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Comment on the following: Project management has been linked to herding cats. What challenges
do you foresee in motivating others to work together to complete the project?
Argue the importance of project teams setting their own project plans.
BUS 518 Week 4 Discussion 2
Team Temperaments. Please respond to the following:
Determine how you as a project leader would handle having four team members with four different,
distinct temperaments.
In the current business world, team projects are commonplace. Discuss the strategies you as a leader
would implement in team decision making. Create a methodology that you would follow. Discuss the
expectations of each step.
BUS 518 Week 5 Discussion 1
Project Initiating. Please respond to the following:
You are the project leader for organizing your communitys Fourth of July celebration parade this
year. In previous years, the parade has been well attended and a favorite community project. The
previous project leaders are no longer available and you must begin this project with no expertise or
guidance. Determine what steps you would take to initiate the project and include how your
leadership style would predict your actions.
BUS 518 Week 5 Discussion 2
Project Planning. Please respond to the following:
Now that your parade project has been initiated, describe planning steps you will follow.
Explain how you would vary your leadership style to ensure that the project is planned adequately.
BUS 518 Week 6 Discussion 1
Changing Views. Please respond to the following:
Consider the following situation: Key participants on your project management team were surveyed.
The following are their responses.
Do you think most people want to do a good job? No
Do you believe most people are motivated by pay or the work itself? Pay
Do you trust most people to keep on working even if you arent around? No
Do you think most people are pretty straight with you, or that most of them have hidden agendas
that they are trying to advance? Hidden agendas
Do you believe that you must protect yourself from political maneuvering by other would-be
managers? Yes
Do you think people will take advantage of you if they get a chance? Yes
Do you think you can depend on most workers to do what they say they will do? No
What strategies would you use to change the project team member negative view of people? How
would you know when their views had changed?
BUS 518 Week 6 Discussion 2
Leading New Technology. Please respond to the following:
New software has been purchased to reduce time in calculating customers accounts. Establishing
rapport and effective communications with all team members is of primary importance to make this
transition successful. Recommend and prioritize the actions that the project manager should take.
Provide rationale for the choices you made.
BUS 518 Week 7 Discussion 1
Influence. Please respond to the following:
Discuss the importance of influence. How you would attempt to apply it to convince your team to
work an extra day per week to earn time off later.
Analyze how you would influence your family to understand that you must now work the extra time.
Given various project management situations during the closing stage of a project, students will
outline suggested leadership actions to deal with these situations. Appropriate rationale must be
included to deal with the following:
All budgets for the project have been depleted and yet there are several steps needed to complete
the project that require funding.
New information comes to light that radically affects the projects scope; for instance, management
has recently purchased equipment that functions more effectively than the project teams solution.
Discuss whether or not there was a difference between the leaders action steps and order, and the
reason for the difference.