Discussion -1 100 Words   A project is successful when it reaches its objectives and meets or exceeds the expectations of stakeholders. Stakeholders are people who are interested in or have a vested interest in your project. These are the people who are actively involved in the project or who have something to gain or lose from the project. When managing a project by adding lanes to a highway, motorists are affected stakeholders positively. However, you have a negative impact on residents who live near the highway during your project (with the sound of construction) and after your project, with far-reaching implications (increased noise and traffic pollution).                It is essential to engage with appropriate and effective stakeholders in the project. The Department's strategic planning initiatives require the same commitment of stakeholders in partnership building, conflict resolution, and collaboration to develop a broader range of community and service-oriented projects. Stakeholder involvement in the project is essential because it is the crucial element of my project, as it is they who will determine the success of the pedestrian control project that I manage - as a project manager; the project implementation process is successful and productive. The method I will use to involve active stakeholders in my project is to raise awareness about pedestrian safety, hazardous areas and times, compliance with the rules of the road, the use of cell phones and iPods, and then signaling and orders (Stephen, 2017).                 The project developer, usually an official of the organization with the authority to allocate resources and enforce decisions concerning the project is a stakeholder. The customer, subcontractors, suppliers and sometimes even the government are stakeholders. The project manager, members of the project team, and managers of other departments in the organization are also stakeholders. It is important to immediately identify all the stakeholders in your project. Abandon important stakeholders or the function of their department and not discover the mistake as long as the project will not be integrated into the project could be a project killer (Schmid, 2006). References: Stephen, K.M. (2017). Stakeholder Defined. Retrieved from, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318505331_Stakeholder_defined Fontaine, C. & Haarman, A. & Schmid, S. (2006). The stakeholder theory. Retrieved from, https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/606a/828294dafd62aeda92a77bd7e5d0a39af56f.pdf Discussion -2 100 Words  The high population density of urban centers makes it easier and more cost-effective to extend services like education, sanitation, and health to residents. However, these cities experience a significant problem in traffic flow. This assessment tends to look for solutions for managing pedestrian traffic flow in a famous downtown metropolitan district. As a project manager, I will look for ways of engaging several stakeholders. The ...

1. Discussion -1 100 Words
A project is successful when it reaches its objectives and
meets or exceeds the expectations of stakeholders. Stakeholders
are people who are interested in or have a vested interest in
your project. These are the people who are actively involved in
the project or who have something to gain or lose from the
project. When managing a project by adding lanes to a highway,
motorists are affected stakeholders positively. However, you
have a negative impact on residents who live near the highway
during your project (with the sound of construction) and after
your project, with far-reaching implications (increased noise
and traffic pollution).
It is essential to engage with appropriate and effective
stakeholders in the project. The Department's strategic planning
initiatives require the same commitment of stakeholders in
partnership building, conflict resolution, and collaboration to
develop a broader range of community and service-oriented
projects. Stakeholder involvement in the project is essential
because it is the crucial element of my project, as it is they who
will determine the success of the pedestrian control project that
I manage - as a project manager; the project implementation
process is successful and productive. The method I will use to
involve active stakeholders in my project is to raise awareness
about pedestrian safety, hazardous areas and times, compliance
with the rules of the road, the use of cell phones and iPods, and
then signaling and orders (Stephen, 2017).
The project developer, usually an official of the
organization with the authority to allocate resources and enforce
decisions concerning the project is a stakeholder. The customer,
subcontractors, suppliers and sometimes even the government
are stakeholders. The project manager, members of the project
team, and managers of other departments in the organization are
also stakeholders. It is important to immediately identify all the

2. stakeholders in your project. Abandon important stakeholders or
the function of their department and not discover the mistake as
long as the project will not be integrated into the project could
be a project killer (Schmid, 2006).
References:
Stephen, K.M. (2017). Stakeholder Defined. Retrieved from,
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318505331_Stakehold
er_defined
Fontaine, C. & Haarman, A. & Schmid, S. (2006). The
stakeholder theory. Retrieved from,
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/606a/828294dafd62aeda92a77b
d7e5d0a39af56f.pdf
Discussion -2 100 Words
The high population density of urban centers makes it easier
and more cost-effective to extend services like education,
sanitation, and health to residents. However, these cities
experience a significant problem in traffic flow. This
assessment tends to look for solutions for managing pedestrian
traffic flow in a famous downtown metropolitan district. As a
project manager, I will look for ways of engaging several
stakeholders.
The best people way to manage the city population is to involve
relevant stakeholders. These stakeholders include urban
planners, pedestrians and the city authorities. This is because
these are the people who will determine success in this project.
The best process of engaging stakeholders includes a trivial
process. This is the necessary process for engaging
stakeholders. The trivial process consists of five components
ranging from identifying, analyzing, planning, acting and
reviewing of stakeholders (Houghton & Stevens, 2011).
Influencing strategy is the second strategy. In this strategy, I
will influence my stakeholders positively. This is the most
crucial strategy because most city authorities may not realize

3. the problem because it is experienced in most cities. In this
strategy, I will select a wide range of engagement strategies that
are open to me, like informing, collaborating, informing,
coercing, consulting, appeasing and outvoting. Other
approaches to engage my stakeholders is through soft power,
reputation, attraction, and motivation (Axelsson & Granath,
2018).
The third method is to engage core stakeholders. In our city, the
core stakeholders include pedestrians, local authorities, and city
planners. Through these stakeholders, we can identify many
tools and spaces available in the cities. Moreover, this method
is more professional because we will be looking to build
alliances and coalitions (Houghton & Stevens, 2011).
Another strategy of engaging stakeholders is to engage them
rather than managing them. I will look for ways engaging them
respectfully and optimize the chances of influencing choices.
Local authorities and city planners tend to practical. By
engaging them, we will find formidable solutions for reducing
the pedestrian population (Ielite et al., 2015).
Discussion -3 100 Words
The role of the stakeholder in policymaking in entities is one
that is gradually growing. This has meant that policymakers
have to find ways to engage the stakeholders in the coming up
of new or review of existing policies. (Herremans, I. M.,
Nazari, J. A., & Mahmoudian, F., 2016) contends that "the
relationship that exists between the policymakers and the
stakeholders is an important one and where there is continued
engagement sustainability can be achieved". A good policy is as
good as the process that was used to develop it and who was
involved or not.
One of the measures that I would take to ensure engagement
with the stakeholders is to hold meetings with the pedestrians
themselves as a way to hear what they have to say. According to

4. (Payne, S. L., & Calton, J. M., 2017), “participation by those
affected by a policy grows its acceptance rate and this can
determine the success of the comprehensive policy”. The input
of the pedestrians is very important because they are the ones
who will be most affected when the policy comes into effect.
Engagement with this class of stakeholders will form the basis
upon which the policy will be established.
Another measure to facilitate engagement with the relevant
stakeholders is to hold workshops and seminars with the intent
of getting to hear the feedback and an opportunity to get
opinions on the state of the policy. Such a measure would be a
target of stakeholders such as those from the private sector who
might have opinions that would be worth implementing.
Another measure that would be a good way to engage with
stakeholders is through the use of the different media platforms.
The media have a unique role to play as they can be used as a
way to ensure there is stakeholder engagement.
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MBA 501 Math & Stats for Business
Week 6 Homework Assignment
Instructions
1. This assignment is to be done individually. This is not a
group assignment.
1. The homework assignment is due in the beginning of the next
class. Please bring a hard copy with you to the class.
1. If you have difficulty printing the assignment, please email
the assignment to the instructor before the class.
1. Late or redone homework assignments will be accepted
onlyat the final class (up to a total of two).
1. Only explained and detailed answers will be accepted.
1. Define, derive, and graph the following functions (Attention:
graphs can be submitted separately in a hand drawn paper, make
sure you put numbers, axes names, tables, and points

5. coordinates. Please do not draw two random axes with no
references on them):
(a to d 1 point each, e to j 2 points each)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
2. Case Study (1 point each)
The approximate average times (in minutes per month) spent on
Facebook per unique visitor in the United States on a mobile
device are given in the following table for the last six months of
2012 and first two months of 2013. (Data from:
www.comScore.com.)
Month
July 2012
August 2012
Sept. 2012
October
2012
Nov. 2012
Dec. 2012
Jan. 2013
Feb.
2013
Minutes
500
510
520
580

6. 615
700
760
785
a. Let x = 0 correspond to July 2012. Use the data points from
July, 2012 and February, 2013 to find a function of the form
that models these data.
b. Use exponential regression to find a function g that models
these data, with x = 0 corresponding to July, 2012.
c. Assume the model remains accurate and estimate the minutes
per month in April, 2013.
d. According to this model, when will the minutes per month
reach 1000?