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The City of Futureville where Your Future is Now! Memo To: (Your name here), Senior Analyst From: Janet Wrexham, City Manager CC: Ted Brown, Director Special Projects Date: 1/24/2016 Re: Car Sharing Hi (your name here), You’ll have seen in the newspapers that city council has passed the Car Sharing proposal. We need to move quickly to realize this exciting proposal. You and Ted will be working together on this one. Ted will be developing the organizational structure and operations plan for the pilot project while you will be developing the IT aspect. The specific outputs required from you are detailed in the COMP361 Assignment Overview. Car sharing is an interesting solution to a number of urban planning problems, and clearly one that is effective considering its rapidly growing popularity. You should be familiar with the problems it is meant to address and the range of solutions that has been implemented across Europe and North America. The reports listed below are a good starting point for an exploration of the world of car sharing. My assistant will in touch to set a time and place for our first full meeting of the project team. I look forward to working with you on this exciting project! Suggested sources “Business Planning Study: Car Sharing in Portland, Oregon” “Making Car Sharing and Car Clubs Work: A Good Practice Guide” from the UK Department of Transport. “Car Sharing in Practice: The TOSCA Take-Up Guide” from the city of Bologna. These are available on a number of Web sites. Plug the title into a search engine, and take your pick. Or simply search on any combination of the words “car sharing share club.” Car Sharing case study memo #1 1 The City of Futureville Where Your Future is Now! Memo To: Marcus Brown, Human Resources Director From: Janet Wrexham, City Manager CC: (Your name here), Senior Analyst Ted Brown, Director Special Projects Date: 1/24/2016 Re: Car Sharing project job descriptions Hi Marcus, (Your name here) will be working on the information systems to support the new car sharing operation. (Your name here) will factor into the system the three positions that have been approved as part of the pilot project budget. The job descriptions below are general only, but are based on the research done into similar operations in other cities. Your department will receive the budget details for these positions in a separate memo. Position 1 is for an operating manager. This person will be in charge of all day-to-day inside and outside operations. This means supervision of the other project staff and contracted services, hands-on management of the vehicle fleet as required, acting as member agent, developing marketing plans, and supervising the financial aspects of the project. Of course the manager will be able to call on other city departments and resources. As you can see, this will require a “people person” with good practical management skills. The suggestion is that the manager might have to spend as much as 50% of his/her time out of the office attending to practical details. Since the information system will be crucial for the success of the project the manager should have good general IT skills. Position 2 is for an assistant manager. This position is exclusively responsible for the office operations and day-to-day financial activities. Good general IT skills are required, but experience with financial software will definitely be an asset. Since the assistant manager will be supporting the manager and filling in for the manager on a regular basis, good communication and people skills are required. Position 3 is for half-time clerical and general office duties. I’m sure you have a standard job description for this .Since general office duties will from time to time include dealing with members and reservations, good people skills and general IT skills are required. Please prepare standard job descriptions and prepare to advertise for these positions in about two months. The hiring and approval process will take about two months, and we expect to be operational in about four months. (Your name here) will provide you with the details of the information system related tasks and responsibilities for each position. Car Sharing case study memo #2 1 (Page 2)