TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES

MANILA CAMPUS

ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
EI 101
CE31S5

“CASE STUDY”

SUBMITTED BY:
CONCEPCION, PRINCESS BRYZA P.
GUJELDE, JOYCE ANNIE N.

SUBMITTED TO:
MR. RICARDO RABANG

DATE SUBMITTED
01/15/2021
1. What are some of the major problems facing the management of Hyten in
accepting formalized project management?
Attitude and Personality is a big factor that can affects one’s performance. One of the
major problems that management of Hyten facing is their employees. They experiencing conflicts
between project manager and functional manager. Each manager has their own responsibilities
in the company, there should be at the same grade level and neither one has authority over the
other, but let’s say there is a situation where the two of them disagree as to either direction or
quality of work. One of them will feel awkward. In any company industry evaluation is needed
to evaluate one’s performance if she/he ready for promotion but some instances even the
employee do excellent job their evaluation is not good because there are personal feelings
involved. There is also the situation where the employee is on the project for only a couple of
weeks, and spends most of his or her time working alone, never getting a chance to know the
project manager. Another problem is that when the project manager will fill out the functional
manager’s evaluation during or after the completion of the project. For me, to be fair one’s
evaluation should be filled out after the project so that the evaluator will evaluate fairly. But it
can affect the employee’s performance maybe they will not show up for few days if they will feel
that their work is not yet evaluated and if that happens the time completion for the project will be
affected. To make it short, I can see that the problem is on the attitude and personality of the
employee. They always involved personal feelings, they do not see how the employees do their
job.

2. Do any of the managers appear to have valid arguments for their beliefs as
to why formal project management should not be considered?
Yeah. Absolutely. Just one engineer, Fred Kuncl, was concerned about the trade-offs
involved in introducing formal project management at Hyten and felt that they could not live with
plant engineering. Our departmental operations rely on extremely unpredictable situations, often
involving rapidly shifting production function-related goals.
3. Are there any good reasons why Hyten should go to formal project
management?
Yes. A detailed and systematic strategy that involves all the related departments is
regulated by formal project management. An organized method or sequence of events does not
adapt the way in which project execution is carried out at Hyten Corporation; thus, the people
employed here are not fully interested in the implementation process of the project.

4. Has Hyten taken a reasonable approach toward implementing formal

project management?
The role of project management was commanded to the Enterprise Development
Department, which is a fair strategy, taking into account the costs and benefits involved. The key
enhancement needed, obviously, was communication. Formal project integration is very costly,
according to Kerzner (2010), but using tools that are already available is a rational solution
because it minimizes expense and resistance.

5. Has Hyten done anything wrong?

Not considering the skills and competencies within the organization before venturing into
outside personnel is the thing that Hyten done wrong. Since it was done, there are fears that maybe
it will used to the same approach towards formal project management. Hyten employees is one
of the major problem, in some ways we can’t say that it was because of Hyten, the employees
attitude is not connected to the Hyten or any corporation.

6. Should formal project management give employees more room for

personal growth?
By introducing the company's formal project management, staff would have more space
for personal development. Formal project management may increase the chances of success of
the project. By introducing this formal project management, workers begin to understand more
about new things and tend to operate in a formal manner. Proper formal communication between
workers may also take place. Employees prefer to learn extra skills to learn new things.
7. Will formalized project management make it appear as though
business development has taken power away from other groups?
Manpower for the Business Development Department was taken from both outside the
organization and from within the division. This was intended to respect the Corporation's pledge
to recruit employees from outside only after it was decided that there were no eligible persons
within. Its level of authority and responsibility was reduced until the Business Development
Department was formed. The power and responsibility of the Agency, however, have
consequently increased, although at a slow pace.

8. Were the MBAs exposed to project management?

Yes. Several MBA workers who have been introduced to project management working
here at Hyten.

9. Where the organizational personnel focusing more on the problems or

merits of project management?
We do not assume that the employees were focused on the disadvantages of project
management per say, but, on the gaps that would influence project failure. this is necessary
because it is crucial to assess the risks, challenges and surprises involved in executing any project
in order to subsequently establish standard protocols and procedures to fix them.

10. What basic fears do employees have in considering organizational change

to formal project management?
The implementation of systematic project management would, first of all, lead to the
recruiting of new employees without taking into account the existing dominant staff.
Furthermore, there is the problem of disagreement between the functional manager and the
project manager, thereby impacting the way in which an employee performs his or her duties.
There is also the problem of biased evaluation and promotion that could be based on either the
functional or project manager's subjective opinion.
11. Must management be sold on project management prior to
implementation?
Yes. The management is responsible for the efficient functioning of each company, as
well as the acceptance of new tactics within the company. Management holds the resources of
the company, and this section will not kick off without their approval of structured project
management. Management wants to consider the differences that call for systematic project
management to be incorporated in its sector.

12. Is it possible that some of the support groups cannot give immediate
attention to such an organizational change?
Yes, some of the support organizations would not be able to provide immediate attention
to such an organizational transition.

13. Do functional managers risk a loss of employee loyalty with the new
change?
Yes. The employee is left with no choice but to bend to the individual who signatures his
or her assessment and/or advancement form in the event that the employee is to be evaluated by
the project manager

14. What recommendations would you make to Hyten Corporation?

To ensure the quality of the product that is sold by the organization, Cost, time and scope
are very important, involving the customer’s expectation. We all know the saying, “customer is
always right” that’s why in any business customer’s expectation is very important. Regarding
about implementing the formal project management, I recommend to implement it because it
allows the employees to be more creative and innovative that helps them to accomplish their
duties. The initial informal project management approach gave employees opportunity to become
more knowledgeable to project management, and they may have already identified gaps that they
would wish to address.
15. Is it easier or more difficult to implement a singular methodology for
project management after the company has adopted formal project
management rather than informal project management?
Since the methodology is based on systematic, it is easier to implement a singular
methodology after adopting a formal project management

16. Is strategic planning for project management easier or more difficult to

perform with formal project management in place?
Getting a chance to gain more knowledge is very useful in our everyday task. Changing
the informal project management to formal is very challenging to the individuals, as their task
and duties is enhancing their knowledge and creativity will enhance too. A formal project
management makes it easier to implement a project because planning is systematic and based on
thorough evaluation and understanding of the roles and responsibilities of each department.