RUNNING HEAD: MOSS AND MCADAMS Assignment #1: Moss and McAdams Accounting Firm Strayer University Bus 517 Bruce Palmer was a good guy looking to make a difference. He was lead to believe that Zeke Olds was going to be available to him throughout the project and that was not the case. He was led astray and betrayed by Ken Crosby, a new guy to M&M. Crosby knew if he made the case to Sands early, that he would get his way. The client was one that M&M was competing to get with two…

Moss and McAdams Accounting Firm Tyrone Adaway BUS 517 Project Management Dr. Flores April 20, 2012 1. Explain how you would respond if you were Bruce at the end of the case. I would be furious beyond belief; I would feel very disrespected and unappreciated by the company at the end of this case. To be forced to work with a subpar team member for several months who had shown poor performance and cause my project to run behind, only to then be told that not only were they going to remove him…

INTRODUCTION • Moss and McAdams Accounting firm was a well-established regional accounting firm with 160 employees located across six offices in Minnesota and Wisconsin. The main office was in Green Bay, Wisconsin. • M&M’s primary services were corporate audits and tax preparation and operated within a matrix structure. • M&M projected that consulting would represent 40 percent of their growth over the next five years. • Ruby Sands was the office manager, Bruce Palmer was account manager, Zeke Olds…

A case study is a specific instance that is frequently designed to illustrate a more general principle (Nisbet and Watt, 1984). Hitchock and Hughes (1995) further suggest that the case study approach is particularly valuable when the researcher has little control over evens. Case studies strives to portray ‘what it like’ to be a particular situation, to catch up reality and ‘thick description’ (Geertz, 1973) of participants’ lives experiences of, thoughts about and feelings for a situation. They…

Child Case Study 1. The child I chose for my case study is named Haydon. I chose this child because of his interesting background. Haydon is two years and nine months old, he has either dark blonde or light brown hair, depending on how you look at it, and he has all of his teeth in and is overall healthy! Haydon is pretty rowdy, he enjoys many boyish things such as playing in the dirt, and not taking a bath! Haydon’s parents are not together so he lives with his Mom Kristyn Brazeal, and Stepfather…

Simmons Case Study Simmons case study describes the leading change that took place at Simmons mattress firm. The study explains how effectively the individual change can bring about the organizational change. It also mentions the way the company managed the change. The management has realized the significance of investing in their staff and supporting them to bring about the change. The core values of the company along with the Great Game of Life Program (GGOL) were the guide that helped them achieve…

Case study analysis In 2001 Enriquez had to decide whether or not he wanted to retain his job as a medical director in West Jersey or proceed with a procedure to transform from male to female. Enriquez decided in order to overcome his identify disorder, he had to transition; because of his decision, Enriquez received negative feedback from his co-workers because he proceeded with the transformation to make himself become the person he longed to be. As a female Enriquez was under even more scrutiny…

Explain how you would respond if you were Peter at the end of the case. Peter should have addressed the issue much sooner instead of waiting until the project was so far behind before he decided to take action. Although Peter did not get the outcome he desired, it is evident that the move the out Olds on Crosby’s project full time was better for the company and better for Olds. The consulting project that Crosby was in charge of sounds like it is a bigger deal for the firm than the audit so it in…

Oscar Martinez Project management Module 2 Case Studies Case: Moss and McAdams Accounting Firm Moss and McAdams Accounting Firm was a well-established regional accounting firm with 160 employees located across six offices in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Over the last two years, the partners decided to move more aggressively into the consulting business where it is projected that 40 percent of their growth would come from in next five years. M&M operates within a matrix structure. Thus, as new client…

To investigate management risk in events industry: Malaysia as a case study. Chapter One 1.0 Introduction The sudden rise of business and associated events in Malaysia, coupled with the spiraling of event management companies, has gotten to alarming proportions. This south-east Asian country is gradually becoming a hub for tourism and not surprisingly international and local business event or meeting. It is strategically located in the world’s largest and fastest growing economic zone, and this…