Mgt2510 Project Management Research Paper
MGT2510 – Project Management
Week 2 PM Trends Assignment
Thom Parrish
January 21, 2017
Problems I may encounter with working online as a team member include:
1. Expressing ideas and thoughts accurately so they will not be misinterpreted by other team members when the ideas and thoughts are read.
2. Being open and receptive to ideas and concepts that other team members suggest, but I have never considered.
3. Setting time limits to accomplish project work goals.
4. Establishing (appointing or electing) a team leader that will present the final work product for the team. Responsible for all the editing and final decisions that may need to be made.
5. Dividing up the work (if required) so that specific individuals have specific responsibilities. …show more content…
Allow two individuals to hear the same speech and you will get two different explanations of what was said. These differences in understanding must be avoided by presenting the reader with only one way to understand what is being written.
Written and verbal skills are needed, but there is no way a business is going to get their employees to improve those skills. Why? Because if the individual has gone to a college or university and they don’t have written and/or verbal communication skills by the time they have graduated, exactly how can anyone expect a business to teach the employee how to get those skills? That was the job the institution of higher learning took on when they accepted the student.
If the business needs project managers with written and verbal communication skills, then hire project managers with written and verbal communication skills. It is not the function of a business to teach their employees the everyday skills that should have been acquired elsewhere.
The “Trends” write up is correct, active listening is an art. Employees can listen to a manager speak and at the same time, not hear a word that is said. When a manager speaks, it helps to have a manager that is dynamic enough to inspire the employee to want to
Week 2 PM Trends Assignment
Thom Parrish
January 21, 2017
Problems I may encounter with working online as a team member include:
1. Expressing ideas and thoughts accurately so they will not be misinterpreted by other team members when the ideas and thoughts are read.
2. Being open and receptive to ideas and concepts that other team members suggest, but I have never considered.
3. Setting time limits to accomplish project work goals.
4. Establishing (appointing or electing) a team leader that will present the final work product for the team. Responsible for all the editing and final decisions that may need to be made.
5. Dividing up the work (if required) so that specific individuals have specific responsibilities. …show more content…
Allow two individuals to hear the same speech and you will get two different explanations of what was said. These differences in understanding must be avoided by presenting the reader with only one way to understand what is being written.
Written and verbal skills are needed, but there is no way a business is going to get their employees to improve those skills. Why? Because if the individual has gone to a college or university and they don’t have written and/or verbal communication skills by the time they have graduated, exactly how can anyone expect a business to teach the employee how to get those skills? That was the job the institution of higher learning took on when they accepted the student.
If the business needs project managers with written and verbal communication skills, then hire project managers with written and verbal communication skills. It is not the function of a business to teach their employees the everyday skills that should have been acquired elsewhere.
The “Trends” write up is correct, active listening is an art. Employees can listen to a manager speak and at the same time, not hear a word that is said. When a manager speaks, it helps to have a manager that is dynamic enough to inspire the employee to want to