Globalization, MNCs, and Education in Costa Rica: A Business Project

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MANAGING SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS
PROJECT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................. 3
LO1.................................................................................................................................................4
P1............................................................................................................................................... 4
P2 AND M1................................................................................................................................ 5
P3............................................................................................................................................. 10
LO2............................................................................................................................................... 13
P4............................................................................................................................................. 13
SURVEY- QUANTITATITVE.................................................................................................... 16
M2............................................................................................................................................18
LO3............................................................................................................................................... 20
P5............................................................................................................................................. 20
P6 AND M3.............................................................................................................................. 32
LO4............................................................................................................................................... 34
P7 AND M4.............................................................................................................................. 34
CONCLUSION............................................................................................................................... 35
REFERENCES.................................................................................................................................36

INTRODUCTION
The economic prosperity and globalization is linked with the education system in a country. In
the past there are number of multinational companies who have established their business in
the countries across the world. Currently, globalization has made the world more connected
and driven the areas by the human capital in the country (Weill and Woerner, 2015). The Costa
Rican political leadership and organizations such as Costa Rica Investment Promotion Agency
has provided an instrumental in providing the country to MNC’s. The challenges that are faced
by the shortage of skilled workers in Costa Rica have presented a grip on the education. The
primary education is free and obligatory in terms of providing the information about the law to
students who are graduates from secondary schools. The purpose of the study is to examine
how Eaton house Group of schools is affecting educational system in Costa Rica (North et al.,
2013). Further, it can process with the growth of the MNC in the Costa Rica that has changed
the educational policy and practice.
Currently, globalization forces have profound on the factors that are affecting the policies of the
nation and particular with those in educations. The education system is directly linked to the
involvement of the job opportunities and maintaining the stability of human capital in
generating global economy (Laforet, 2013). The sovereignty and prosperity of the multinational
company helps in influencing the government to relocate the business to another country. This
can cause severe competition among the countries. Therefore, the Intel set forth some goals
that Costa Rica had to accomplish before initial investment made to the country. Globalization
has led to greater interdependence in the world through which Intel MNC Company has to

invest in the other country. Similarly, Eaton house group of schools can provide services at
cheaper cost in the Costa Rica and presenting the positive implication including economic
growth (Johnson, 2010).

LO1
P1
The Costa Rica has changed the results of the educational systems in the presence of Eaton
Group of Schools. This has primarily based on the agricultural economy (Laforet, 2013). The
growth of the technology as the major export has provided new direction and opportunity to
the small center may direct on the skills that are increasing the importance of the private
universities and literacy rates in the country. The key objectives of the study are:
 To understand the effects of globalization and skills in Schools and universities in Costa
Rica
 To determine how globalization and Eaton Group of schools affects the educational
policy decisions under the Intel company funding
 To identify the process how globalization can help in improving the human capital
needs of Eaton Group of schools in Costa Rica (Hargreaves, 2011)

P2 AND M1
Project Definition
The project can provide the ways through which the initiatives undertaken by the government
helps in improving human capitals and educational policy decisions in the Costa Rica (Johnson,
2010).
Problem statement
Costa Rica is primarily agricultural based economic country. This has directed on the growth of
the technology as a major export which has driven a new direction and opportunity to the UK.
As MNC’s invest in Costa Rica, the Eaton group of schools has also increased the responsibility
for developing 21st century skills in students which are prime concern. Despite of this, the
literacy rates remains lacking in the area (Gebauer et al., 2016). Therefore, the problem is that
students who begin the education are not sticking to the graduation level in the region. Further,
the country failed to prepare the labor force to ensure the future demands of MNC’s. The
shortage of critical skills and shortage of prompt response can be catching up with the
developed countries. Thus, the policies which the Costa Rica government has marked have
failed to ensure the time supply of relevant skilled work (Gebauer et al., 2016).
Problem strategy
The strategic actions that can be involved in the study are as follow:
 The concept of the foreign direct investment can help in influencing the education
system policies

 The development in the MNC can influence the education in Costa Rica with the range
of knowledge gained among the people
 The corporate funding is affecting the education policies which can be overcome by
allocating the resources to schools and education system
Project Scope
There is a little evidence on the subjected area which can be efficiently evaluated in the entire
study. The future development of the project will allow the target people to understand the
educational leaders in Costa Rica which can be improved to prepare and support students as
they enter to the knowledge based economy (El Ouirdi et al., 2016). The implications to the
education systems can also be improved with the help of policies and procedures that are
contributed to significant practice.
Project cost and time
The project is likely to take 12 weeks in order to set up the entire research in the other country.
The involvement of the expansion of the Eaton School of Groups in the Costa Rica would help in
directing the funding from the Intel MNC company to provide the human capital and funds to
the organization (Dos Santos, 2011). The FDI investment can mark on the business with the
subjective dealing in the business.
Communication Plan
Stakeholder Information Method Time of Sender

frequency
Senior
management of
the Eaton group
of schools
Formulation of
the project stages
Credentials
storage
Over a week time Designated
Manager
Investors Implementation
of the Foreign
direct investment
on the trade
Agreement
directed in the
investment
Monthly target Project
Coordinator
Employees Evidence to the
agreement
Memo, E-mail Fortnight Management
of the Eaton
Group of
schools
Vendors The progress of
the project and
scheduling
Notice board On records Corporate
funds and
investors
Table 1: Communication Plan
Source: Dos Santos, 2011
Resources involved

The project directs on the capital human involvement in the range of the opportunities to the
region with the cost and business project. This can help in managing the time and cost for
resources (Dodgson, 2018).
Risk ID Risk
Statement
Probability Impact Score Response
Scop
e
Qualit
y
Schedule Cost
1. Change in
educational
policy
0.1 0.6 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.037 Requires human
capital resources
3 Financial risks 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.055 FDI and corporate
funding
4 Operational
risk
0.7 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.297 Human capital
involvement risks
5 Challenges in 0.5 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.200 Effective resources

Globalization
under Foreign
trade
investment
Table 2: Risk Management Plan
Source: Coraggio and Liu, 2016
Project Assumptions
The key assumption to the project direct on the following aspects:
 The foreign direct investment directed between the Eaton group of schools and Intel
business in the Costa Rica has influence the business environment through the countries
 The data collection is carried out by secondary research and indicating appropriate
results
 The education among the agriculture based region is however not possible. But it has
differentiate between the range of the survey
 The employment ratio and economy can be increased by indulging the activities in Costa
Rica

P3
The work breakdown structure may subject on the stages that are essential with the range of
the deliverables. The orientation to the business may subject on the following postulates. The
extensive ranges of the services meet with the body (Coraggio and Liu, 2016). They are:
Figure 1: Work breakdown structure
Source: Coraggio and Liu, 2016
1.0 IMPACTS OF EATON GROUP OF SCHOOLS
WITH INTEL ON EDUCATION IN COSTA RICA
1.1 ESTABLISHING
AIMS AND
OBJETIVES
1.1.1 BRAIN
STROMING
1.1.2 FOCUS
GROUP
1.1.3.
DETERMINING
AIMS AND
OBJETIVES
1.2 SECONDARY
RESEARCH
1.2.1
DATACOLLECTION
1.2.2 LITRATURE
REVIEW/
INTERVIEW
1.2.3 META
ANALYSIS
1.3 PRIMARY
RESEARCH
1.3.1
QUETIONAIRRE
(SURVEY)
1.3.2 DATA
COLLECTION
1.3.3
QUANTITATIVE
ANALYSIS
1.4 RESULTS AND
IMPLICATIONS
1.4.1 EVALUATION
1.4.2 FINDINGS
1.4.3 IMPLICATION

The process of the graphical representation and planning of the progressive task for the study
can direct on the tracking of the process (Consoli, 2012). This can be widely directed as:
Activities 1-2
week
3-4
week
5-6
week
7-8
week
9-10
week
11-
12
week
13-
14
week
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16
week
17-
18
week
19-
20
week
Brain
storming/focus
group
Identifying aims
and objectives
Secondary
research and data
collection
Meta-analysis
Primary research
and data
collection
Quantitative data
analysis
Establishing
outcomes