Question

Please describe the topics below (500-1000 words) -- Project Management Course.

• The role of the project manager with understanding the required organizational governance and stakeholders.
• Include key skills required by the project manager to perform each and be clear on why each of these activities are important to successful project management.
• Finally, identify where each of these three process areas; management, organizational, and stakeholder management are used within a project, a graphic for this will be acceptable without any written text if the graphic is clear.

Answer 1

Position job description must look like the one demonstrating key skills required, total experience and comoany background as well as key tasks that needs to be implemented along with KPIs and the reporting manager designation alongwith total dotted reports to this job description.

An ideal specification would be candidate with 5+ years of experience with MBA or equivalents degree and having strong acumen towards leading and managing teams of 10+ size.

The key skills for project manager must be Leadership, Team Building, Management, Execution, Strategic Planning, People management, relationships management.

Corporate governance by project managers rrquires ethical leadership and all thus abive skills become important to be awar eif industrial laws and regulations and complying them to stay risk averse and insulated against litigation.

Stakeholders management is widely used in processes like convincing customer and senior management and top decisions makers.

Similarly organisational management is used in execution and implementation of new projects and ideas and delegation of key tasks and building new teams for each if them.

Hiring and Talent management of Project Managers

Staffing global organisation requires methods like Social Media Hiring, Referral Hiring, and Thid Party Consulting based Hiring which gives quality candidates.

Social media hiring is best for cultural fitments however can be skeptical which is disadvantage as it doesnt give an holistic view.

Referral hiring is another effective way because of trust and Recommendations shown. However it can be disadvantageous if referrences are unchecked and unverified.

Consulting based hiring gives top level candidates based on requirements and expectations. However disadvantages being cost of hiring is very high.

Organisinations must check for quality and skills as well as qualification like global experience, overall countries travelled, cross border cross domain management skills, Leadership skills, International relations management, Team building.

Predeparting on boarding opportunity is very critical for global success and hence candidates must b egiven training in global countries and should be given sufficient time to adapt to its culture and way of doing business and then should be expatriated. Here entire family expenses are taken care of and sufficient financial and administrative support is offered for ease if transition to new nation.

Ongoung training will incorporate learning through peers, transition counselling through past expatriates, reverse mentoring and case studies and collaborative approach like on job training with senuor leaders. Here expatriates are offered regular support to understand working culture, management style and organisation structure and systems.

Repatriation policies like attractive remuneration and total rewards package, career development plan for next 5 years, family health and insurance, children schooling and education support, long term stock options and bonsues, flatter hierarchy.

US employments laws like Equal opportunities as per Civil Rights act Article VI is most important and critical to be considered when in UsA as major emphasis is given on non discrimination policy of hiring. Other Acts being Sarbanes Oxley Act and Foreign Corrupt Practice Act which leaders must be aware of for ethical compliance and demonstrating integrity and honesty.