, not families, or groups. Short use of case material is integrated throughout so please pick a mental health problem which one of your clients as exhibited.. Use phases of treatment as your subheadings. Proof read your paper. Do not over rely on one or two citations. Do not use first year texts. Do not use narrative from progress reporting e.g.
�Client states that��This is an academic paper which should comply with the APA style manual. Usecurrent citations. [ ]
1. Select a disorder or special population. [ ] A mental disorder present in a case you are holding is
preferred so you can use examples of interventions throughout.
2. Select an intervention strategy covered in class. Taking the practice method selected discover how
that method is employed throughout all phases of intervention. If there is no literature on the phase of
treatment (such as referral), please use other sources of information. Cover all phases including:
Issues in referral for this particular type of population. How does the client come into the system? Is
there typically a history with other systems of care? In what segment (s) of the continuum of care are
you most likely to be working and why? What might influence client use of mental health care?[ ]

Methods of engagement given the problem area. (e.g. What issues are involved in engaging a client
who has anorexia and what must you do to establish rapport and empathy? HOW will you engage
given these issues? Why are these practice aspects important given the case and problem area?
Discuss engaging diverse groups of clients-what must you do differently with those from different
cultural groups.) [ ]
Discuss what is included in the assessment framework using the practice model chosen? Issues
in culture and diversity must be a part of this section. Remember that your assessment should be
based on the practice intervention selected, not just DSM diagnosis. If you are using CBT, HOW
would CBT or IPT assess this case? Please use some analysis of case material rather than simply
reporting. Why might someone have certain dynamics going on, certain symptomatology, etc.
Include a short biopsychosocial assessment and analysis of what factors influenced symptoms
presentation.
What neurobiological issues come out in the assessment and how do you know they are present?
Present DSM diagnosis(es) [ ]
What methods of assessment can be employed using a valid & reliable measure? (Consult material
in the DSM 5 on assessment instruments. [ ]
Integrate relevant cultural factors of the case and use citations to support your assessment. Note
that Caucasians are not one group, Latinos are not one group, etc. [ ]

What is the treatment plan and what are the treatment goals? Remember to consult information tied
to the intervention you are using [ ]
Discuss issues in the worker client relationship: your own feelings, transference &
countertransference, values & experiences that may affect motivation or resistance in you and the
client system in treatment. Why are these issues present? What will you do differently given these
issues? How will you do it?[ ]
What contracting issues must be set up given this problem and in this practice model? Why is the
contract necessary? [ ]
Discuss methods of intervention in the middle phase of treatment. How is culturally competent
treatment used in this phase? Your intervention in the middle phase should derive from your
assessment issues. Tell me why you doing what you are doing. Go beyond telling what interventions
you will use. How will you institute these interventions? The middle phase should represent the bulk
of your paper and should be detailed, i.e. several kinds of interventions not just a couple. [ ]
How will you engage and attend to issues in body, mind, and brain? [ ]
How is termination performed with this model and how do you know it is time for termination? What
are the issues & plan? [ ]
Discuss evaluation strategies in the practice model. . Evaluation should follow the same practice
intervention as in the assessment. Remember to include a valid and reliable assessment measure
as a part of your evaluation. [ ]
Discuss methods of follow-up in the practice model. Why might follow-up be important? [ ].
You may use one or more than one practice models but you must tell me why you are doing so.
Please comment on social justice issues as they impact problem presentation and treatment [ ]. obj.
Discuss your role and identity as a clinical social worker; what makes your domain different from other
professionals? What leadership responsibilities do you have in team activities? [ ].
What ethical issues are involved in working with this group? What social work values intersect with
these ethical issues? [ ]

Do not present case material with no explanation of your practice model assessment or
theoretically-based intervention strategies. This assignment is not simply a case study. You may
use a case or cases as illustrative material of how to apply the interventions.
Use APA style. APA style includes the use of headings and subheadings. Remember to start with
an introduction and end with a conclusion. Do not use lengthy citations; rather, paraphrase material
to make your point. When you quote directly, you must include pagination and attribution. Do not
simply link quotes together with some narrative. If you are unclear about APA style, please consult
the manual or see me. Use Times Roman 12 point. [ ]
Use a variety of citations. Do not rely solely on one or two texts, and not introductory texts such as
Hepworth & Larsen, or solely classroom readings. Do a search for citations including refereed
journal articles [ ].

Give me a hard copy and turn a copy in to turnitin.com so you and I can see if you cited properly.

There are a total of 5 module each with two papers in each module (Case and SLP). The instructions are in the Information file that will be uploaded. There is also 5 questions at the end of the information page that need to be done. Each question must be answered separately since each corresponds with Module 1-5 and must have at least 1 cited source. I will also upload the required readings that are not on the web. Please let me know if you have any questions