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Project Managers and Organization
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Project Managers (PM) Responsible for Implementing and Completing Project. Initial Tasks: Preliminary Budget, Schedule, Personnel, Know Client, Ensure Resources Available, Take Care of Details Needed for Project. Later Refines Plans and Schedules Reallocation of Resources. Meets with Those Affected by Project. Unlike Functional Manager, PM is More Generalist than Specialist; is Skilled in Synthesis. PM is Facilitator: Facilitates Cooperation.
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PM Detailed Responsibilities
Acquiring Adequate Resources Acquiring and Motivating Personnel Dealing with Obstacles Making Tradeoffs Dealing with Risk of Failure Communication Negotiation
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Project Teams Should Include
Project Manager Engineer Production Manager Field Manager Contract Administrator Controller / Accountant Support Services Staff
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Management Styles that Work
Theory Z (W. Ouchi) vs. Theory X and Theory Y Management by Objectives (P. Drucker)
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Organizational Problems
How to Tie Project to Parent Firm How to Organize Project Itself
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Organizational Approaches
1. Project as Functional Division – Project is Part (Appendix) of Functional Divisions. PM Normally Does Not Have Full Responsibility for Projects. 2. Project Organization – Project is Self-Contained. PM Has Full Line Authority
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Functional Organization
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Functional Organization
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Project Organization
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Organizational Approaches
3. Matrix Organization – Combination of Functional and Project Organizations. Activities are Responsibility of PM and Line Managers. 4. Mixed Organization – Combination of 1,2,and 3.
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Matrix Organization
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Mixed Organization
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