Strayer BUS518 All Weeks Discussions Latest 2020 JULY

BUS518 Project Management Leadership

Week 1 Discussion

You are being considered to be the project manager for a complex project at our firm. You feel that you have the necessary skills to manage the project. Identify the strengths and weaknesses you bring to the project as a leader.

 

BUS518 Project Management Leadership

Week 2 Discussion

Examine the traits that are provided in Exhibit 2-1 of The Leadership Experience textbook. Identify and discuss the top three that would be most valuable for you as a project manager for a high-risk project. Now, identify and discuss those skills you would want your team members to possess. Justify your response.

 

BUS518 Project Management Leadership

Week 3 Discussion

While focusing on yourself as a project manager, identify the least important element of emotional intelligence that would be needed for your project. Justify your response.

 

BUS518 Project Management Leadership

Week 4 Discussion

You have realized that one of your key project resources is not qualified to be a member of your team. You have worked with this resource in previous projects. The resource is very popular with the team and your project sponsor. Explain how you will handle breaking the news to your team and the project sponsor.

 

BUS518 Project Management Leadership

Week 5 Discussion

You have broken the news of replacing a key member of your project team. As expected, the team is heartbroken, but your project sponsor is supportive of your move. Discuss what you will do to motivate your team.

 

BUS518 Project Management Leadership

Week 6 Discussion

You are leading the relocation of your corporate HQ complex from the suburbs to center city, similar to this project: Marriott to Move Headquarters to Downtown Bethesda With $62 Million in Incentives.

Explain how you will use social media to keep everyone informed about this project.

Identify potential problems in relying too much on social media.

 

BUS518 Project Management Leadership

Week 7 Discussion

Take a look at your firm. Identify improvements your firm should make in order to be a more diverse organization. Next, assess the appetite of your firm for such changes.

 

BUS518 Project Management Leadership

Week 8 Discussion

Assume you are on a search committee to replace the project manager for the failing complex project we have been discussing. One of the problems with the project manager was a lack of leadership. Recommend a leadership style (charismatic, transformational, coalitional, or Machiavellian) you would recommend, and why.

 

BUS518 Project Management Leadership

Week 9 Discussion

Discuss the positive and negative impacts that culture can have on your project.

Identify a plan to take advantage of the positive impacts while minimizing the negative impacts.

 

BUS518 Project Management Leadership

Week 10 Discussion

We know that scope creep can be good or bad for our projects. Explain how you deal with scope change when the proposed change will be good for the firm, but your project sponsor has no willingness to approve the scope change.

 

BUS518 Project Management Leadership

Week 11 Discussion

Now that you have almost completed this course, identify the top three things you learned that will make you a better project manager. Justify your response.