Professional Management and Leadership Development

PGBM141 Professional Management and Leadership

Business Simulation for Week 8

Assessment Task 2

Reflection on individual performance in the Business Simulation Case study

The Case Study is below: Bridgestolast for Task 2 of the assessment.

It has two tasks:

1. The Case Study will be opened online on a date set by your tutor. You are to form a virtual management team online (4-6) members, read the Case study and decide how best to respond to the issues.

2. You will then have 48 hours to work together to research the issues, create a development plan and submit the report by the date set by our tutor. Please ensure only one report for each team is submitted into the drop box on PGBM141 by 09.00 hours on the date set by your tutor.

Report style – the report style is formal, ensure all students names and SIDs are included. References to adhere to the Harvard style. Word length maximum 2500 words +/- 10%

REMEMBER – this is the material for Task 2 of your assignment . The report is a Team Exercise submitted separately by the date set by your tutor. The individual task is reflection on your performance in this simulation case study, ensure you follow the assessment brief. The assessment deadline is Tuesday 2nd June 2020

Business Simulation Case Study

A Bridge Too Far

You are the management team of the contracting company Bridgestolast who employ civil engineers. You have been appointed by the local government to widen a major road that crosses the countryside outside of the city of Sunderland. The first task in this exercise is to remove the existing footbridge and refit a new one. Before the road work can be undertaken, the removal of an old, and in disrepair footbridge that spans the major road, must be completed. This structure is to be replaced by a longer bridge that spans the widening of the road. The new footbridge also has to be robust enough to allow the transfer of cattle and horses from fields on one side to fields on the other. Brian Bovine, the farmer who owns the land on both sides of where the construction will take place, objects to the work taking place as he is worried about the disruption to his livelihood and the damage to his fields.

Issues

You will need to consider many issues, such as

1. You will need to meet with the farmer to discuss your plans and reassure him. You will also have to state that you will repair any groundwork damage to his fields and compensate him for inconvenience.

2.Instruct your civil engineers to appoint demolition contractors.

3.Appoint a designer to create the design of the new bridge

4.Plan how you would undertake the work or appoint a contractor to do the work, what checks would you need to make?

5.Meet with the local government to agree for when and how long you would need to close the major road, so as not to upset the public

6.Allocate a lay-down area (space for all the materials needed to be temporarily stored)

7.Allocate a different area(s) for facilities for offices, toilets, canteen, security, temporary fencing.

8.Design the programme development/plan of work e.g. decide on the best time to close the road to remove the old bridge and then when to close it again to fit the new bridge

9.It is very important to understand the choreography of how to use different size cranes at the same time – would you organise your civil engineers to oversee this or appoint a contractor

10.Ensure auditing of the work and make sure there is a system of Health and Safety management

11.Conduct an environmental needs survey to be aware of flora and fauna

12.Ensure you are aware of your budget/costs-what have you been paid to do the work? How will you manage costs?

File: WorksheetsPGBM141LABWeek8SimulationCaseStudy