– The manager relies on control; the leader inspires trust. Managers are organisers who focus on operations. His function is operational. Manager coordinates people and processes, the utilisation of human and material resources to achieve and organisation’s objectives. Managers of an organisation manage: themselves, people and relationships, policies and procedures, environments, financial and physical resources, information and technology, ideas, operations and processes.
Ethics in Project Management PMGT 690 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide Dr. Fisher 23 June 2015 Abstract This paper serves as a look at ethics in project management. It reviews the Project Management Institute Code of Ethics, and several articles, and the author’s opinion on ethics. It then strives to look at how these ethics apply to project management. Table of Contents Introduction 4 What is Ethics? 4 Ethics in Project Management 5 Conclusion 8 References 10 Introduction The Project Management Institute (PMI) code of ethics is a set of guiding principles for professional management practitioners that are members of PMI or non-members who hold a PMI certification, individuals who apply to begin a PMI certification process, and individuals volunteering in a PMI capacity (Code of Ethics, 2006).
1. Describe what differentiates a group of people from a team A team is a group of people who work together to achieve a common goal, the members of the team are collectively responsible to ensure the planned outcome is achieved. Teams are generally established based upon individual technical skills that complement the wider team, each member has a purpose and a function. 2. Explain why it is important to establish a clear team purpose.
The mission statement is a written statement that states your team’s purpose and helps to inspire and motivate your team; the vision statement takes this one step further and looks at the desired future for your work team. Having the teams input into these goals and objectives helps give the team members ownership and a sense of belonging to the team. When the team’s goals are set, they need to have a certain criteria that must be met to make them a realistic goal. They must be clear, concise, have a set time frame, and most importantly, be measurable. These goals need to link with the organisations goals and KPI’s to help create a more efficient workplace.
Running Head: Phase 1 Individual Project Leadership and Ethical Decision-Making Phase 1 Theories of Ethics (Individual Project) INTD670-1303B-05 Theresa Birchfield August 26, 2013 Who are the stakeholders in this situation? The stakeholders in this situation I believe are the companies of Uwear and Peninsula Hotels or Joe Smith and Bill Bateman. Each company may be influenced by the overall conclusion in the situation because Uwear is attempting to keep the business with Peninsula Hotels by making the best bid to Peninsula Hotels. However, Threads4U is also making the attempt to take the advantage Peninsula Hotels business as a customer with a counter offer that will be lower than what Uwear originally contracted for uniforms for Peninsula Hotels last year. If the representative for Uwear submits an offer lower than last year and lower than the competition of Threads4U the company of Uwear will then lose a reliable customer and may eventually suffer from the loss of the financial gain that Peninsula Hotels has been supplying for the company.
Aristotelian Approach is a way to look at individuals in a corporation the same way Aristotle looked at people in the environment, by taking individuals into consideration over society, it focuses on individual habits of character to do good. Aristotle believed rights are important but the concern is more with the individuals’ virtues. There are six dimensions of this ethics: Community, excellence, role identity, integrity, judgment, holism (University of Phoenix, 2009). An example of this business ethic in a leader today is Oprah Winfrey. Oprah Winfrey ethical theory is best described as a philanthropic, and falls in line with the Aristotelian Approach.
* Have a lot of experience in one or several of these general management areas. * Must be intelligent and experienced enough to know which of these areas are most important and who is qualified to do the work. * Make and/or take responsibility for all key project decisions. * Need good soft skills include effective communication, influencing the organization to get things done, leadership, motivation, negotiation, conflict management, and problem solving. * Must lead their project teams by providing vision, delegating work, creating an energetic and positive environment, and setting an example of appropriate and effective behavior.
Management of human resources is very important of an organisation, the management should therefore find the right approach to their employees to be able to plan and manage them in a professional manner. Human resources management is important for an organisation because if employees perform efficiently it increases the production and/or customers services in an organisation. A business can manage its human resources through methods such as: motivation, training, appraisal and personal development planning. A very important aspect in HR management is employing staff with the right skills and qualification required for a particular job role and training those staff who don’t have the right required skills to carry out a particular task. Management of human resources is essential as it commits employees into achieving organisation goals and objectives.
Framework for ethical decision making and transformational leadership in Higher Education Kenneth Hill Robert Deemer Dimension of Ethical Leadership 4/29/2013 Framework for ethical decisions making means the evaluations of intentions behind the decision making that produces ethical or unethical behavior. As its name implies, transformational leadership is a process that changes and transforms people. It is concerned with emotions, values, ethics, standards, and long term goals (Northouse, 2010). A code of ethics is commonly defined as ‘written, distinct and formal document which consists of moral standards used to guide employee or corporate behavior (Schwartz, 2001) In today’s education environment, leaders are asked to do more with fewer resources. It is up to ethical decision makers to move followers to accomplish more than what is expected of them.
Performance Management focuses not only on individual employees, but also on teams, programs, processes and the organization as a whole. A well developed PM program addresses individual and organizational performance matters necessary to properly create and sustain a healthy and effective results-oriented culture.