development of project management‚ project success has been defined clearly. A definition of project success from Lock is that if the project finish on time‚ within budget and in good quality‚ the project is considered as a successful project (Lock‚ 2007). However‚ our understanding about the role of project manager is unclear. Different people hold various viewpoints about it. According to Lewis‚ people have a vague understanding of what is the role of project manager‚ because a majority of project managers
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Superior Performers in this Job PROJECT MANAGER JOB COMPETENCY MODEL In a High Technology Organization Developed by Workitect‚ Inc. For XYZ* Company *This is an actual project for a real company whose name‚ represented throughout this document by a blank line ( ________ )‚ is confidential. Sections I. Overview of the Competencies by Cluster II. Competencies with Definitions and Behaviors III. Overview of Most Important Responsibilities of Project Managers IV. Description of Most Important
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13_26_ch02.fm Page 13 Friday‚ September 8‚ 2000 2:43 PM Chapter 2 Basic Skills for Project Managers Be not afraid of greatness; some are born great; some achieve greatness—others have greatness thrust upon them. William Shakespeare Twelfth Night Introduction Before now‚ we had discussed project management in the broad sense‚ that is‚ from the perspective that any type of project—industrial assembly line‚ new construction‚ or technology implementation— operated by the same sets of rules
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How did you get into project management? - I was in a relatively small company; it didn’t have formal project management but had the need to undertake a major‚ industry wide initiative. The rest was history. 2. If you had to rate the job of project manager on a scale of 1-10‚ with 10 being the highest‚ how would you rate it? - I would rate it a 9 3. Briefly explain the reason for your rating. What do you enjoy most and what do you like least about being a project manager? - I gave it a 9 because
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Today‚ earnings management methods‚ such as income smoothing‚ are becoming more and more ubiquitous ways of improving earnings quality and attractiveness to investors. Because investors pay such close attention to income levels and firm stability‚ such methods are coming under heavy scrutiny‚ and are receiving more attention in the way of research and studies. The scrutiny is an attempt to explain the effects‚ and whether or not‚ in the long-run‚ these methods of earnings management are‚ in fact
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model. Dell uses the direct model for customers to purchase personal computers and business enterprise computer solutions. The company operates six manufacturing facilities across the globe that complies to ISO 9001 - 2000 year certification. Dell utilizes tailored standards based solutions and communicates with customers via phone‚ email‚ or in person (Dell‚ 2009). Describe the Main Supply Chain Challenges Dell Faces Now and Recommendations There are changes that can impact a supply chain from
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and fair audit report?” - M. Lafferty Nowadays‚ as our economy is facing possible everyday crises‚ managers undergo an increasing pressure in order to keep their company ’s earnings stable. Shareholders and analysts expect companies to meet forecasted goals and not to deviate from these. Especially‚ reliable companies are to report positive results and shall not present any ’surprises ’. Managers therefore often turn to their accounting departments for help‚ whose job it then is to improve the bottom
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WHAT FACTORS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED BY RESEARCHERS WHEN DEFINING THE DATA REQUIRED FOR THEIR RESEARCH Data are materials or information gathered during the process of making inquiry about problems. “Data of whatever form do not just appear or lie around waiting to be causally picked up by some passing researcher but have to be given form and shape in other to quantify as data; made relevant in a word to a research problem” (Ackryod and Hughes‚ 1992). In other words‚ data are systematically collected
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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A FUNCTIONAL MANAGER AND A PROJECT MANAGER FUNCTIONAL MANAGER 1. He is in-charge of a firm’s functional depts. Such as marketing‚ engg.‚ or finance. 2. They are more skilled at analysis. Such heads are specialists in certain areas only. 3. They are analytical in approach (breaking the system into smaller and smaller elements) and they know something abt. the operation for which they are responsible. 4. In case of any difficulty‚ they know how to analyze
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MIND MAP PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL document issued by the project initiator or sponsor authorizes the existence of a project Project Charter provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities the document that describes how the project will be executed monitored‚ and controlled any unique and verifiable product‚ result‚or capability to perform a service that is required to be produced to complete a process
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