Ivana Case

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“Project managers are change agents: they make project goals their own and use their skills and expertise to inspire a sense of shared purpose within the project team. They enjoy the organized adrenaline of new challenges and the responsibility of driving business results,” (Pmi.org, 2017)
This question was certainly a difficult one to answer. Even though Ivana is the proprietor of the organization obviously she has overlooked the fact that her workers are the ones who help make her company. However, this project can either make or break her company during this project. It is my opinion that Ivana can be described and seen as a tyrant and what I mean by this is that she leads her company through fear and intimidation. Some company cultures allow this type of frightening behavior. Even though some people may need threats and intimidation to focus on what they need to do. I have never met any. This team from the onset is miserable and results are seemingly …show more content…

Ivana wants the group of employees to spend as much time as they can on the project, she will has a tendency to grow angry and blame employees if she knows the employees try to do other things that are not connected to the task. Meanwhile, her life is not being placed on hold she is going to dinner with friends and having a two-week vacation, while directing her employees to give up everything to complete the project.
It is my belief that the project member (Patrick), who seems to have taken on the role of the team leader should interact with Ivana throughout the project by focusing on the project and doing what Ivana ask them to perform. Also, he should communicate to Ivana about the progress of the project and the problems they are

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