UCT GSB Business Acumen Report: Level of Value Creation Analysis

This report, prepared for the Graduate School of Business at the University of Cape Town, examines strategies for enhancing shared value within an organization, specifically focusing on Amcor Australia. The report addresses concerns regarding insufficient management support and communication deficiencies among project team members, which hinder the achievement of business objectives. It proposes increasing communication, transparency, and improving management oversight through a communication plan. The report includes concept maps illustrating value creation, strategy, people management, marketing, operations, and finance. It also features a stakeholder analysis and discusses the ethical considerations of project management, referencing relevant literature and appendices detailing problem formulation, implementation, and design aspects.

Course 2 – Business Acumen
Paper Title: Level of Value Created
Presented to the Graduate School of Business
University of Cape Town
By
Insert Name-Student Number NKNSIM005
Simthembile Nkunzi
For
Dr Elanca Shelley
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RUBRIC
Relevance: Comments
0 -5: Demonstrates little or no insight into the problem
situation. The concern is vague and it is not clear why it is
a problem and needs attention. Little or no sense of the
relevance of the problem
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8
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12-15: Demonstrates good insight into the problem
situation. Clearly states the concern and why it is a
problem and needs attention. Clearly and compellingly
demonstrates the significance and relevance of the
problem
Utility: Comments
0 – 5: The proposed answer is vague and it is not clear
how it answers the question posed and plausibly deals
with the concern
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8
9-
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12-15: The proposed answer is clearly stated. Clearly
shows how the proposed action answers the question
posed and plausibly deals with the concern
Validity: Comment
0-5: The chains of reasoning leading to conclusions and
proposed answers are vague and their underlying logic is
not clear – the data is suspect and there is little evidence
of the rigorous use of dependable analytic and synthetic
methods
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10
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16 - 20: Documents clear and logical chains of
reasoning in getting to conclusions and proposed
action - based on credible data, the rigorous use of
dependable analytic and synthetic methods
Ethics: Comment
0-3: Little or no credible consideration of the ethical
implications of the proposed action
4 - 6 7 - 10: Makes a well reasoned judgment of the ethical
implications of the proposed action base on a clear
ethical framework and empirical data
Communication: Comment
0-5: Poorly organised; does not meet project and format
requirements. Too many serious spelling and grammatical
mistakes
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8
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12 - 15: Well organised; fully meets project and format
requirements. No serious spelling and grammatical
mistakes
Appendix A and C: Doing the Work
0-5: Incomplete; insufficient appropriate detail 6
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12 - 15: Complete with appropriate rich detail
Appendix B: Small Win
0 – 3: Incomplete; insufficient appropriate detail 4 - 6 7 – 10: Complete with appropriate rich detail
Final Mark=
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PLAGIARISM STATEMENT
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Monday, 02 September 2024
DECLARATION
I know that plagiarism is wrong. Plagiarism is to use another’s work and pretend that it is your own.
I have used the APA convention for citation and referencing. Each significant contribution and quotation from the works
of other people has been attributed, cited and referenced.
I certify that this submission is all my own work.
I have not allowed and will not allow anyone to copy this essay with the intention of passing it off as his or her own work.
Signature: Original Signed by(Insert name) Date insert date
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GLOSSARY OF TERMS
 Communication plan: It is a policy driven approach to provide the stakeholders with the information. It is a plan
defines to provide information, when the information is delivered through using communication tools.
 Transparency: It is a business and governance context. Transparency is quality of being seen through organizational
benefits.
 Reliability: It is quality of being trustworthy and performs consistently well.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
RUBRIC 2
PLAGIARISM STATEMENT 3
ABSTRACT 6
SITUATION 7
CONCERN 7
QUESTION 7
ANSWER 7
IMPLEMENTATION 7
RATIONALE 7
ETHICS 8
REFERENCES 9
Appendix A – Problem Formulation and Developing the Answer 10
Appendix B – Implementing the Answer: Small Wins 20
Appendix C – Designing the Paper 23
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ABSTRACT
Through an effective use of project management, the business organizations will poses ability to employ of reliable as well
as level of transparency which are established to meet with the strategic objectives. It helps to obtain greater business
value from project investments. The purpose of project management is to execute which provides with an increase of
value to the business and customer. The paper is based on three interventions such as increase the level of
communication, increase level of transparency and improve management oversight. The paper analyzes identification of
communication goals where the employees will be able to focus on a common objective.
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SITUATION
The report aims to explore the ways by which an organization will be able to increase the shared level of value. The initial
ideation is based on a concept map for capturing the value creation. The CMAPS are based on strategy, people
management, finance, and marketing and operations management. The second section of the study has addressed the
organizational measure of value; this is based on the level of value created for 4-6 years. The strategy developed within
the organization has used a top down approach. The core values of the business are at first implemented by the
management via lower levels response from the adoption team. These results are then compared with greater response
from the adoption team. The overall measures are distributed with the appropriate concern, questions and
implementation.
CONCERN
The company is concerned about the business functions of Amcor, Australia as the company has lack of management
support, and lack of communication skills among the project team members. In case of any issues, the team members are
not able to communicate with each other. Therefore, the company is not able to meet with their business value.
QUESTION
How can we increase the Level of Communication within the organization to external stakeholders consistently and
deliberately?
ANSWER
There is increase of communication by setting of the organizational sessions along with engagements of the stakeholders
to understand the communication solutions. It would help to make improvement over the organizational benefits and
vision.
IMPLEMENTATION
The organization is developed a communication plan as a roadmap to help the team to reach the program goals. The
program goals are established with a specific aspect of the program.
RATIONALE
The business value method is a net present estimate with the unbiased inputs. Most of the companies are used of net
present value to derive the valuation, and the net present value of the company is evaluation of financial benefits and
communication requirement of the project work.
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ETHICS
The project manager ensures that project clients that the project data and information are not shared with others. There
are chances of being lost of the information, so that it provides a huge failure in the plan. PMP are held of code of ethics to
make sure for implementing decisions as well as actions. It is best interest of the project stakeholders. The ethical
responsibilities of the project manager are to define project management guidelines focused on the conflict of project
interests.
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REFERENCES
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John Wiley & Sons.
Larson, E. W., & Gray, C. F. (2015). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge: PMBOK (®) Guide. Project
Management Institute.
Turner, J. R. (2014). Handbook of project-based management(Vol. 92). New York, NY: McGraw-hill.
Project Management Institute. (2018). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide)-
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Hessenkämper, A., & Steffen, B. (2015, June). Towards standardization of custom projects via project profile matching.
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Visser, D., van der Merwe, A., & Gerber, A. (2016, May). A comparison of project management in system and research
projects. In IST-Africa Week Conference, 2016 (pp. 1-10). IEEE.
Fleming, Q. W., & Koppelman, J. M. (2016, December). Earned value project management. Project Management Institute.
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Appendix A – Problem Formulation and Developing the Answer
The purpose of this project is to explore ways in which your organization can increase the level of shared value
A1 -Capture your thinking about business acumen and value creation.
Based on your learning on course 2 – develop a concept map of the term: Value Creation.
Insert your concept map here:
Based on your group work as well as your course notes for the contact period, develop a concept map for each of the following topics:
 Strategy,
 People management,
 Marketing,
 Operations management and
 Finance.
These concept maps should capture your learning on each topic and should not be just a copy of your group’s maps.
Insert your concept maps here:
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Marketing CMAP
Strategy CMAP
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Operations management CMAP
Finance CMAP
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