ROBINSON'S HOME OF HELPING HAND

Robinson's Home of Helping Hand

Robinson's Home of Helping Hand

History and mission

Under the leadership of President Lyndon B. Johnson, the United States took its first serious look at the effectiveness of youth incarceration in 1967 through the work of the Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Administration (Allen, Milner, Price p. 6). The commission found that incarceration did not result in positive outcomes for youths in terms of either lower recidivism or improvements in pro-social functioning or competency development (Allen, Milner, Price p. 6). In fact, these institutionalized settings were also sometimes found inhumane, using more restrictive means than necessary, and applying these secure conditions to non-serious offenders, often at great expense (Allen, Milner, Price p. 6). As a result, the commission recommended that community-based alternatives to incarceration be developed. Group homes and foster homes became one of the options the juvenile justice system then turned to as a means to keep youths from secure confinement (Allen, Milner, Price p. 6).

Robinson's Home of Helping Hand

The study conducted on the Robinson's Home of Helping Hand. The main aims were to describe and identify visual impaired children's everyday experiences of their home and neighborhood environment, including its impact and measures which might improve their lives (Beresford and Oldman p. 9).

Roles of Management

As far as my role in the house renovation project is concerned, I must state that I was the project manager. Right from the beginning of the project till the end, I have been actively involved in the planning and execution of the project. House renovation is a step wise process. However, these stages are quite vivid in that many activities may be going on at one point in time. I began with defining the scope of the project. I sat the family members down and asked them why we needed to renovate our house. We decided that there were two reasons for it. One emotional other rational. The emotional reason was that this was my grandfather's house who recently passed away and my father did not want to sell it. There was no reason we could not sell the house and still be able to afford buying another house. In addition, renovating the house meant only a fraction of investment needed for a new house would be used.

Other than the role of the project manager, I was also looking after the project finances along with my father. Organization of finances and keeping check on inflows and outflows was my responsibility.

Gantt chart

TASKS

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Financing and Budgeting

 

Securing the House

 

Selecting Renovation Design

 

Finding Contractors and Subs

 

Selective Demolition

 

Roofing, Framing and Rough Carpentry

 

Building Systems

 

Windows, Drywall Installation and Taping

 

Fixtures and Finishes

 

Systems Finish, Landscaping and Sitework, Final Inspection

 

Work break down structure

The work breakdown structure for the house renovation project is given as follows:

The construction of tradesmen means short listing the various tradesmen that should make part of the project. Dealing with these tradesmen and gaining their consent to work on the project on the designated deadlines is ...