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Culture and Project Management

Definition of Organizational Culture

Project Manager’s Checklist

Team Challenges

Dealing with conflict

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Organizational Culture

Shared beliefs, attitudes, values

Behaviors that arise from the beliefs, attitudes and values

May be obvious or subtle

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Project Manager’s Checklist

Decision-making—who makes the decision and what processes are followed

Communication

Formality

Medium

Complexity

Vocabulary and format— “Image”

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Team Challenges

Individual identity

Verbal and emotional expressiveness

Relationship expectations

Style of communication

Language

Personal priorities, values and beliefs

Time orientation

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Dealing with Conflict

Conflict is not a bad thing

Problem-solving is a key activity for successful teams

Understanding your own preferred approach and those of your team helps in productive conflict resolution

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Five basic approaches to conflict resolution

Avoidance

Accommodation

Competition

Compromise

Collaboration

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Culture and Project Management

Organizational Culture means shared beliefs, attitudes and values, along with related behaviors

Project Managers need to be aware of cultural issues

Team Members can also face challenges in cross-cultural relationships

Effectively dealing with conflict is a success factor for projects—every project team must resolve differences and make decisions

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