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Term Paper: Project Managers and Ethics, Leadership, and Technology
To recap: Project managers do a lot more than calculations and reporting; they must keep the team on track, ensure ethical decisions are made, deal with conflict, and, depending on the type of organization, they may perform employee evaluations, issue bonuses, hire and lay off personnel, and other tasks. In this paper, you will discuss some of the key elements of the project management process.
Write a ten to twelve (12-15) page paper in which you:
- Describe the different organizational structures as it relates to project management (i.e., functional, project-based, matrix).
- Discuss at least two (two) different roles that project managers can play in organizational leadership.
- Describe at least three (3) human resource factors that affect project management.
- Recommend five (5) conflict resolution techniques that project managers can utilize to keep team members productive.
- Explain at least three (3) leadership approaches and when they are best utilized.
- Describe five (5) ethical situations or dilemmas that project managers might face in their role within an organization.
- Summarize tools and techniques commonly used in project procurement.
- Assess the role of technology in project management.
- Provide your expectations for the development of the project management field aided by modern technologies.
- Use at least four (10) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
- Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
- Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
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Introduction
Project management is the process of applying tools, skills and other resources in order to
achieve the goals and objectives needed to complete a project. In many organizations, it can be
described as the process of putting together and implementing tasks and changes with maximum
efficiency in a business or organization. The objectives of one project usually play a part in
achieving the overall objectives of an organization (Kerzner, 2013). This is due to the fact that
projects can be either short term or long term but at the end of the day their lifespan is finite.
They may also involve different people from the same organization or employ the use of
contractors. However for project management to be successful, there is the need for a clear
understanding of the interrelationship that it has with organizational structures. There are a so
many issues that are encountered during the project management process that are a direct result
of organizational structure. For instance, issues with approval and decision making, competition
for funding among projects that may be limited and difficulty to get traction. A clear
understanding of the relationship between organizational structure and project management is
very key in ensuring a successful experience when such problems are encountered. There are
three major different organizational structures, functional, matrix and projectised. Each of these
structures has its own unique relationship with project management that affects it as discussed
below. The idea behind discussing each of the organizational structures separately is being able
to identify the specific and distinctive features in each of them and ultimately understand their
effects in a clear manner.
Different organizational structures that relate to project management
First of all, I will look at a functional organizational structure. In this form of structure,
an organization is divided into functional units that forms a hierarchy according to its primary
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functions. With this kind of structure, each division is allowed a form an independent operation
but still have to report to a functional manger. Each team has its own people separate from
another division: however, the functional manager carries out majority of the allocation,
monitoring performance evaluations and payment allocations. With this kind of structure and
form of management, the individual project managers have very little power which can cause a
number of problems when the projects have aspects from every division. With such projects, the
project managers have to constantly seek the approval of the functional manger before moving it
to the next stage. This structure is however, very common with firms that have departments for
ongoing operations such as production firms as opposed to project management firms (Miterev,
Mancini & Turner, 2017).
The second type of organizational structure is the matrix where organizational control is
shared all through the firm. The project manager in this kind of structure is allowed to share
functions and responsibilities together with functional managers such as the function of
delegating tasks to team members. Project managers are able to have the power to manage their
individual projects but the functional manager has the final say, decision making. This kind of
organizational structure allows for a balance between project management and operations
management, hence, can be applied in organizations that have both functional roles. This way
there is a more clear but balanced division of labor and creates teamwork with occasional
potential for conflict between the two figures of authority (Miterev, Mancini & Turner, 2017).
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