As we learned in Week 6, your Project Sponsor informed you that you have to deliver your project much sooner than anticipated. When you break the news to your team, they are not happy with the decision for they are concerned that the project will now fail. Using the information that you learned from readings, what can you do as a leader to ensure your project team that this is the right thing to do? What will you do to motivate them?This is a discussion question which only needs to be answered in a minimum of 150 words.

Discuss the differences and relationships between a business-level strategy and a corporate-level strategy. Use examples from a company you are familiar with to illustrate these differences and relationships.

As a leader/manager, one circumstance you may encounter is the necessity to integrate or merge two organizational units. This can be a stressful period which, if not properly managed, can cause a good deal of tension and/or conflict, often leading to decreased organizational performance.Consider that senior management has dictated that your unit will merge with another manager’s unit over the next three months. You will be the leader of the newly merged group. The previous manager will remain on your staff. Senior management has asked you to submit a merger plan. (If you have previously been involved in an actual unit merger, please share the organizational dynamics you experienced as well as any lessons learned.)(Bring in and cite at least one source of information from your background readings for each of your weekly initial posts.)Week 1 Discussion Question:What are the key issueschallenges/opportunities you face, both short- and long-term?Week 2 Discussion Question:Using the same scenario as Week 1 of this Discussion, answer the question in bold below:In describing three key elements of your merger plan, explain the sources of power that will be available to you and upon which you will draw to help achieve a successful merger.