Chapter 6 - Part 2 From Slide 41 Flashcards

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Thamhain and Wilemons ways to have influence on projects

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Authority
Assignment
Budget
Promotion
Money
Penalty
Work challenge
Expertise
Friendship

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Projects are more likely to succeed when pm influence with

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expertise
work challenge

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Projects are more likely to fail when rely on

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authority
money
penalty

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… is the potential ability to influence behavior

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Power

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Types of power

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Coercive
Legitimate
Expert
Reward
Referent

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Covey’s 7 habits to improve effectiveness

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Proactive
End in mind
put first things first
think win/win
seek first to understand
synergize
sharpen the sw

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7
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…. us the matching of certain behaviors of the other person

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Mirroring

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Analysis of leadership effectiveness

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  1. Define and measure some criteria of org effectiveness
  2. Assess leadership style
  3. Attempt to correlate org performance with leadership style
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2 dimensions of management

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  1. Economic or productivity based - initiating structure
  2. Employee condition and morale - consideration
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Theory L: Laissez-faire

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  • Uninvolved
  • Information passer
  • Other people make decisions
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Theory X: Autocratic leader

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  • Lacks flexibility
  • Controlling and demanding
  • Carrot and Stick approach
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Theory Y: Benevolent leader

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  • People oriented
  • Paternalistic
  • Non-competitive
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Summary of leadership styles

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Theory Z is best with productivity and cooperation
Theory Y is low achievement and good people leave
Theory X has job stress and low satisfaction
Theory L has low productivity

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14
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… Group of people linked in a common purpose

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Team

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Group vs Team

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Groups
- Work independently and not towards same goal
- Focus on themselves
- Members are assigned tasks
Team
- Work interdependently and towards same goal
- Members feel a sense of ownership.
- Collaboration

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Chx of Effective teams

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  • Have clear goal
  • Result driven strucutre
  • Competent members
  • Unified commitment
  • Collaborative climate
  • Principal leadership
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Main goal of team development

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Help people work together more effectively to improve project performance

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Tuchman model of team development

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  • forming
  • storming
  • norming
  • performing
  • adjourning
19
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team building activities include

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  • physical challenges
  • psychological preference indicator tools
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Forming

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Exploration of boundaries and positions
Little team progress

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Storming

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Most difficult stage
Arguments and impatience.

22
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… most difficult stage for team forming

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Storming

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Norming

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Acceptance and Reconciliation
Emotional conflict is reduced
Significant progress

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Performing

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Members learn their role
Open and trusting
Much is accomplished and loyalty is high

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DISC Profiles

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Dominance
Influence
Steadiness
Compliance
* Read slides 61-64(images)

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Project manager must decide

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  • If changes to project are to be requested
  • Corrective or preventive actions should be recommended
  • update are needed to project management plan
27
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Tools and Techniques for managing project teams

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Observation and conversation
Project performance appraisals
Interpersonal skills
Conflict management

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Five dysfunctions of teams

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  • Absence of trust
  • Fear of conflict
  • Lack of commitment
  • Avoidance of accountability
  • Inattention of results
29
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Team build five W

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Who
Where
Why
What
When

30
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Team building 8 common approaches

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  • Establish urgency and direction
  • Focus on skills and skills potential
  • Pay attention to first meetings and action
  • Set clear rules of behavior
  • Set and seize upon a few immediate results
  • Challenge the team with fresh facts and info
  • Spend time together
  • Exploit the power of positive feedback, recognition and collective rewards
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… is a matrix that maps work of the project to people responsible for performing it

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Responsibility assignment matrix