Assignment Guidelines
SECOND SET
INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT 1
With reference to only one transport organization of your choice, identify and examine the differences between the practical and theoretical management process of today’s transport manager. Explain your findings in detail.
INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT 2
Identify one (1) transport or logistics organization and analyze its nature of ownership. Provide example via your research with this organization as well as other sources of information. Give details explanation of your findings.
INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT 3
Given the political nature of many aspects of the transport industry, there is a need for Government interference in the provision of transport services. Based on real-life examples, identify the various reasons for Government involvement in the transport industry.
GROUP ASSIGNMENT 2
Your team has been appointed as the main consultant by the top Management of Authority X to produce a Transport Master Plan which can help to improve the current transport situation in the Y city centre. Develop the master plan and discuss various measures that can be included in the Transport Master Plan for Y City Centre.
GROUP ASSIGNMENT 1
‘A strategist’s job is to see the company not as it is…but as it can become.’ (John W. Teets, Chariman, Greyhound Inc. 2006)
In the context of above statement and based on a transport organization of your choice, explain why the vision objectives and strategies of an organization are critical in contributing toward the success of the organization. Refer to various sources of information e.g. annual reports, websites etc
GROUP ASSIGNMENT 3
With reference to any two (2) transport pressure groups, discuss the activities, developments and functions of these groups to the transport
INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT 1
With reference to only one transport organization of your choice, identify and examine the differences between the practical and theoretical management process of today’s transport manager. Explain your findings in detail.
INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT 2
Identify one (1) transport or logistics organization and analyze its nature of ownership. Provide example via your research with this organization as well as other sources of information. Give details explanation of your findings.
INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT 3
Given the political nature of many aspects of the transport industry, there is a need for Government interference in the provision of transport services. Based on real-life examples, identify the various reasons for Government involvement in the transport industry.
GROUP ASSIGNMENT 2
Your team has been appointed as the main consultant by the top Management of Authority X to produce a Transport Master Plan which can help to improve the current transport situation in the Y city centre. Develop the master plan and discuss various measures that can be included in the Transport Master Plan for Y City Centre.
GROUP ASSIGNMENT 1
‘A strategist’s job is to see the company not as it is…but as it can become.’ (John W. Teets, Chariman, Greyhound Inc. 2006)
In the context of above statement and based on a transport organization of your choice, explain why the vision objectives and strategies of an organization are critical in contributing toward the success of the organization. Refer to various sources of information e.g. annual reports, websites etc
GROUP ASSIGNMENT 3
With reference to any two (2) transport pressure groups, discuss the activities, developments and functions of these groups to the transport