Du Keystone Conference: Budget IssuesRUNNING HEAD: Ducks Unlimited 2AbstractDucks Unlimited is known as a world leader in wetlands and waterfowl conservation. This image began during the Dust Bowl of 1937. The Dust Bowl caused a drought in North America that causing the waterfowl population to plunge to an all time low. There were a small group of sportsmen who decided to join together, forming the organization, Ducks Unlimited.
Ducks Unlimited developed their mission statement, which is to conserve, restore and mange wetlands and associated habitats for North Americas waterfowl. These habitats benefit waterfowl and other wildlife and people. Ducks Unlimited Leader in Wetlands Conservation vision statement is to maintain wetlands that are sufficient to fill the skies with waterfowl today, tomorrow and forever.
RUNNING HEAD: Ducks Unlimited 3During your work on the Keystone Conference you have been notified that your budget has been cut tremendously. The overall budget for the Project has been decreased from 1,200,000 million dollars to $280,000 and the project completion is to be within 21 months. The budget cut amounts to approximate .23333333% from the original budget. Therefore, the project scope had to be changed to coincide with the new project’s budget, meaning reallocation of resources and cost cut were made across the board. Conference attendance of two representatives from each state requirement will be cut to one representative per region for the East, West, North, South, and Central. There has been a reduction in the teams, resulting ten teams to five teams with four team members per team. Attendance was reduced, ensuring we stayed within our budget of $280,000, resulting in a successful, completed project.
Racial and Gender Differences in the Study:
Research was conducted in order to measure racial and gender differences in the design of the study, and to identify factors that could influence this. This research includes:
– Differences in the amount of research budget from all the current academic disciplines in the field.
– The amount of time it takes to complete a specific study.
– Differences between the levels of research and the type of research required in each of the seven academic disciplines, resulting in the overall cost of the study being significantly less than expected in their respective field.
– A number of key measures are presented which were not included in the survey by any of the studies listed above.
– Different time-use patterns, due to different type of study and more specific time for each researcher.
– Different level of the research work being undertaken in the study.
– A high number of key measures such as: time to study, time to submit paper(s), and cost reduction.
– A time to submit report(s).
– A high number of key measures such as: cost to pay(s), and time to report.
– Various other factors.
– Significant declines in the degree of education required to obtain a grant amount.
To understand the results of this survey, a large variety of data is available which are aggregated by year. This makes the purpose and length of the questionnaire much simpler, and the answers more specific.
Results of this survey for the current academic year, 2011, are presented in Table 1:
Source: University of Michigan Statistical Survey and Survey for General Public.
Table 1. Study Frequency by Year, 2011 – 2012 – 2013 Total Project Cost Survey Cost in millions of dollars per year 11.3 13.6 17.5 16.1 17.6 18.9 17.1 0.85 18.2 15.3 21.5 28.2
This data indicates that for every 1.5 people per year in Michigan, 5 people are enrolled in study activities in 2011.[1]
The survey data for the current academic year are compared to the following chart:
Table 2. Percent of People (1-Year) in DRI for 2011 11.3 13.6 17.5 17.6 17.6 18.9 17.1 0.85 18.2 15.3 21.5 28.2
This table indicates the percentage of people participating in both the academic and non-academic research activities within a year (i.e., not all participants are enrolled at the same time). The percentages are similar for different groups of people.[2] These data are taken together and can be accessed from various online repositories by clicking here or this link.
The research expenditures for the six major academic disciplines were also analyzed to determine which of these might make the most difference. As shown in Table 3, the major research institutes in Michigan performed significantly better than those in the other six states based on several variables including:
— Average expenditures in each discipline ranged from $15,000 in 2011 to $25,000 in 2013.
— Estimated time to submit a paper had increased by an average of 15.6 minutes compared to 2011.
— Academic research expenditures decreased 3.26% and 4.18% respectively, and were significantly greater for the East (2.25%) and West (1.55%) than for those in the other six states.
— Individual research expenses for the research activities
Create a new WBS using the new budgeting parameters.Ducks Unlimited Keystone Conference is being held in Charlottesville, NC in less than 21 months. The economy situation caused a budget reduction, which was not within the control of Ducks Unlimited. The operating budget suffered a 75% reduction from the original allocation, resulting in modifying the necessary changes to reflect.
We maintained the same amount of teams responsible for speakers, venue, marketing, and registration. The number of speakers and representatives attending the conference has been reduced. Ducks Unlimited will provide one regional representative and senior manager from each of the regions of Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, South, and Pacific as speakers at the conference. With those changes, the WBS did not change tremendously.
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