Integrated Management Services
If you are unfamiliar with Integrated Management Services then you are truly missing an impressive accomplishment. Integrated Management Services is a minority owned Jackson based organization that was founded and incorporated in 1996. IMS is owned Dr. John D. Calhoun, President, and Mr. Rod L. Hill, Vice-President, both from Jackson, Mississippi and both former graduates of Jackson State University. The mission of IMS is to provide clients the best in engineering expertise and service, with a total commitment to quality, responsiveness and integrity.
Integrated Management Services is a company that is more than just engineers. IMS deals with consulting (IMS Consultants), employment training (IMS Tech) as well as engineering (IMS Engineers, PA). I plan to look at IMS Engineers, PA mostly in this paper. The information encompassed in this report comes from the CEO/ President, Dr. Calhoun and the fiscal officer, Derrick Cannon.
IMS Engineers deals mostly with infrastructure engineering with the city, county, state, and federal departments. It is a for-profit business that usually lets it work speak for itself. They also market their services through proposals and personal contacts. Resources come from fees received from services and unless these services are done effectively, they will not receive the correct amount. A profit is made if the job can be done more efficiently than budgeted. An example he, Dr. Calhoun, gave me is one where a project is scheduled to use 1000 hours of labor. If the project uses those 1000 hours or less, then a profit has been made.
Dr. Calhoun explained the troubles and risks involved with the engineering market. He explained that the market has trouble recruiting talent and properly designing exactly what the client is looking for. He stated to me that, “A lot of the work done here has never been done before.” The risks involved with taking every job is making sure that you can do the job. This is a risk in every field of business.
When asked about any auditing risks he feels the company faces, he says his greatest concern is that the federal funds are properly accounted for and making sure they are accurate. As long as IMS is timely with it’s tax payments and any questionable charges (entertainment, gifts, contributions, etc.
“Thompson and Perry (1992) state that the aim of applying risk management is not to remove all of the risks from the project, but to ensure that all risks are managed effectively. This approach provides many benefits for various types of enterprises, some examples are:
Walmart is a retail giant that just about everyone in America has purchased something from them. It is a one stop shop for anything that a person could ever need. Walmart stores can be found anywhere in fact most people are less than an hour drive away from a Walmart store. Walmart’s success has put many companies out of business. The chains success is primarily from low prices and using an information technology system to meet customer demands giving them a competitive advantage. Walmart’s first major use of information technology came in 1975 when the company leased an IBM computer system to track inventory in warehouses and distribution centers. Computers have come a very long way since this time and are used almost everywhere. But in 1975 this was cutting edge technology and gave Walmart the competitive advantage over other retailers. Another thing that Walmart used to be revolutionary in their supply chain was the use of scanning barcodes in 1983. Before barcodes objects had to be read by a skilled cashier. With barcodes all that was needed was a quick scan and the computer would do all the work. This greatly sped up checkout time and made tracking inventory and data collection much faster and easier for both customers and the employees. Since this time it has become an industry standard for products.
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Williams, C., & McWillams, A. (2010). Innovation and change. In MGMT(1st ed.). South Melbourne, Australia: Cengage Learning.
Another reason for such increase in knowledge on BIM system is application by construction firms like NIKA Architects + Engineers. Respondents have seen BIM system in application or at least held a glimpse through various commercials by such firms, which has engaged the viewers to explore this ideation.
My current role with Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) has suddenly increased, the demand for professionals who can understand the processes, but also develop their management skills to evaluate and execute efficient project controls. I believe that in order to use construction management tools to efficiently. Construction professional should be well versed in the field that underlies the construction theory.
17} For any event or any project “risks” are the essential part. So as a project manager you should be able to deal with any kind of the risks that will occur.
UiTM ISM program, Bachelor of Science Information System Management (Hons), equip graduates with knowledge and skills to take on the challenging demands of managing information in various forms and in various types of organizations. The graduates become the main driving force for the development of a knowledge-based society, transforming Malaysia into a developed nation, ensuring that the country’s rich reservoirs of knowledge are systematically organized, maintained and enhanced for optimum value.
...istic model as a reference and put in practice. It is certain that it should make adjustment anytime depending on different job contents and attribution.
Some include risks at the enterprise level, managing risks in complex projects and dealing with turnarounds and large capital projects. Liu, Zou, & Gong (2013) explore how enterprise risk management (ERM) may influence the ability and performance of project management risk (PRM) by considering the features of the construction industry, its businesses and projects. Managing risks within projects such as these has become an important process to achieve project objectives in terms of the scope, time and cost. The results show that enterprise risk management can positively influence the implementation of project risk management. This can be achieved through implementing a risk focused culture, setting up risk management departments and setting up risk procedures. This will help control the project risk and improve the performance of project risk management. Communicating the concerns with other team members can help identify the risks earlier on rather than later in the development of the project. If the Stakeholders and managers involved are satisfied then the project outline becomes a
Two of my friends are studying Information Management in American universities, and I talked with them at length about MSIM programs. I began researching the possibility, and was charged up by the description of the industry-oriented course in the MSIM program at University of Washington, particularly because of its emphasis on experience-based learning: students get to work with real-world problems, and get ample opportunities to discover what they really want, and to build their profile and resume in that direction. Series of guest lectures and professors and their vast background really affords you lot of opportunities to get a bigger picture of the industry. Students learn strategic values of information in today’s global knowledge economy. I was excited to hear that we have to work on case studies, with offsetting twists and turns, which will help us learn to think from different directions in order to deal with unexpected issues. The MSIM program at University of Washington is globally focussed. I am excited about capstone project since it will help us to incorporate the academic side of things into practical application.
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In addition, risk is a measure of the consequences of the occurrence of the unexpected, rather than the odds that it will happen (De Marco, 2011: 175). All projects comprise of a substantial amount of risks. Therefore, the project management is ought to manage uncertainty as well as variation. The risks associated with construction projects are various. Examples may include climates and commercial prices. Risks in construction projects are crucial because they affect the quality, time and cost of the project. . Risks are the most common reason for projects to finish late and cost more than they should. For this reason, the effectiveness of risk management can never be over-emphasized. Thus, risks must be identified when planning for the project. This entails figuring out the unexpected events with possible
Have you ever thought about how many precautions engineers have to take when designing new structures? Engineers have to take into account many “what ifs” about the new structure that is going to be made. They are in charge of the design, construction, and the maintenance of the physically and naturally built environment. The most important aspect engineers face is the safety for the community. Everything has to be perfect because the margin of error is really small. They also face tough decisions everyday especially when it comes to construction. They are usually present when construction has begun and are there to supervise the operation. If anything goes wrong the engineer is there to decide what is going to occur. These decisions are what make their job tough. Not everybody is suited to become a great decision maker. Engineering takes a lot of time and patience to become a great decision maker. It has been an aspect of life since the beginnings of human existence and is still a great part today. Making decisions in engineering has many factors and takes many different views. Decision making for engineers is very tough. It takes a lot of time and patience to make the right decision because of the many dangerous possibilities. Engineers have to be responsible when making decisions so they must interact with other decision-makers to come to an agreement.
The lack of lecturer for some courses. The ISM programme in UITM Machang have a deficit in some courses for examples subjects Database Application For Information Management (IMS506) that only have one main lecturer. It will become a problems when the lecturer have a vacation and then the other lecturer that have no major of that courses and have to teach the students. The delivery will be less compare than the major lecturer to the students.