Remnants, Inc., with headquarters in St. Louis, manufactures designer
clothing. The company markets and services its products by region, with each functioning as a profit center. Each region has a manager, an accounting department, a human resources department, and several area offices to market and service the products. Each area office has sales, service, and administrative departments whose managers report to an area manager. The New York area office departed from the standard organizational structure by establishing a branch office to market and service the firm's products in Boston. A branch manager who reports directly to the New York area manager heads the local office. The Boston branch manager is encouraging the New York area manager to consider a new information system to handle the local branch's growing information needs. The New York area manager and the eastern region manager want to establish a project team with employees from the region, area, and branch office. The team will assess the information needs at the Boston branch office and develop system recommendations. The following employees have been appointed to the project team, with Keith Nash as chairperson: Eastern Region Office Kurt Johnson, Budget Supervisor Sally Brown, Training Director New York Area Office Keith Nash, Administrative Director Boston Branch Heidi Meyer, Branch and Sales Manager Bobby Roos, Assistant Branch and Service Manager Joe Gonzalez, Salesperson Juana Martinez, Serviceperson a. What is System Analysis? What is a Feasibility Analysis? What are the components of a feasibility Analysis?b. Project team members contribute their skills to help accomplish a given objective. Characteristics of group members can influence the functioning and effectiveness of a project team. Identify some of these characteristics.c. Given the team's composition, what sources of conflict can you see arising among its members? Do you think the group will succeed in its objective to develop an IS for the Boston branch office? Why, or why not?d. What contribution would a budget supervisor make in a project team?e. Discuss the relative merits of the Gantt chart and PERT as project planning and control tools.
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