Project Human Resource Management - Completing Organizational Planning
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What is the goal of organizational planning?
What are typical examples of templates that a project manager can use for organizational planning?
- Roles and responsibility matrices
- Reporting structures of historical projects
What do we mean with the rule 'current projects should emulate successful historical projects'' ?
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What do we mean with 'applying human resource practices' for organizational planning?
- Job responsibilities
- Reporting structures
- The project manager's role and autonomy
- Policies regarding team member discipline
- The definition for customized organizational terms
How can help organizational theories help the project manager?
What is the core of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs model?
- Physiological
- Safety
- Social
- Esteem
- Self-actualization
What is the core of Herzberg's Theory of Motivation?
- Hygiene agents - expectations all workers have, job security, a paycheck, clean and safe working conditions etc.
- Motivating agents - Elements that motivate people to excel, including responsibility, appreciation of work, recognition, the chance to excel, education etc.
The presence of hygiene factors will not motivate people but the absence of these elements will demotivate performance.
What is the core of McGregor's Theory of X an Y?
- X is bad
- Y is good, these people are self-led, motivated and capable
What is the core of Ouchi's Theory Z?
What is the core of McClelland's Theory of Needs (or Three Needs)
- Need for achievement - people that need to achieve, work alone or with other high-achiever, avoid low-risk and high-risk situations
- Need for affiliation - look for harmonious relationships
- Need for power - seeking personal or institutional power
What is the core of the Expectance Theory?
What four management styles for managing a project are being recognized?
- Autocratic - the project manager makes all the decissions
- Democratic - project team is involved
- Laissez Faire - hands-off policy where the project team is self-led
- Exceptional - PM pays only attention to 10% top and bottom performers
What types of charts can a project manager use to map the hierarchy of the project and the roles and responsibilities of the project team?
- Organizational Charts
- Organizational Breakdown Structure
- Resource Breakdown Structure
- Responsibility Assignment Matrix Chart
- RACI - Responsible, Accountable, Consult, Inform
What is the purpose of networking with stakeholders?
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