Implementation Plan Concepts Worksheet
Concept Application of Concept in the Scenario Reference to Concept in Reading
Individual and Organizational Politics

Robert Smith, CFO, did not approve of the e-book publishing strategy from the beginning. This affected the overall strategy. Robert feels uncomfortable with the financial projections for the e-books strategic initiative. Will X. Harper: A well-established and well-known author on the �A� list, Will has reservations about e-books and is leading what has become known as the �author�s opposition group.� These are some of the few issues permeating the HK publishing and its new strategy. McGill, CEO, has to play some politics in order to move ahead with the e-book publishing project. While selecting projects for implementation in an organization, a major factor that influences project selection, funding, resource allocation or prioritization is the extent of individual and organizational politics. Organizational politics can be defined as actions by individuals or groups to acquire, develop and use power and other resources in order to obtain preferred outcomes when there is uncertainty or disagreement over choices. (Gray, 2006).
Project Selection Committee (PSC)

It is pretty clear who the PSC people are in the scenario. M. McGill, CEO; R. Smith, CFO; J. Peters, SVP of B & D; D. Joyce, ExVP Global Strategy; M. Simmons, ExVP; M. Goldfarb, SVP Marketing; M. Evans, CIO and P. Ross, Production Manager. All of these individuals have an input as to which project will be implemented. Project Selection Committee is expected to enable the company choose projects to align with strategic objectives (Gray, 2006). Project Structure

Project Structure is decided by the stakeholders. Key players such, as the CEO and CFO, have the initial input as far as the structure of the project;