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1. MGT3SMG Assessment Task 2: Help Guide

2. Synthetic qualitative data philosophy The purpose of this exercise is to have you manipulate incomplete sets of data. You will need to use data to make new data, and get comfortable with manipulating data to find results. Within the Assessment Task description on the LMS, there are enough points of data for you to find the answers to the questions. The goal of this session is to build competency with the methods of manipulating data. Assessment Task 2: Help Guide

3. Important notes The task is 1,200 words (+/- 10%). Due date: 28 April by 11:55PM Engagement with academic literature (books and journals) is mandatory. Five references is a minimum requirement. Your response must include the following 7 parts: 1)     The background to the situation (with five academic references). 2)     The strategic intent of International Rescue, as it might apply to the situation. 3)     The maximum weight of food required for the disaster zone for seventy-two hours, plus the food required for the final evacuation period.  4)     The maximum weight of water required for the disaster zone for seventy-two hours, plus an additional calculation for the water required for the final evacuation period.  5)     The most efficient and effective method of transporting the food and water, from the International Rescue headquarters, by air to the disaster zone using either or both the C-130 or Pouncer drones 6)     The time it will take to evacuate the 16,000 trapped people from the disaster zone once International Rescue has assembled all one hundred AS532 Cougar helicopters at its headquarters 35 kilometres from Berechid. The evacuees will be transported to Marrakesh two hours and seven minutes away, with a nine minute disembarkation time and a thirty minute refuelling time. 7)     Students should provide a conclusion and a bibliography for references used. Lastly, all tables and diagrams must include written explanations (do not just hand in a spreadsheet). Assessment Task 2: Help Guide

4. Recommended order of approach Quantitative items: 1. The time it will take to evacuate the 16,000 trapped people from the disaster zone once International Rescue has assembled all one hundred AS532 Cougar helicopters at its headquarters 35 kilometres from Berechid. Important to figure out first, as we can’t decide on the maximum amount of food and water we’ll need to feed people if we don’t know how long we need to feed them for. 2. The maximum weight of food and water required for the disaster zone for seventy-two hours, plus the food and water required for the final evacuation period.  3. The most efficient and effective method of transporting the food and water, from the International Rescue headquarters, by air to the disaster zone using either or both the C-130 or Pouncer drones. Qualitative items: 4. The background to the situation (with five academic references) 5. The strategic intent of International Rescue, as it might apply to the situation. 6. Students should provide a conclusion and a bibliography for references used. Assessment Task 2: Help Guide

5. Basic orders of operation Multiplication, division, subtraction and addition are essential skills: 1 x 2 = 2 2 / 1 = 2 1+1 = 2 2-1 = 1 Being able to determine a percentage is also important: 70 % of 300 = 210 300 x 0.70 = 210 210 / 300 = 0.70 These are the only mathematical skills required to complete this assignment. Assessment Task 2: Help Guide

6. 1. Determining distance and time To figure out how long this evacuation will take, we need to know the distance between Berechid and HQ, and how quickly we can move people between these two points. • The AS532 Cougar helicopters can travel at 249km/h • They need to travel 35km • How long will this take? • 35 / 249 = 0.14 • It will take 0.14 of an hour (60 minutes) to travel 35km • 60 x 0.14 = 8.4 • Therefore, it will take 8.4 minutes for a Cougar helicopter to travel 35km at top speed. • Your data should be more accurate than this by assuming that the Cougar helicopter does not travel at top speed all the time. Remember how we used efficiency in our previous case studies. 249km/h top speed 35km from HQ to Berechid AS532 helicopters probably do not travel at 100% speed all the time Assessment Task 2: Help Guide

7. 1. Visualising the rescue The extraction takes the form of a supply chain. Understanding the supply chain is critical. Only a certain amount of helicopters will fit into this chain. Every time a helicopter completes this chain, 20 people are rescued. • How long does each ‘step’ in this chain take? • How long would it take one helicopter to complete the chain? • Where is the slowest part in this chain? • Where is it ‘bottlenecked’ (constraints in the chain preventing additional capacity)? • How many helicopters will fit into the chain? All passengers disembarked, ready to leave HQ for Marrakesh by helicopter or other mode of transport Leaving HQ Arriving at Berechid and loading passengers (only 1 landing zone) Leaving Berechid with passengers Arriving back at HQ and disembarking passengers 35km 35km 8.4min TIME? TIME? 8.4 min Or flying direct to Marrakesh 2 hours and 7 minutes Assessment Task 2: Help Guide

8. 1. Determining the amount of trips required There are 16,000 people trapped in Berechid The AS352 helicopter can rescue 20 people on each trip (each time it completes the supply chain) How many trips are required to rescue everyone in Berechid? 16,000 / 20 = ??? trips Assessment Task 2: Help Guide

9. 1. How long will the extraction take? It takes ???? trips to collect everyone in Berechid. The supply chain is (Y) minutes long (how long it takes a helicopter to complete a full trip), and (X) helicopters will fit in the chain: • ???? trips x (Y) minutes per trip = ______ minutes to complete the entire operation. • Converting minutes to hours: _______ minutes / 60 = ______ hours • Converting hours to days: _______ hours / 24 = ________ days • (X) helicopters fit in this chain: _____ days / X = _____days Assessment Task 2: Help Guide

10. 1. What else can we do with this data? If we know that the entire operation will take _____ days to rescue all 16,000 people, we can figure out how many people will be rescued per day: • 16,000 / (____days the rescue takes) = ______ people rescued per day (rounded down) We can also express this as a percentage: • (______ people rescued per day) / 16,000 people to be rescued = ____% of people rescued per day The data also mentions that helicopters need to refuel. How will you include this in your supply chain? Assessment Task 2: Help Guide

11. 1. Why is it useful to know how many people are rescued per day? The full population (16,000) of Berechid must be fed for 72 hours. However, once the rescue operation begins, parts of the population will leave. It would be expensive and wasteful to drop supplies for 16,000 people into Berechid everyday after the rescue begins, since there would no longer be 16,000 people in Berechid. Since we know that we are rescuing _____ people per day, that is _____ people fewer per day who require food and water. This is expanded further in Slide 14 and is relevant for feeding people during the evacuation phase, however it is important we find this variable now. Assessment Task 2: Help Guide

12. 2. How much food and water do we need? Now that we know how long the extraction will take, and how many people we rescue per day, we can work out how much food and water we need. 16,000 people need to be supplied for at least 72 hours. Additionally, they need to be supplied while they are waiting for an available helicopter. This means Berechid will need less food and water over the course of the rescue. Assessment Task 2: Help Guide

13. 2. Food weight during the 72 hour period • Each person requires 150 grams of protein per day + 500 grams of canned vegetables per day • Therefore, each person requires 650 grams of food per day • 16,000 people x 650 grams of food per day = 10,400,000 grams of food per day • 10,400,000 grams of food per day = 10,400 kilograms of food per day • 10,400kg of food per day x 3 days = 31,200kg of food for the 72 hour period 650g of food per day Assessment Task 2: Help Guide

14. 2. Water weight during the 72 hour period • Each person requires 7.5 litres of water per day • 16,000 people x 7.5 litres of water per day = 120,000 litres of water per day • 120,000 litres of water per day x 3 days = 360,000 litres of water 650g of food per day 7.5L of water per day Assessment Task 2: Help Guide

15. 2. Finding the food and water values for the rescue period Once we establish how many people leave Berechid per day, it is possible to figure out how many people will be in Berechid on each day of the rescue operation. We can use these values to find out how much food and water will then be required. Assessment Task 2: Help Guide

16. 2. Finding the food and water values for the rescue period The relationship between these variables is linear. Once we find out how many people leave Berechid each day, we simply multiply the new number of people in Berechid each day by the amount of food and water each person needs. e.g: If 2,000 people were rescued per day, then by the end of the first day of the rescue, only 14,000 people would be in Berechid. We know how much food and water 1 person needs. How much food and water do 14,000 people need? If we are able to figure out the percentage of people leaving Berechid, then our task is even easier; we simply reduce our required food and water by the same amount. For example, if we rescued 10% of people from Berechid per day, then we would supply 10% less food and water each day as well. Day 3 ???? people ???? of food ???? of water Day 2 ???? people ???? of food ???? of water Day 1 16,000 people 10,400kg of food 120,000L of water Assessment Task 2: Help Guide

17. 3. Finding the most efficient and effective method of distribution • 2000 x Pouncer Drones(…these can fly) • Specifications: • ????? load capacity • You will need to research the capabilities of the Pouncer drone. • The link is available in the assessment task description on the LMS. • 5 x C-130 Transport Aircraft • Specifications: • Carries 6 x 4536kg pallets • Total load capacity: 6 x 4536kg = ______ Assessment Task 2: Help Guide

18. 3. Finding the most efficient and effective method of distribution Consider the advantages and disadvantages of each method carefully. Understanding the capabilities of each delivery vector will allow you to make the best decision. You can use either or both the C-130 aircraft and the Pouncer drones. Assessment Task 2: Help Guide

19. Qualitative items Your background to the study must include literature (at least 5 academic sources). While International Rescue is not a real organisation, literature is still plentiful. • Internal environmental factors: resources, capabilities, core competencies • External environment factors: PESTEL • Strategic intent: Vision and mission • Business-level strategy: Cost leadership, differentiation, broad/focus • Other literature: Humanitarian relief literature, logistics and supply chains, crisis and disaster management, etc Assessment Task 2: Help Guide

20. Qualitative items Correct referencing techniques will be stringently examined on this assessment. This means that: • You must use the Harvard referencing style. You must use it properly. • You must have at least five academic articles. Web sites are not academic articles. • The subject textbook must be referenced at least once. Correct referencing and presentation are important academic skills. Do not neglect them. Assessment Task 2: Help Guide

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