Four Frames of Organization

Four frames of organization

Structural Frame:
• Focuses on roles and responsibilities, coordination, and control. Organization charts help define this frame.

• Exist to achieve goals and objectives
• Increase efficiency through specialization and division of labor
• Have coordination and controls to align work to goals and objectives

Human Resources Frame:
• Focuses on providing harmony between needs of the organization and needs of people.
• People and organizations need each other; people need careers; organizations need the energy of people.
• it undermines the relationships

Political Frame
• Assumes organizations are coalitions composed of varied individuals and interest groups. Conflict and power are key issues.
• emphasis is on tactics and strategies—not conflict resolution

Symbolic frame
• Focuses on symbols and meanings related to events. Culture is important.
• seeps into the culture
• maintain image of accountability and responsiveness; negotiate a new social order

PMt Tools and Techniques
  Project management tools and techniques assist project managers and their teams in various aspects of project management.
  Specific tools and techniques include:
  Project charters, scope statements, and WBS (scope).
  Gantt charts, network diagrams, critical path analyses, critical chain scheduling (time).
  Cost estimates and earned value management (cost).

Project Manager Roles
    Leadership and Guidance
    Planning
    Customer Relations
    Coordination
    Technical Leadership
    Senior Management Liaison

Project Manager (PM) Tasks
  Goals
      Set them
      Monitor them
      Emphasize them
      Reset them
Tools
    Determine them
    Get them
    Evaluate them
Team
    Facilitate communication
    Facilitate coordination
Work
    Evaluate
    Coordinate
    Communicate
Processes
    Initiate
    Evaluate
    Terminate

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