Lightning Fast Theme Park

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Lightning Fast Theme Park

Lightning Fast is a popular theme park, resort, and zoo which is set in the rural surrounding area of Warwickshire, England. The park covers 380 acres and accumulates over 1 million visitors each year. The park opened in 1975 and since that time, has built some very famous attractions which attract visitors from around the world. The most famous attraction is “Lightning Rod” which is a multi-million-pound roller-coaster and the only one in Europe to travel at 150mph, allowing people to twist and turn at 4.3 Gs whilst hanging upside-down.
Lightning Fast has over 100 animals in its 20-acre zoo and also hosts a variety of special events including firework displays throughout the year. The park was founded as a family business and has won several awards including: “UK Attraction of the Year” 2009, “Outstanding Contribution to Tourism Award” and a Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor in 2014. 

In order for Lightning Fast to continue to be successful; numerous project management initiatives are conducted throughout the year. During the course of the module, we will explore various aspects of Project Management at Lightning Fast, and you will carry out various project management activities which will aim to add “value” to the Lightning Fast theme park. You will make judgements on what future project management activities should be undertaken that might enhance Lightning Fast’s efficiency, productivity, financial performance, etc.

Assignment

The board of directors of Lightning Fast have become increasingly concerned about the theme park’s decline in sales and profitability over the last 6 months. The company have hired your services as a project management consultant to undertake detailed analysis of its current business activities and its software systems to enable it to overcome these difficulties and restore the confidence of its key stakeholders.

This assignment requires you to produce a report encompassing the following:

1. Analysis of visitors to the theme park has revealed that 90% are UK based whilst only 10% are foreign tourists. Identify 2 projects e.g. a new ride, developing a hotel complex etc. which would make the park more attractive to foreign tourists.
2. Justify why these projects are suitable and explain they will create business “value” for Lightning Fast and will allow it to boost its sales and profitability.
3. Based upon your findings select of one of the projects you have discussed and explain to the board of directors why they should proceed to develop it with immediate effect.
4. Estimate the RBS (Requirements Breakdown Structure) for your selected project.
5. Consider the 4 quadrants of the Project Landscape and briefly explain which quadrant your project lies within.
6. Explore how the project will allow the company to restore the confidence of its key internal and external stakeholders. Remember to support with reputable wider reading and reference this in full.
7. You may wish to undertake PESTLE, Porter’s 5 forces, SWOT and stakeholder analyses to increase your knowledge and understanding of the subject matter being investigated. If this is the case – these supporting materials should be placed in the appendices and referred to within the main body of your report.

The learning outcomes for this assignment are:
* Develop the unique criteria that an individual project would be measured against known benchmarks.
* Apply understanding of project management concepts and software to define, implement, and modify projects.
* Finally, produce a conclusion to assess and critique

Project Management – Lightning Fast

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Project Management – Lightning Fast (Fictional Company)

Lightning Fast Theme Park

Lightning Fast is a popular theme park, resort, and zoo which is set in the rural surrounding area of Warwickshire, England. The park covers 380 acres and accumulates over 1 million visitors each year. The park opened in 1975 and since that time, has built some very famous attractions which attract visitors from around the world. The most famous attraction is “Lightning Rod” which is a multi-million-pound roller-coaster and the only one in Europe to travel at 150mph, allowing people to twist and turn at 4.3 Gs whilst hanging upside-down.
Lightning Fast has over 100 animals in its 20-acre zoo and also hosts a variety of special events including firework displays throughout the year. The park was founded as a family business and has won several awards including: “UK Attraction of the Year” 2009, “Outstanding Contribution to Tourism Award” and a Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor in 2014. 

In order for Lightning Fast to continue to be successful; numerous project management initiatives are conducted throughout the year. During the course of the module, we will explore various aspects of Project Management at Lightning Fast, and you will carry out various project management activities which will aim to add “value” to the Lightning Fast theme park. You will make judgements on what future project management activities should be undertaken that might enhance Lightning Fast’s efficiency, productivity, financial performance, etc.

Assignment

The board of directors of Lightning Fast have become increasingly concerned about the theme park’s decline in sales and profitability over the last 6 months. The company have hired your services as a project management consultant to undertake detailed analysis of its current business activities and its software systems to enable it to overcome these difficulties and restore the confidence of its key stakeholders.

This assignment requires you to produce a report encompassing the following:

1. Analysis of visitors to the theme park has revealed that 90% are UK based whilst only 10% are foreign tourists. Identify 2 projects e.g. a new ride, developing a hotel complex etc. which would make the park more attractive to foreign tourists.
2. Justify why these projects are suitable and explain they will create business “value” for Lightning Fast and will allow it to boost its sales and profitability.
3. Based upon your findings select of one of the projects you have discussed and explain to the board of directors why they should proceed to develop it with immediate effect.
4. Estimate the RBS (Requirements Breakdown Structure) for your selected project.
5. Consider the 4 quadrants of the Project Landscape and briefly explain which quadrant your project lies within.
6. Explore how the project will allow the company to restore the confidence of its key internal and external stakeholders. Remember to support with reputable wider reading and reference this in full.
7. You may wish to undertake PESTLE, Porter’s 5 forces, SWOT and stakeholder analyses to increase your knowledge and understanding of the subject matter being investigated. If this is the case – these supporting materials should be placed in the appendices and referred to within the main body of your report.

The learning outcomes for this assignment are:
* Develop the unique criteria that an individual project would be measured against known benchmarks.
* Apply understanding of project management concepts and software to define, implement, and modify projects.
* Finally, produce a conclusion to assess and critique

Connection between Verbal Hygiene, Acculturation Model, and Cultural Dimension Model

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Connection between Verbal Hygiene, Acculturation Model, and Cultural Dimension Model

research an aspect of multilingualism that you would like to engage with more deeply… The aspect of multilingualism I have chosen is “Verbal Hygiene”. Please refer to the paper “The One, The Many, and The Other: Multilingual Verbal Hygiene” I have attached to gain an understanding of what it is. Furthermore, please relate the topic of verbal hygiene with the acculturation model by John Schumann in psychology and with the Hofstede’s cultural dimension theory by Geert Hofstede.

This is a website for the cultural dimension: https://hi.hofstede-insights.com/national-culture

Please relate acculturation and cultural dimensions to verbal hygiene, and please use examples and quotes from real articles.

Please do not use AI.

The Effects of Current Funding for Public Defenders

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The Effects of Current Funding for Public Defenders

 

Please refer to the prompt page provided and look at paper 5 as that is where the instructions are located. I also attached the sources to use for this paper please use all of them. If it is to difficult to do so that’s fine but at least use the journals. Furthermore, if you decide to use your own sources just make sure to add it to the annotated bibliography (P4 final) which has also been provided. Again thank you for your time and I’m grateful for this service as always

Important notes:
– when writing the introduction please the word ‘should’ during the thesis statement or else the professor won’t count it as one
– Avoid 3 part thesis statements as that will also not be counted as a thesis statement
– The professor also want every source fully introduced (no exceptions) by using the authors full name and either the title of their work or the web page where it can be found.
– If possible try to use specific dates or sets of data to show proper research was conducted.
– try to paraphrase as much as possible. It should be very rarely that a direct quote is implemented unless its that memorable or important
– also do not use the word ‘will’ the professor argues that this word means that the even ‘will happen’ when we cannot know that. Any word substitution will work.
– please don’t forget to include a ‘works cited’ page at the end of the paper

Case 7

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Case 7

instruction under file “BFC5130 S1 2023 Case Seven Motivation-Does Sustainability Pay”

Essay must include an executive summary, introduction, body (questions for consideration), conclusion.

questions for considerations:
Your task is to critically analyse the underlying motives behind the design of this
Sustainability Improvement Loan (SIL), from the perspective of both Barry Callebaut
and the providers of the SIL (ING being the lead coordinator). Your task is to also
critically assess the design of this SIL and provide recommendations for
improvement. The questions below are provided as a guide to direct your research
and analysis:
1. Considering the design of the SIL Barry Callebaut has taken, how does this differ from
other key sustainable finance products it could have taken instead? In other words, how
does this SIL (and other sustainability-linked loans-SLLs) differ/innovate compared to
other key sustainable finance products available to companies such as Barry Callebaut
(green and/or social finance products for instance).
2. What are the key features of the SIL Barry Callebaut has taken? Critically assess why
Barry Callebaut elected to tie its ESG score to its RCF and the implications for its SIL if
Callebaut’s ESG score changes (which it did between June 2017 and July 2018).
3. Is the SIL aligned with the Callebaut’s sustainability strategy?
4. Can you suggest improvements in the design of this SIL? You may wish to compare and
contrast this SIL to similar products (SLLs) issued at the time the Barry Callebaut’s SIL
was taken.
5. Some critics are arguing that there is potential for greenwashing with sustainability
improvement loans? Does you research support this or does if find that SILs/SLLs can
alleviate greenwashing potential compared to other green/sustainable finance
products?

Format of essay will be:
1. executive summary,
2. introduction,
3. body (questions for consideration- total 5 questions)
4. conclusion.

Organizational Leadership: Initiating Phase

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Organizational Leadership: Initiating Phase

You have been selected as the Project Manager for an Enterprise Resource Planning project that involves transitioning your Sub-business Unit from the JDE Edwards ERP system to the SAP ERP system. This project is a part of a larger vertical supply chain integration strategic initiative to consolidate multiple business units in your corporation that are in the same supply chain into a single consolidated Major Business Unit to enhance competitiveness in the marketplace.

Page 413 of the course textbook lists eight options that can be utilized by leaders attempting to successfully affect change. Match each of the options with one of the following eight project stakeholders and explain the relationship between that option and that stakeholder during the project initiation phase:

Functional Managers who must each assign a member of their staff to your project team
Individual team members who have been assigned to your team by their Functional Managers
The majority of employees in all functional departments who will have to learn to use the new ERP system and are either supportive of the change or neutral about it
The minority of employees in all functional departments who will have to learn to use the new ERP system and are vocal about their resistance to the change
PMs in other Sub- Business Units who are managing projects to implement SAP in their Sub-Business Units within the same Major Business Unit
Suppliers who will be ultimately be receiving PO’s from SAP instead of JDE
IT personnel who are experts in JDE but must now become experts in SAP and on whom you will rely for technical support
Executive managers who are concerned about the transition from JDE to SAP disrupting their functional areas and ability to achieve their objectives.
Your well-written paper should contain a section title for each of the eight options listed on the textbook page linked to above. Within each section, you should explain why you feel that option is particularly applicable to one of the eight stakeholder groups and discuss how the option could be leveraged to help the project be successful.

Parkinson’s disease

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Case study
A 67-year-old man presents to the HCP with chief complaint of tremors in his arms. He also has noticed some tremors in his leg as well. The patient is accompanied by his son, who says that his father has become “stiff” and it takes him much longer to perform simple tasks. The son also relates that his father needs help rising from his chair. Physical exam demonstrates tremors in the hands at rest and fingers exhibit “pill rolling” movement. The patient’s face is not mobile and exhibits a mask-like appearance. His gait is uneven, and he shuffles when he walks and his head/neck, hips, and knees are flexed forward. He exhibits jerky or cogwheeling movement. The patient states that he has episodes of extreme sweating and flushing not associated with activity. Laboratory data unremarkable and the HCP has diagnosed the patient with Parkinson’s Disease.

In your Case Study Analysis related to the scenario provided, explain the following:

Both the neurological and musculoskeletal pathophysiologic processes that would account for the patient presenting these symptoms.
Any racial/ethnic variables that may impact physiological functioning.
How these processes interact to affect the patient.

McCance, K. L. & Huether, S. E. (2019). Pathophysiology: the biologic basis for disease in adults and children (8th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby/Elsevier
Chin, L. S. (2018). Spinal cord injuriesLinks to an external site.. Retrieved from https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/793582-overview#a4

Interview Paper

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For this assignment, you will need to have identified at least three managers in a single organization to conduct an interview based on the five questions referenced in the Ducker (2015) book. Alternative Formats (you do not need to obtain the book unless you wish to. You will then summarize the results of those interviews in a 1500 to 1800 word paper (using APA 7 formatting) and a PowerPoint presentation of no more than five pages that could be used to summarize your efforts back to the leadership of that organization.

The Stoics

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The Stoics

Please use a combination of video links and article links to answer the essay question. Use atleast 1-2 article links and the rest can be video links. Please quote the ancient stoics and cite sources. Also use course material #1 to help you. The question is:“What would a Roman stoic tell you, living today, how to incorporate contemplation of death into your life in a healthy way?” Assignment, course materials, and rubric are attached on additional materials. Article Links: http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20150408-bhutans-dark-secret-to-happiness http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/05/07/405003161/lets-talk-about-death-over-dinner http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/05/what-good-is-thinking-about-death/394151/ https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44689506 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/22/nyregion/the-positive-death-movement-comes-to-life.html Video Links: Course Material 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOVDBI2qWIk Course Material 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIYdx6lDDhg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9OCA6UFE-0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOj5KLcymgA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IHyzNHgEQY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeXKWMA1CcY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgtXy1vTcGY

Presentation 20 Autism

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Presentation 20 Autism

Each student will complete 2 presentations. A list of presentation topics is provided

at the end of the syllabus. The articles for each synthesis are listed.  You are required to prepare a presentation based on the 3 articles.  You can include additional articles and resources; however, the core of the presentation should follow the assigned articles. Presentations are due on the Wednesday of the week they are due.  Email the presentation directly to me so that it can be uploaded within the course.

 

For the presentations, you will record your audio within the presentation using PowerPoint.  In the Notes section in your PowerPoint presentation you are required to provide a transcript of each slide.  A link to a short video demonstrating how to record the audio is contained within the class in the Course Info section on Canvas.  You will need Office 2010 or later.  Discounted versions can be purchased through

Arcadia. Please use “good presentation skills”, i.e. do not read from the slides but use bullet points and discuss. These presentations are designed to demonstrate your knowledge, comprehension and application of the subject, not your reading skills.

 

Your presentation should identify the core elements of the articles and synthesize them when appropriate.  This assignment is not just a regurgitation of the material. Remember you are to be the teacher and present in a manner that will enable the other students to learn the information.   The following criteria are contained in a scoring rubric you can access in the Course Info section.

 

Key Presentation Requirements:

• 15-25 minutes

• Cover a minimum of the 3 required articles

• Begin with an introduction/agenda of the presentation breakdown

• Material broken down into bullets with only a few words per bullet

• Clear description of the topics along with examples

• Inclusion of own experiences when appropriate

• Smooth presentation with a clear comfort level of the material

• Discussion of the implications for behavior analysts who are practicing

• Proper APA article citation on corresponding slides

• Incorporation of visuals and external resources to elaborate on the material

• End with a conclusion pulling together the main points