The Reluctant Workers

Contents Page Qualification structures Unit 5001 Unit 5002 Unit 5003 Unit 5004 Unit 5005 Unit 5006 Unit 5007 Unit 5008 Unit 5009 Unit 5010 Unit 5011 Unit 5012 Unit 5013 Personal development as a manager and leader Information based decision making Performance management Resource management Meeting stakeholder and quality needs Conducting a management project Financial control Marketing planning Project development and control Human resource development Managing recruitment and selection Being a leader Leadership practice 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

1. What are David’s greatest strengths as a team leader? Greatest developmental needs? How did these strengths and weaknesses affect David’s ability to build a successful team the first time around?

The Labor Movement’s number one concern is to address problems associated with social inequality. The labor movement was created in order to fight for the rights of labor workers. The goal was to have better wages, safe working conditions, and reasonable working hours. Unions were formed in order to achieve this. However, this was always enough. Workers reached a point where they came together and participated in strikes which the main goal was to have their employers listen to them and come to an agreement.

Workers during the gilded age were marginalized by their working conditions, low income, and limited

Larson, E., & Gray, C. (2010). Project management, the managerial process. (5th ed., p. 158).

2. What is the business reason(s) for completing this project? How are they compelling for the improvement team and the management team? How are they tied to strategy?

Effective leaders opt to implement a specific type of leadership style as a result of their personalities and job experiences, and apply it to their organizational structure. However, that particular type of leadership style a leader utilizes may not apply to every job situation (Peak et al., 2010). In order to be an effective leader, an individual must acquire the three basic leadership skills and they are as follows: (1) human relations; (2) conceptual skills; and (3) technical skills (Haberfeld, 2013). Additionally, a skillful leader must also be proficient in motivating, communicating, and problem solving (Hess & Orthmann, 2012).

For the American laborer, factory worker, and farmer, the early twentieth century addressed a wide multitude of social and economic issues all across the board. Immigration, World War II and all of its supports and anti-war protests, the strong governmental reinforcement of laws that prohibited alcohol, radical literature, and any behavior that was considered “unpatriotic,” this century was full of revolutionary change. But one of the most notable issues of this time was the public growth of Socialism, an economic theory in which manufactured goods and delivery were governed not by the elite, but by the community as a whole. Between 1915 and 1920 especially, Socialism was beginning to pick up speed, as it had originated from the tense cracks that had begun to grow and fester between the working class and bourgeois. While the elite enjoyed the lavish wealth and ample opportunities that were available to only them alone, working class Americans gradually grew dissatisfied by their unsanitary conditions, 10 to 12 hour dangerous workdays, and very little pay. It was no wonder that during this time, the IWW and the phenomenon known as “strike fever” was born.

An example that can be referenced is when the state of Maine struggled to deploy a new Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS). One of the reasons was that the state of Maine had no meaningful project management until 4½ years into the project.9 In addition; my role will involve coordinating roles/positions within the project management team and checking project progress towards meeting its objectives. As an executive, it is important to stay close to the details of the project and not over delegate.10 Performance incentives for meeting a Go-live deadline will be used for further

Leadership skills are utmost important for today’s mangers as the Project is entirely dependent on them , because without a good leader, a project is unlikely to be completed successfully. These skills are

Moreover, senior management has communicated a direction and set goals for the strategy for project management..

The project manager’s authority is too low, has a short time to review the project proposal, difficult communicate with the user department and receive less support from senior management. Additional, the project manager lack of human resources, employees were understaffed, and no senior analysts were available. It is difficult to implement the project in this satiation that lack of support, less time and too much task. Therefore, the project management office is extremely critical. The project management office can build their project managers team, hire temporary employees and senior analysts in need.

* Project and programme management skills to ensure change initiatives are completed both on time and to budget.

Question 1. The twelve guidelines are presented in no particular order. Order them by level of importance and explain your reasoning. Answer The twelve guidelines should be order as below, the reason also is stated at the behind of each title. 1) Understand the context of project management. Much of the difficulty in becoming an effective project manager lies in understanding the particular challenges project management. 2) Understand who the stakeholders are and what they want.

2. Peter Steyn & Erick Schmikl. 2013. Programme Managing Organisational Transformation, Change and Performance Improvement. Cranefield College of Project and Programme management.