Human Resource Terminology Flashcards
Acquire Project Team
The process of determining the availability of human resources and amassing the team needed to complete the project
Aggressors
A role with a negative attitude toward the project
Attitude Power
A type of power that can involve using a middle person to negotiate for the project manager
Blockers
A role that interrupts information flow on the project
Clarifiers
A role that helps focus on making sure people on the project understand what the details of the project entail
Coercive/Penalty Power
A type of power that uses negative approaches including threatening and punishment to get people to do things they don’t want to do
Commitment Power
A type of power that uses commitment via alliances and partnerships on the project team to tackle challenges to the project as they arise; has a potential connection with referent power
Competition Power
A type of power that maximizes involvement in the project or idea in the form of competition to help enhance the commitment of those involved to work toward a more successful outcome of the project or idea
Compromise
A conflict resolution technique in which a solution involves (typically) a little of what everyone is proposing for a solution
Confrontation
Directly dealing with a conflict via problem-solving techniques so that the parties can work through any disagreement
Develop HR Plan
The process of developing the human resource plan
Develop Project Team
The process of improving the project management team to optimize project performance
Devil’s Advocate
A role that contradicts popular views or opinions about the work of the project
Dominators
A role that consumes project communication and focus with their own views without considering others
Empathetic Listening
Listening with the goal of understanding what the sender is trying to communicate
Encouragers
A role that helps the project and team by focusing on what the project is creating, not the challenges of the project
Expert Power
A capacity in which one uses personal knowledge and expert opinion to get others to do what is desired
Forcing
Applying an all or nothing (win/lose) to get the desired result
Gate Keepers
In project management, a role that helps bring people into the project- In business school, this term could be viewed differently, including a role that keeps people out of something .
Harmonizers
A role that helps evolve information and understanding on the project above the team members
Hierarchy of Needs
A pyramid representation of Maslow’s Theory that a person’s motivation is based on needs (and where the person fits in this pyramid)
Human Resource Plan
A plan that documents roles and responsibilities, reporting relationships and staffing management for the project. It is part of the project management plan
Information Givers
A role that shares information and thus helps enhance communication on the project
Information Seekers
A role that works to enhance information and knowledge associated with the project
Investment Power
A type of power that involves delaying key decision(s) so enough time passes that stakeholders or other such parties can make a significant time investment in the project