Principles of Project Management Course Outline Volume I About the Microsoft Project Screens .........................................................................iv Segment 1. The Background of Project Management (Includes PMBOK® Guide Chapter 1 & 2) ....................................................................................................... 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 Introductions, course materials, housekeeping & homework Definition, examples and characteristics of
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES Moses Gerard Shyne CHAPTER 3 1. Explain why nations and companies participate in international trade. Because no national economy produces all the goods and services that its people need. 2. Describe the concepts of absolute and comparative advantage. A nation has an absolute advantage if (1) it’s the only source of a particular product or (2) it can make more of a product using the same amount of or fewer resources than other countries. Because of climate and soil conditions
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of Contents 1. Introduction ………………………………………………………………………p. 3 2. National culture …………………………………………………………………..p. 3 3.1. Influence of national culture on an organization……………………………..p. 3 3.2. The effect of cultural values on management ………………………………..p. 4 3. Key Dimensions to analyze culture ………………………………………………p. 9 4.3. Hofstede’s dimensions ……………………………………………………….p. 9 4.4. Applying Hofstede’s dimensions on German and Chinese cultures …………p. 12 4. The concept
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Projects make up almost half of the work that most organizations do. Organizations use projects to help meet their strategic goals. In terms of strategic goals, projects may help an organization meet changes in market demands, customer requests, or organizational requirements. They may also help an organization make the most of technological advances or meet legal requirements. Select each strategic goal for examples. ------------------------------------------------- Market demands -------------------------------------------------
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these ventures. Poor culture-fit has often been cited as one reason why M&A has not produced the outcomes organizations hoped for (Cartwright & Schoenberg, 2006). Cross-border M&A has the added challenges of having to deal with both national and organizational culture differences. In this chapter we review the literature on cultural integration in cross-border M&A and provide a framework designed to help manage the integration process throughout the M&A lifecycle. This framework presents culture assessment
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these ventures. Poor culture-fit has often been cited as one reason why M&A has not produced the outcomes organizations hoped for (Cartwright & Schoenberg, 2006). Cross-border M&A has the added challenges of having to deal with both national and organizational culture differences. In this chapter we review the literature on cultural integration in cross-border M&A and provide a framework designed to help manage the integration process throughout the M&A lifecycle. This framework presents culture assessment
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Team Performance Management: An International Journal Managing complex team interventions Robert Barner Downloaded by Florida International University GL810 At 17:29 14 September 2014 (PT) Article information: To cite this document: Robert Barner, (2006),"Managing complex team interventions", Team Performance Management: An International Journal, Vol. 12 Iss 1/2 pp. 44 - 54 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13527590610652792 Downloaded on: 14 September 2014
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IT HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT FOR LEGAL QUESTIONS RELATED TO PROMOTION AND DISCRIMINATION. This chapter clarifies the contributions made by job analysis to an organization’s HRM program and specific activities. Furthermore, the careful planning needed and the various techniques of a job analysis program are highlighted. Finally, the importance of job analysis in the design is discussed. CHAPTER LEARNING OBJECTIVES AFTER READING THIS CHAPTER, STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO… 1.
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differentiation between the traditional, interactionist, and managed-conflict views of conflict; as well as an outline of the conflict process. Finally proper negotiation will be defined as well as a contrast of distributive and integrative bargaining, the five steps of the negotiation process, how individual differences influence negotiations, an assessment of the roles and functions of third-party negotiations, and cultural differences in negotiations. The concept of conflict does not discriminate
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operated in a smooth and efficient manner. They provided feedback, wrote appraisals, directed the day-to-day operation and were available to lead and listen to the employees. With the departure of these mid-tier managers, the responsibility for these functions has fallen on the lesser-trained subordinates, many who still feel their primary responsibility is to get the job done. Empowerment of teams and individuals has taken the place of the mid-tier supervisor and brought about a need for mentoring throughout
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