Group Project Organize an Overseas Tour: Singapore

Table of Content

Introduction 3

Planning – To identify the goal 3

Singapore’s National culture 3

SWOT Analysis & environmental uncertainty matrix 4

Decision-making process 6

Potential problem 8

Organizing- division of work 10

Conclusion 11

Reference 13

Work contribution 15

Appendix 1 –Proposal 16

Appendix 2-Analysis of decision criteria and alternatives 19

Introduction

We are going to organize a 6-days-5 night’s study tour to Singapore within the budget $10,000 per person (2nd July to 7th July). All HKCC students are eligible to apply for this trip and an interview will be conducted to select 25 students. This is a single-use plan. It is a one-time plan specifically designed to meet the need of a unique situation. The following are the managerial theories that have been used.

Planning – To identify the goal

Formal planning refers to defining goals, establishing strategies to achieve goals, and developing plans to integrate and coordinate activities. It reduces uncertainty as well as minimizes waste and redundancy. At the beginning of our project, we first establish the goal for this trip as broaden students’ horizon.

Singapore matches our goal as it is a bilingual and green country. Students can communicate with Singaporeans and travel around the country .Besides, the price of trip to Singapore is relatively lower than other countries such as Japan, England and Australia so it’s more affordable for students. We sincerely hope that most of students can enjoy our study tour and do not need to worry about the budget.

Singapore’s National culture

Furthermore, we analyze Singapore’s national culture by using the Hofstede’s Five Dimensions.

First, Singapore is a quite individualistic country. People are ‘I’ consciousness and tend to look after their own interests.

Second, Singapore has high power distance. There are wide...