Assignment - A meeting with the Vice President

Assignment:

A meeting with the Vice President

As a consultant who has come into the organization, your work was well received in describing the importance of establishing project management as a focal point for the development of leaders in the human resource department. To that end, the vice president of the company has asked to have a meeting with you. They are thinking about perhaps hiring you to do some additional consulting work in this important area, perhaps training the leaders regarding this important skill set. Given this opportunity you’ve asked the vice president for a meeting. Specifically, the vice president is interested in looking at some of the larger impacts a focused project management can have on the organization. Specifically, she wants to know the degree to which a greater emphasis on project management could potentially have an impact on the organizational culture. To that end, you want to be prepared for the meeting.

To be prepared for the meeting you are going to write an outline of the points you intend to cover in the form of a paper. This paper should include all of the following components:

· Component 1: Introduction: How do you plan on introducing the concept of project management as it relates to organizational culture?

· Component 2: How will you explain the impact that project management can and should have on an organizational culture?

· Component 3: What could be some suggestions as to what steps the vice president could take to make sure this essential element is enforced?

· Component 4: Conclusion: How will you conclude your meeting? What will you say to bring the meeting to fruition?

Please ensure in executing this assignment that you make specific references to the readings provided as well as the utilization of at least five outside references which can be used to support your ideas presented. The use of outside sources is important because even though the materials provided for this course are excellent, as a graduate student you are expected to be able to consult a variety of sources regarding a given topic and synthesize that scholarly input into a thoughtful set of recommendations, conclusions, etc.

The essay should be 1750- words and should include at least five (5) citations. The sections should be clearly marked with headings so that your instructor knows which points you are addressing. Follow the guidelines for APA writing style. The title page and references page do not count towards the minimum word amount for this assignment.