Projects – BUMG3850 & BUMG3550
BUMG3850 Production/Operations Mgt.
Written paper and presentation worth 300 points…
Student
Project
Students will write a paper (10 page
min) containing the following parts:
1)
History of CPM/PERT
2)
Description of their problem
3)
Solution to their problem
4)
List of references
The student project will be
submitted as attachments emailed to the instructor – Document in Microsoft Word
format or Adobe and Presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint format or Adobe.
Students will be expected to present
their projects to the class using PowerPoint.
All students will be expected to
attend the classes during presentations; an unexcused absence during this time
frame will result in a letter grade off their project.
All digital copies must be submitted
on time to be accepted and must be in a format readable by me to grade.
The project will involve PERT Planning Process:
1. Identify the specific activities and milestones.
2. Determine the proper sequence of the activities.
3. Construct a network diagram.
4. Estimate the time required for each activity.
5. Determine the critical path.
6. Update the PERT chart as the project progresses.
A distinguishing feature of PERT is its ability to deal with uncertainty in activity completion times thus, for each activity, the model usually includes three time estimates:
1) Optimistic time
2) Most likely time
3) Pessimistic time
PERT assumes a beta probability distribution for the time estimates. A variance for each activity completion time may be calculated and an expected time can be approximated.
The student will be expected to conduct trials for the collection of data demonstrating the various time options and the calculations demonstrating the probabilities for the outcome.
In conclusion, each student will be expected to define a project that they can identify specific activities, determine the proper sequence of the activities, construct a network diagram, estimate the time required for each activity, determine the critical path, and develop the math for their project to determine the probabilities for their project to be completed within a certain time period. They will need to actually perform the steps and time the activities demonstrating the outcome.
BUMG3550 Quantitative Methods In
Business
Written paper and presentation worth 300 points…
Student
Project
Students will write a paper (10 page
min) containing the following parts:
5)
History of Regression Analysis
6)
Description of their problem
7)
Solution to their problem
8)
Explanation of the statistics supporting
their conclusion including discussion of the slope of the independent
variables.
9)
List of references
The student project will be submitted as attachments emailed
to the instructor – Paper in word document form and Presentation in PowerPoint
form or Adobe.
Students will be expected to present their projects to the
class using PowerPoint.
All students will be expected to attend the classes during
presentations; an unexcused absence during this time frame will result in a
letter grade off their project.
All digital copies must be submitted on
time to be accepted and must be in a format readable by me to grade.
The project will involve Regression Analysis:
The student will seek to ascertain the causal effect of one variable upon another by collecting data on the underlying variables of interest and employ regression to estimate the quantitative effect of the causal variables upon the variable that they influence. The students will also asses the “statistical significance” of the estimated relationships. The equation for the regression must be written and a forecast generated…compare the forecasted value for the dependent variable against an actual value collected from data observed.
Grading, I look for the following in your document:
1) Number of pages
2) Point size and general format (use 12 point and MLA format)
a. Page inflation
b. Proper formatting
c. Neatness
3) References
4) History
5) Include copy of data used for paper.
6) Math…elaboration and examples.
7) Clear statement of your conclusion.
8) Papers and presentations must be submitted as email attachments in the proper format that I have indicated on the due date as published on web page(see www.jeanhouser.net).
Grading, I look for the following in your presentation:
1) History
2) Formatting of screens…pleasant and clear presentation.
3) Data included that was used for presentation.
4) Math…elaboration and examples.
5) Clear statement of your conclusion.
6) Papers and presentations must be submitted as email attachments in the proper format that I have indicated on the due date as published on web page(see www.jeanhouser.net).
Digital Copy
Students must send an email with the attachments for the document (10 Page Paper) in Microsoft Word and the Presentation in Microsoft Power Point to jhouser0@windstream.net.
The student should include in the body of the email their full name (first and last name), the class, and the section for which the documents pertain.
Students not providing copies as requested will not receive a grade for the document or presentation respectively.
Format for a Research Paper |
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1. Paper
Use clean, good quality 8
½” x 11” white paper, one side only.
2. Margins
Leave margins of your
essay 1” at the top, bottom, left, and right sides of each page.
Page number are placed ½”
from the top upper-right hand corner, flushed to the right margin.
3. Title Page
A title page is required.
Double-space after the
date. On a new line, center the title of
your paper. If you have a long title,
double-space between lines of the title.
Do not type your title
all in capital letter. Do not underline
the title, or put a period at the end of the title. Proper names of people and places as well as
important words are capitalized in the title, but prepositions and conjunctions
are normally shown in lower case letters.
Center each line and
double-space every line on a blank page: Shawnee State University, title of
paper in upper and lower case, course code, course name, teacher’s name (Prof.
Jean P Houser), your first and last name and the date.
It is not necessary to
describe or explain the title page by adding the words: Title, Course Code, To,
From, or Date.
4. Numbering Pages and Paragraphs
Number your pages
consecutively throughout the paper in the upper right hand corner, flush with
the right margin and ½” from the top.
5. Spacing Between
Lines
The paper must be typed
using Microsoft Word, the entire paper should be double-spaced between lines
along with 1” margin on all sides.
Spacing Between
Words
Leave one space between
words and one space after every comma, semi-colon, or colon.
Two spaces are required
at the end of every sentence whether the sentence ends with a period, a
question mark, or an exclamation mark.
Indent 5 spaces at the
beginning of each paragraph.
7. Right Justify and Automatic Hyphens:
Do not right justify your
entire essay and do not automatically format hyphens. Left justify or justify your paper and type
in the hyphens where needed. Left
justification is preferred as it will not leave big gaps between words.
8. Titles of Books, Magazines, Newspapers,
or Journals
When
used within the text of your paper, titles of all full-length works such as
novels, plays, books, should be underlined, e.g. Shakespeare's Theater.
Put
in quotation marks titles of shorter works, such as newspaper, journal, and
magazine articles, chapters of books, or essays, e.g.: "Giving Back to the
Earth: Western Helps Make a Difference in India."
For
all title citations, every word, except articles ("a",
"an", "the"), prepositions (such as "in",
"on", "under", "over"), and conjunctions (such as
"and", "because", "but", "however"),
should be capitalized, unless they occur at the beginning of the title or subtitle,
e.g.: "And Now for Something Completely Different: A Hedgehog
Hospital."
Look
it up in a dictionary whenever you are not sure whether a word is being used as
a preposition, a conjunction, a noun, a verb, or an adverb. The word
"near", for instance, may be an adverb, an adjective, a verb, or a
preposition depending on the context in which it is used.
For
complicated details on how to cite titles and quotations within titles, sacred
texts, shortened titles, exceptions to the rule, etc. please consult the MLA Handbook (102-109).
9. Writing an Essay All in Capital Letters:
DO
NOT WRITE OR TYPE EVERYTHING ALL IN CAPITAL LETTERS EVEN THOUGH THIS SAVES YOU
TIME AND EFFORT NOT TO HAVE TO USE THE SHIFT KEY REPEATEDLY OR TO HAVE TO
FIGURE OUT WHEN OR WHEN NOT TO USE CAPITAL LETTERS.SOME PEOPLE WRITE EVERYTHING
IN CAPITAL LETTERS BECAUSE THEY HAD NEVER LEARNED TO WRITE SENTENCES IN UPPER
AND LOWER-CASE LETTERS PROPERLY WHEN THEY WERE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.OTHER
PEOPLE WRITE ALL IN CAPITAL LETTERS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MAKE WHAT THEY WRITE
APPEAR IMPORTANT.READING A PAPER ALL WRITTEN IN CAPITAL LETTERS,ESPECIALLY ONE
WITHOUT SPACES AFTER PUNCTUATION MARKS,SLOWS DOWN READING SPEED AND MAY EVEN
REDUCE READER COMPREHENSION,BESIDES BEING EXTREMELY ANNOYING TO THE
READER.REMEMBER THAT THE PURPOSE OF WRITING ANYTHING IS TO COMMUNICATE.MOST OF
US ARE NOT CONDITIONED TO READ ALL TEXT IN CAPITAL LETTERS.WORD PROCESSORS ALSO
TREAT WORDS STUCK TOGETHER WITHOUT SPACES AS SINGLE WORDS CAUSING OTHER
PROBLEMS.
10. Table of Contents
No Table of Contents is
required.
11. End of Essay
No special word, phrase
or fancy symbol is needed to mark the end of your essay. A period at the end of your last sentence is
all that is needed.
12. Keeping Essay Together
Your paper should be
stapled at the upper left-hand corner.
Do not pin or fold the paper.
This paper is a
reflection on you…do your very best.