As a functional employee, the project manager tells you, "Sign these prints or I'll fire you from this project." How should this situation be handled?
This situation should be handled in a professional way, in which, as a functional employee I would tell the project manager to let me check the prints, whether they are as per the company's guidelines, rather than getting afraid of getting fired. And, in case the project manager wants me to sign the prints immediately, I would request him to write an email to me instructing to sign these prints.
As a functional employee, the project manager tells you, "Sign these prints or I'll fire you...
How does a functional manager differ from a project manager in respect to managing people?
1 You are project manager in a global project with a team consisting of people from various countries. What can you try to prevent misunderstandings due to cross-cultural differences? a Use all communication methods available that are suitable for the team and follow up in writing when communicating verbally. Remember that cultural and individual diversity may help project teams solving unforeseen problems during the course of the project. b When you are about to form a team for your project,...
You are an HR manager and work with a manager and/or employee who agrees with the egoist perspective. Describe two specific ways you would frame the advantages of any HR policy (your examples can be directed at 2 managers, 2 employees, or one of each; you can the same policy for both answers or different policies). Each answer should be 2-3 sentences. Assume the unitarist perspective of the employment relationship is accurate. What should employees expect from work? How would...
What should be included in status reports to top management? What reports should the project manager receive? How does the project manager use these reports? What reports are sent to functional managers? When and what kind of reports are sent to the customer? Why is reporting to customers so important?
Imagine you were the project manager for a project. The project is complete, and you have been invited to present at a major project management conference. The topic is fostering collaboration among geographically and culturally diverse teams. You decide to focus on how team structure promoted collaboration and facilitated the successful outcome of the project. How is teaming different from traditional/stable project teams? What are the benefits and challenges associated with teaming as a structure for conducting projects? How does...
Imagine that you have been appointed as a project manager for an important IT project in a large firm. Answer the following questions: Briefly outline which category of employee (top managers, business analysts, designers, developers, testers, system administrators, end-users) you will have frequent interaction with during the seven phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle and briefly explain why your interaction with these categories of employees will be frequent. What project management tools would you draw on over the course of...
C++ program.A shoe company where there are departments, employee,manager and database manager. The company has three sizes of shoes ;small,medium and large and there are three colors of shoes;yellow,brown and white associated with different sizes.The company sells the shoes online and so it keeps a track of how many different size of shoe with different colors are available and it changes as per the specific item sold.Also,it keeps the data of how many shoes are sold of each size of...
How are the tasks of the Project Manager and the tasks of the Instructional Designer related? How might the completion of these tasks complement each other or compete for finite resources? Who should define the priorities of the project? With these thoughts in mind, consider the following: Assume the role of the Project Manager. What do you see as the key priorities and important factors that should be considered during the initial phases of a project? How does the role...
The manager of the bank where you work tells you that the bank has $500 million in deposits and $350 million dollars in loans. If the reserve requirement is 5 percent, how much is the bank holding in excess reserves? $125 million $50 million $150 million $25 million
You are the project manager of a challenging software development project. The results of this project will be used throughout your large organization. This project has been extremely successful so far, and you attribute that success to your focus on keeping the lines of communication open and providing all relevant information to those who require it. Among other communications, you have recently issued a progress report, a variance report, and a forecast report predicting future performance results. Performance reports should...