Review Test Submission: UNIT I EXAM -CHAPS. 1-6 Content User Jennifer Rodriguez Brito Course BADM5100.ORGANIZATION THEORY AND POLICY Test UNIT I EXAM -CHAPS. 1-6 Started 12/12/14 8:19 PM Submitted 12/12/14 9:37 PM Due Date 12/12/14 11:59 PM Status Completed Attempt Score 100 out of 100 points Time Elapsed 1 hour‚ 17 minutes out of 2 hours Instructions MULTIPLE CHOICE: Please select the best alternative for each statement‚ situation or question. (4 pts. each) Question 1 4 out of 4 points
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wanted to be the best project manager this company had ever hired. After Tim was on the job for a while‚ he was unable to motivate his employees and decided to meet with the Director of Project Management to address this issue and other concerns. Kerzner (2009) has described in detail that to be effective‚ the program manager must provide an atmosphere conducive to team work. He must nurture a climate with the following characteristics: Team members committed to the program‚ Good interpersonal relations
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changes to the plan result from either increased knowledge‚ a need for competitiveness‚ or changing customer/consumer tastes. Once the changes are made‚ there is almost always an accompanying increase in the budget and/or elongation of the schedule.”(Kerzner‚ p.949‚ 2009). The urge for any changes that come in the customer’s mind should go through a verification process to make sure that won’t give any trouble to the project’s milestones and resources’ schedules and limits. If the PM makes sure
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Project Management Institute‚ pp 15-53 3. Tushman‚ M.L.‚ 1979‚ Managing Communications Networks in R&D Laboratories‚ Sloan Management Review 20: pp 37-49 4. Massie‚ J.L.‚ 1979‚ Essentials of Management‚ Englewood Cliffs‚ NJ: Prentice Hall‚ pp. 95-97 5. Kerzner‚ H.‚ 2003‚ Project Management a Systems Approach to Planning‚ Scheduling‚ and Controlling‚ Englewood Cliffs‚ NJ: Prentice Hall pp. 6‚10‚ 227 6. House‚ C & Price‚ R‚ 1991‚ The Return Map: Tracking Product Teams‚ Harvard Business Review‚ Jan/Feb.‚ pp
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CPMGT/300 May 13‚ 2013 Hair Spa Website Project: Breaking Down the Work How WBS contributes to the success of the project management process. According to Kerzner‚ achieving contract objectives “requires a plan that defines all effort to be expended‚ assigns responsibility to a specially identified organizational element‚ and establishes schedules and budgets for the accomplishment of the work‚” (2009). A work breakdown structure (WBS) is important because it is the foundation upon which a project
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complex challenges through a rapid rate of change in both the technology and government which has then created pressure in new and existing organizations. As a result‚ the traditional structure for managing is giving way to a new form of management (Kerzner‚ 2003). This form is project management. How can this be? Projects have been around since the building of the pyramids (Dobson‚ 2003). In 2650 B.C.‚ the step pyramid was built by Imhotep for the pharaoh Zoser in Egypt. The building of Stonehenge
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References: Kerzner‚ H. (2013). Project management: a systems approach to planning‚ scheduling‚ and controlling. Wiley. Martini‚ A.‚ Corso‚ M.‚ & Pellegrini‚ L. (2009). An empirical roadmap for intranet evolution. International Journal of Information Management‚ 29(4)
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portfolio managers must decide if a project is worthwhile and if it contributes to the goals of corporate strategies‚ and make the more difficult decision of which projects are more valuable to the organization in terms of achieving strategic goals (H. Kerzner‚ 2009). A large part of this process involves balancing short term projects with long term projects‚ assessing risk factors‚ and resource allocation. If a project is approved‚ then a project manager is assigned to oversee the project. The project
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was becoming more and more frustrated with the employees and their work habits. Finally he went to see Davies and discuss his problems with him. Chapter Four of our text discusses the ten skills that are necessary for effective program management. (Kerzner‚ 2009‚ pg. 149) Of those skills‚ I felt that there were three that were lacking in the case study. The problems that he discussed with Davies involved mainly team building‚ leadership‚ and administrative - time management skills. The case study
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References: Kerzner‚ H. (2005). Using the Project Management Maturity Model: Strategic planning for project management (2nd ed.). Hoboken‚ NJ: John Wiley and Sons‚ Inc. ISBN: 9780471691617. Dessler‚ (2011). Framework for Human Resource Management‚ sixth edition Sheid
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