1. You are manager of a process development department. Your immediate supervisor, the VP of New Stuff has just informed you that the company is in financial trouble. You are instructed to reduce your costs by 40% over the next two months. Explain how you will accomplish this task with respect to personnel and projects only. (Include a list of your assumptions)
2. You have been appointed as a new project manager for your organization, which specializes in making grocery stores. Your V.P. of Engineering has just started a new Research and Development organization, which will fund proposed projects in the coming year. You are interested in winning one of these proposals, and so you intend to write a proposal to suggest a project that will develop a better grocery store for the company. Please define your steps and create a brief proposal for this.