Devry PROJ330 week 4 checkpoint
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Updated on: 07/31/2016 12:20 PM Due on: 07/31/2016
•Students are to do the Checkpoint questions based on the Mann Gulch Fire.
•The Case Study can be found in the DeVry online library, Books 24x7. The sources are: T Drummond, Helga. "Chapter 1 - The Clock that Struck Thirteen - The Challenge of Sense Making". The Art of Decision Making: Mirrors of Imagination, Masks of Fate. John Wiley & Sons. © 2001. Books24x7. Click here for detailed instructions on accessing our library for this case.
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This link:
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/viewpub.jsp?index=4613).
Richard Rothermel, Mann Gulch: A Race That Couldn’t Be Won. U.S. Forest Service: Intermountain Research Station, 1993.
•The Checkpoint is worth 60 points. There are 2 essay questions worth 30 points each. Please be sure to include citations from the stated case study.
NOTE: You cannot use Wikipedia or another type of information sharing web site as sources. You must use the case study and the textbook as references, as well as 3 other sources from the internet or the DeVry online library.
Book used for class is:
Making the Team: A Guide for Managers
Fourth Edition
Leigh L. Thompson
Kellogg School of Management Northwestern University
(TCO 5) Prepare a five to seven paragraph response explaining how if a project manager expects a team to exercise their own judgment, the project manager must provide the team with decision making experience. How can a project manager help the team to understand project conditions, share past experiences, and build a foundation for strategic thinking? How critical is it for the project manager’s leadership to depend on the team’s leadership? How can initial conflicts be used to turn around a bad situation? Use the Mann Gulch Fire case study. Please refer to the Thompson textbook (Chapters 4 & 8): Please note that you are to also use three other sources from the internet or the DeVry online library. All sources must be cited. (Points : 30)
2. Prepare a five to seven paragraph response based on this comment: “If you have made several problematic decisions in a row, be prepared to have your leadership questioned. It may be a moment of personal trial, a point when the cooperation of others is most needed but least forthcoming” (Useem, 1998, p. 54). What mistakes did Dodge make to cause his credibility to spiral downward with his team? What was his management style? Was it a style that fostered communication? Did it allow the team to make decisions? Did the group conform or practice groupthink that cost them their lives? Please refer to the Thompson textbook (Chapter 7). Please note that you are to also use three other sources from the internet or the DeVry online library. All sources must be cited. (Points : 30)
•The Case Study can be found in the DeVry online library, Books 24x7. The sources are: T Drummond, Helga. "Chapter 1 - The Clock that Struck Thirteen - The Challenge of Sense Making". The Art of Decision Making: Mirrors of Imagination, Masks of Fate. John Wiley & Sons. © 2001. Books24x7. Click here for detailed instructions on accessing our library for this case.
AND
This link:
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/viewpub.jsp?index=4613).
Richard Rothermel, Mann Gulch: A Race That Couldn’t Be Won. U.S. Forest Service: Intermountain Research Station, 1993.
•The Checkpoint is worth 60 points. There are 2 essay questions worth 30 points each. Please be sure to include citations from the stated case study.
NOTE: You cannot use Wikipedia or another type of information sharing web site as sources. You must use the case study and the textbook as references, as well as 3 other sources from the internet or the DeVry online library.
Book used for class is:
Making the Team: A Guide for Managers
Fourth Edition
Leigh L. Thompson
Kellogg School of Management Northwestern University
(TCO 5) Prepare a five to seven paragraph response explaining how if a project manager expects a team to exercise their own judgment, the project manager must provide the team with decision making experience. How can a project manager help the team to understand project conditions, share past experiences, and build a foundation for strategic thinking? How critical is it for the project manager’s leadership to depend on the team’s leadership? How can initial conflicts be used to turn around a bad situation? Use the Mann Gulch Fire case study. Please refer to the Thompson textbook (Chapters 4 & 8): Please note that you are to also use three other sources from the internet or the DeVry online library. All sources must be cited. (Points : 30)
2. Prepare a five to seven paragraph response based on this comment: “If you have made several problematic decisions in a row, be prepared to have your leadership questioned. It may be a moment of personal trial, a point when the cooperation of others is most needed but least forthcoming” (Useem, 1998, p. 54). What mistakes did Dodge make to cause his credibility to spiral downward with his team? What was his management style? Was it a style that fostered communication? Did it allow the team to make decisions? Did the group conform or practice groupthink that cost them their lives? Please refer to the Thompson textbook (Chapter 7). Please note that you are to also use three other sources from the internet or the DeVry online library. All sources must be cited. (Points : 30)
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Solution: Devry PROJ330 week 4 checkpoint