Proiect Human Resoutce Management

4. You are leading a team to recommend an equitable reward and

recognition system for prcject managers. Before finalizing the plan, you
want to ensure that executives understand the basic objective of reward
systems. This objective is to-

a. Be comparable with the award system established for functional

managers to indicate parity and to show the importance of project
management to the company
b. Make the link between project pedormance and reward clear, explicit,
and achievable
c. Motivate project managers to work toward common objectives and
goals as defined by the company
d. Aftract people to join the organization,s project management career
path

.5. Which of the following factors contributes the most to team

communication?

a. Exlernal feedback
b. Performanceappraisals
c. Smoothing over of team conflicts by the project manager
d. Colocation
6. You are managing a virtual team. The project has been under way for
several months, and you believe your team members do not view
themselves a5 a team or unified group. To help rectifl/ this situation, you
should-
a, Ensure that every member ofthe project team uses e-mail as a form of
communication
b. Mandate that the team follow the vision and mission statement of his
or her organization
c. Create symbols and structures that solidify the unity of the dispersed
work group
d. Provide team members with the latest in communications technology
and mandate its use

7. Major difficulties arise when multiple projects need to be managed in the

functional organizational structure because of-

a. The level of aLrthority of the project manager

b. Conflicts over the relative priorities of different projects in competition
for limited resources
c. Project team members who are focused on their functional specialty
rather than on the project
d. The need forthe project managerto use interpersonal skillsto resolve
conflicts informally

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