Managing Your Boss
Name :- Akshay Patil
NCSU ID# 000994855
ID :- apatil4
Case 2 (Managing Your Boss)
1) List the issues and their importance to Project Management, why are they. 2) Are these points only applicable to your relationship with your boss? If so, why and if not, in what other scenario would these be applicable and why?
Ans 1) Managing your boss or the relationship is an important part to the Project Management. If you are a Project Manager, then there are many issues to be taken care of in case of “Managing Your Boss”. Here are few issues:a) You should understand the relationship between you and your boss :A key to make project management easy is to understand your relationship with your boss. There should be proper understanding about his demands and his expectations. You should do your part in meeting those demands and those expectations. With doing so, you can gain his trust which is a key for any project. Being a Project Manager, your boss can help you regarding decisions and your demands. If your boss trusts you completely, he can complete your demands regarding any resource you want or any job to be done which is easy for him. Thus, it helps in managing any project. b) You should understand his work style, strength and weaknesses :Any boss has some strengths and weaknesses which you should be aware of. You should help him regarding his weaknesses and also take advantage of his strength. For eg. Suppose a boss is not that communicative, then you should arrange meetings and take information from him instead of waiting for his decisions. Being proactive in such a situation will make your boss comfortable and you can get more out of him. You should also know what your boss is capable of i.e. his strengths especially and if possible can take points from him regarding any issue in which your boss can be helpful. Understanding his workstyle is also important because you know how to interact with your boss so as to not waste his time and make your meetings
NCSU ID# 000994855
ID :- apatil4
Case 2 (Managing Your Boss)
1) List the issues and their importance to Project Management, why are they. 2) Are these points only applicable to your relationship with your boss? If so, why and if not, in what other scenario would these be applicable and why?
Ans 1) Managing your boss or the relationship is an important part to the Project Management. If you are a Project Manager, then there are many issues to be taken care of in case of “Managing Your Boss”. Here are few issues:a) You should understand the relationship between you and your boss :A key to make project management easy is to understand your relationship with your boss. There should be proper understanding about his demands and his expectations. You should do your part in meeting those demands and those expectations. With doing so, you can gain his trust which is a key for any project. Being a Project Manager, your boss can help you regarding decisions and your demands. If your boss trusts you completely, he can complete your demands regarding any resource you want or any job to be done which is easy for him. Thus, it helps in managing any project. b) You should understand his work style, strength and weaknesses :Any boss has some strengths and weaknesses which you should be aware of. You should help him regarding his weaknesses and also take advantage of his strength. For eg. Suppose a boss is not that communicative, then you should arrange meetings and take information from him instead of waiting for his decisions. Being proactive in such a situation will make your boss comfortable and you can get more out of him. You should also know what your boss is capable of i.e. his strengths especially and if possible can take points from him regarding any issue in which your boss can be helpful. Understanding his workstyle is also important because you know how to interact with your boss so as to not waste his time and make your meetings