Project Risk Leadership

In the book “ Start Something That Matters” the author Blake Mycoskie started his brand Toms on the

Identify factors that will influence your choice of leadership styles or behaviours in your workplace.

There are many risks that can occur during any project, this is why it is important for the project manager to be on top of the tasks at hand. In the Wilmont’s and Dronetech project combining two companies to make a brand new product can already be complicated enough. When the company sets more guidelines in the project like the budget, timeframe, and customer expectations can make it even more difficult to get the job down. This is why having a project manager and a worthy team behind them to get the job done within all the requirements.

Obviously without electricity, you wouldn't be able to enjoy your daily explorations of the Day! What a horrible thought! But don't worry. Electricity does exist and it allows us to enjoy life in so many ways. Since electricity is a natural force that exists in our world, it didn't have to be invented. It did, however, have to be discovered and understood. Most people give credit to Benjamin Franklin for discovering electricity. Benjamin Franklin had one of the greatest scientific minds of his time. He was interested in many areas of science, made many discoveries, and invented many things, including bifocal glasses. In the mid-1700s, he became interested in electricity. Up until that time, scientists had mainly known about and experimented with static

As a leader I work well with others but I can also take charge when necessary. I like to find different ways people can work together and make projects fun and interesting. I’ll always try to fix problems and be

My leadership style is problem solver; this leadership style offers me the opportunity to utilize the knowledge and experience of my followers. I believe that I am more of this leadership style because I tend to accept input from group members when making decisions and solving problems. I do this because I feel that everyone in the group have something tangible to contribute to the group, and sometimes they might have access to key information that can help in my decision making. I take the information and put them together to use in reaching a decision, because I know that I will have the final say as the leader of the group. I believe that the group is put together

I am creating an office automation plan for the company EMD Chemicals who specialize in making pigments for paint. This company has been having problems relaying office information needed to accomplish basic task so that is why I am proposing my system.

By taking both self-assessments I learned that my leadership style is Authoritarian Leadership (Autocratic). Being an authoritarian leader I can be bossy at times but I set a clear standard on what needs to be done, when it needs to be done, and how it needs to be done. In a government ran by an autocratic leader, you can clearly see the divide between the leader and the followers and you can tell that the leader takes control over all of the followers. As an authoritarian leader, I like to make decisions on my own without the help or considering the concerns of my peers.

After receiving the attention of the public due to the speech, Edison published a pamphlet entitled “A Warning from the Edison Electric Company”. This red pamphlet included attacks on competitors such as Westinghouse, who Edison claimed was a patent violator. (Moran 58) Edison’s attack was on-going and continued as the newspaper consisted of an article, “Edison Predicted It”. “’It’ was the New York Board of Health’s conclusion that the only way to light safely by electricity was to control, by ordinance, the strength of the current.”1 (Moran 58) Edison manipulated the public to think that by using by the AC power it would succumb to death due to the dangerous tension. The aggressive businessman Edison gained the dominance of the market and trust of the public.     

Around the year 2008, Shoes for a Better Tomorrow was abbreviated to TOMS after they achieved to established more than 1000 stores globally, as well as donations of about 11,000,000 pair of shoes to needy children around the world. Blake decided to start the production of eyeglasses in 2011 where the one for one model was still applicable. Blake's one for one model for the glasses worked in a way that for every purchased pair of sunglasses, Blake donated one pair for those challenged with their eyesight most of whom had undergone eye surgery. Blake Mycoskie can be considered as a social entrepreneur considering that his investments are also concerned with social affair donations and improvements that are aimed at improving the lives of the

Since its foundation, the philosophy and business model that Blake Mycoskie enforced in his company, has truly made a name for the company and himself and today, the way TOMS do business, speaks of social responsibility. Mycoskie created a vision where the company give a pair of shoes to a child in need for every pair it sells; he named it the “buy one give one” campaign. For Mycoskie, the ability to make the company profitable is just as important as social responsibility. As he explained in an interview with CBS News, he felt very motivated to help communities in need after he learned that many kids were not able to attend school because they did not have shoes, and also because diseases in many countries are transferrable through the soil

According to (“Tom sets out to sell a lifestyle, not just shoes,” 2013, para 2). Blake Mycoskie is the sole representation of the philanthropy and humanitarianism

This project is a multibillion dollar warehousing and distribution company that will move the warehouse to a state of the art facility over a two day transition period. The first high-level task is the planning of the transition. This will include the planning of moving the large equipment, third party lease equipment, including forklifts, racking, and the layout of the new warehouse facility. The layout will be planned with the warehouse manager to also include the RFID equipment being installed when the equipment is being moved to the new location. It would also require working with contractors who are still working on the completion of the building to ensure that the moving of inventory and the completion of the building can be done in a smooth manner and not disrupt one or the other.

In addition to reading the course notes, I also looked at what APMBOK (Association for Project Management, Body of Knowledge 2009, 6th Edition, UK) said about this critical area of Project Management. Additionally, I researched what my Company does to maximize their effectiveness in this area by studying their attitude towards Risk Management throughout the complete life-cycle of a project, and finally I drew from my own knowledge and experiences in this critical area.

The completion of any project depends on the execution of various parameters mostly set at the beginning of the project. In order to complete the project to satisfactory levels, the project must be completed within the stipulated timelines, fall within the approximate budget and be of the required quality standards. However, most of the projects are affected by adverse changes and unforeseen events that occur during the execution period. Research shows that the magnitude of change is dependent on the size of the project, with large projects experiencing more uncertainties due to several factors including; planning and design complexity, interest groups having deferring opinions, resource availability, Economic and political climate and statutory regulations, which may necessitate change of plan. Most of the uncertainties are known to occur in the concept phase and if not intervened, they may affect the entire project. The burden falls on the management of such risk as some managers choose to ignore the uncertainties since they call for additional costs. Other inherent risks may go unnoticed and therefore remain unsolved,