Archie Carlyle

Research ObjectiveIn today’s highly competitive and technologically advanced world, innovation plays a critical role (Smith and Tushman, 2005). Innovation by employees is one of the best ways to foster innovation and organizational success (Mytelka and Smith, 2002; Van de Ven, 1986). To motivate employees to innovate in intense knowledge-based work contexts, the role of managers as leaders has received attention of researchers and practitioners. Thus researchers have found increasin...

The Changing WorkforceRead the following article and answer the question that follows Recruitment and job-hunting trends in 2020 Across the world, there is no denying that the workforce is changing. Not only have workers’ demographics shifted over the years, but so too did the social contract between employers and employees. “Different generations have different values from their lifetimes’ experiences. They all have differen...

Task: Learning outcomes   This assignment is structured that students show evidence for partial fulfilment of the following module learning outcomes:1) Structured and informed design and development of engineering systems through the application of scientific principles and methodology to a variety of systems2) Apply mathematical and engineering principles as either a part or the whole of the analysis and evaluation of the performance of a variety of engineering systems and processes quant...

Learning OutcomesLO1: Identify, classify and describe the performance of construction materials through the use of analytical methods and modelling techniques to evaluate their relative performance and durability.LO2: Investigate and define problems associated with using particular construction materials and identify constraints including environmental and sustainability limitations, health and safety and risk assessment issues. 1.To demonstrate the knowledge and understanding of fresh p...

TaskAll participants of the Leadership and Change course are required to complete an individual assignment, which consists of a paper of 3000 words (inclusive of references, appendices and executive summary). The assignment requires you to present and analyse a mini case based on a critical incident or organizational issue using the readings and/or class discussions. The objective of the assignment is to provide you with practical experience in applying the leadership and change tools, pri...

Question 1Question 1. Consider the following data set containing the age and serum creatine (sc) levels for a set of people: (16 points) age 23  23    27  27   39  41    47    49    50    52    54    54    56    57 Â...

Project OverviewThe fourth programming project involves writing a program that accepts information contained in a file aboutthe class dependencies in a Java program and creates a directed graph from that information. From the directed graph, it produces two different kinds of displays of those dependency relationships. A sample input file is shown below: The first name of each line of the file is a Java class upon which other classes depend. The remaining names are the classes that depend up...

Part A and Part B FormatThis question paper consists of Part A and Part B only Final Examination (Essay) 2. Read Carefully the instructions for each part. 1. Please use this format: MSWord document, Times New Roman font size 12, and a line spacing of 1.5. 3. Includes graphs, graphics and other related items to better explain your answers. 4. Total number of answer pages Should not exceed 20 pages.   Part A contains two questions. Answer all. 1. When analysing the Fault I...

A. Project Selection and Portfolio Management (15 Marks)Learning Outcomes (LOs)LO1: Critically evaluate the organisational attributes that are integral to the success of a project within an organisational context.LO2: Critically evaluate how organisations select projects from numerous opportunities using best practices in a global setting.LO3: Develop the skills required for building and leading successful project teams within a project management environment.LO4: Critically appraise techniqu...

Understanding the concept of cognitive biasesWith the readings by David McRaney and Drew Calvert in mind, write an essay in which you discuss the challenges that cognitive biases can pose in our attempts to learn, make decisions, and solve problems. In what ways can an awareness of such biases be of use to us in important areas of life? In your essay, you must convey a clear understanding of the texts, either by integrating them into your argument or, at least, by summarizing them. Your essa...