College Intern Team Lessons Learned

Finally, there is a point to be made for the partnerships that are created in this program, specifically in student/youth and educator/mentor interactions. Considering there is surely an opportunity for “mentors” to pass along their expertise and knowledge in this collaborative environment, it should not be understated how valuable such positions are. In this case, the mentor helps one or more project teams find a project vision if they do not already have one, and then to help them realize that vision, and guide them along the way. They should be expected to pass on their knowledge of proper tool usage and safety measures while helping to show the importance of “failure as a means to success” is nurtured.

Project management provides a strong foundation for developing the attributes needed to pursue high-level leadership roles, analytical positions, and many other areas within the business environment.

All fields of business, including the project management field holds a duty to making a conscious effort to provide back to the community. This can sometimes be overlooked in the speed and ramifications of everyday business work, yet there are still people that find ways to connect professional organizations, colleges, and business leaders together to reach out to the project management community and others to provide opportunities that all parties involved can learn and grow from.

This report summarizes my overall experience thus far at Grand Valley State University (GVSU), including my most recent internship experience. It will discuss how each experience that I have gone through has helped prepare me for my transition from life as a student to the professional world.

During the course of my internship at Westfield Country Club, I have had the opportunity to work on different types of projects with a wide variety of co-workers and other leaders. My main projects were Junior Golf, Marketing Plan, Intern Wrap-up, and Team Album.

One of the most important things a project requires to be successful is top management support. These people in top management positions are stakeholders of the project, and without their support the project will be doomed to fail.

Allowing the student to successful learn and complete the business internship. The achievement of these objective will be reiterated across the final report and the practicum provider’s final assessment. The experience has been highly successful with the student being offered a permanent position as the HR Officer following the completion of the degree in 2015, facilitating a smooth transition from academic studies to professional

While no leadership role was assigned to me in this project, I attempted to lead intellectually by providing ideas and solutions to stimulate the team’s creativity and problem solving.

Being appointed as the Project Manger an important task; John C. Maxwell stated “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” This is what the role of a Project Manager is. The role requires defining the start and end dates, developing plans, monitoring progress, conduct meetings, oversee budgets , and make sure the direction and project remains on schedule.

Without leadership, a team lacks direction and cohesion. Leadership is there to solve challenges associated with teamwork and to insure the attainment of the main objective of the team effort. Leadership reduces the risks associated with a project. This happens because the person or team providing direction for the project do not get involved in detailed implementation freeing them to see the big picture from which they identify and reduce or eliminate risks. Leadership increasingly means the difference between a successful project and a failed one despite the availability of resources. This is because of the role leadership plays in the effective allocation of resources to achieve the projects objectives.

As a group, we have learned that collaboration and responsibility sharing is important for the success of project teams. It is far too much for any one person bear the burden of by themselves. The work of a project Lead is intense, never complete, and deals with immense levels of detail. The personal qualities of reliability and

The project leader needs to understand strategies to promote success within the project team. They are responsible to ensure that the team works together and

Project champions, especially recently, has been regarded as enhancers of the success criteria in any IS Implementation. This report details their roles in the organisation during the stages of implementation process, and how a top-level manager such as a project manager can manage these champions; supported by evidence from other scholarly materials.

The Boundaries of the project are measurable and auditable, and it is closely linked to project objectives. Defining Project boundaries should indentify the project ‘domains’ and provide a clear understanding of what belongs to the project and what doesn’t, for example, team, resources available, timeframes, departments involves, other projects involved, the area of the project and etc. Project Managers will then, have a clear definition of the project’ limits and a clear understanding of its interaction and relationship with other projects. (McDonnel 2010)

The primary drivers of change and the creators of strategic vision in an organization are the CEO and senior executives. A strong project champion is a senior executive or someone in a position to demonstrate to a senior executive the potential added value such a project could bring to the organization.