Project Management Case Study

Project management is one of the avenues through which individuals can be able to exhibit their leadership and management capabilities (Melgrati, & Damiani, 2012). Being a leader in project management does not necessarily mean that one has to pull all the strings in the team. Neither does management mean that one has to boss around the other employees like they are objects and human beings. Firstly (Schuman, 2010), successful project managers embrace team work. Since the organization, or the company in which the project is to be done wants some level of success achieved within a specific period of time, it requires the entire team to put its resources together in pulling of the job. That means working together. However, team work cannot be embraced if the project managers fail to realise the need for the same. In the modern workplace, we have diverse employees with diverse cultures, backgrounds and specific talents. In daily organizational developments, these diverse set of employees form

Judy began the plan by calling a meeting of all the 200 employees, or workers in the organization to let them know of the downsizing plan. This was not easy since every employee circled around her, mentioning that they would be indispensable for some job positions. Her frequent meetings became instrumental in the plan. For instance, they would hold monthly meetings with the staff, during which they would be allowed to make contributions. Another avenue of success came from tension diffusion amongst the workers. For instance, giving them note cards. In defusing the tension, she provided the workers with note cards during their monthly meetings, through which they would let out their frustrations. On the note cards, they would write recommendations and complaints. At the end of such meetings, the note cards would be deposited at some box and every constructive recommendation was implemented. Through this, the workers felt some level of trust in