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LOLA JACOBS ASSIGNMENTS 0618151315MNP3703
Assignment number: 05
Year: 2023 (SEMESTER 1)
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Eskom has been plagued by a series of operational and financial challenges, leading to frequent power outages and load shedding
in the country. External factors, such as social changes may affect relationships between buyers and suppliers.
How social changes affected the relationship between Eskom and MTN.
Social changes relate to lifestyles and increased leisure. Climate change is an example of social change. Climate change is a
significant environmental factor affecting Eskom's operations. The effects of climate change, including extreme weather events such
as droughts and floods, can cause substantial damage to Eskom's infrastructure, affecting the company's ability to supply electricity
to companies like MTN that are heavily reliant on Eskom’s power.
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Question 1
Eskom has been plagued by a series of operational and financial challenges, leading to
frequent power outages and load shedding in the country. External factors, such as
social changes may affect relationships between buyers and suppliers.
How social changes affected the relationship between Eskom and MTN.
Social changes relate to lifestyles and increased leisure. Climate change is an example
of social change. Climate change is a significant environmental factor affecting Eskom's
operations. The effects of climate change, including extreme weather events such as
droughts and floods, can cause substantial damage to Eskom's infrastructure, affecting
the company's ability to supply electricity to companies like MTN that are heavily reliant
on Eskom’s power.
Social inequality is another social change that affects Eskom's operations. South Africa
has a long history of apartheid, which has resulted in significant social and economic
inequality. Eskom's inability to provide reliable electricity exacerbates social inequality.
Those who can afford generators or solar panels can access reliable electricity, while
those who cannot do not. If MTN does not have capacity for an alternative power, they
will not access reliable electricity thus affecting the relationship between the 2.
Question 2
How the below tools may have assisted MTN in monitoring Eskom’s performance.
a. Work breakdown schedule (WBS)
This is a tool that MTN may use to break the project into manageable tasks. MTN could
have included a WBS dictionary to provide additional descriptive information about what
each task entails.
All the steps of project work are outlined in the work breakdown structure chart, which
makes it an essential project planning tool. The final project deliverable, as well as the
tasks and work packages associated with it rest on top of the WBS diagram, and the
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