OGL 481 Pro-Seminar I:

PCA-Choosing an Organization Worksheet

Worksheet Objectives:
1. Identify an organization and situation you want to study over the remainder of the course.
2. Describe the organization and the situation

Complete the following making sure to support your ideas and cite from the textbook and other
course materials per APA guidelines. After the peer review, you have a chance to update this and
format for your Electronic Portfolio due in Module 6.

1) Name and describe your organization.

The organization is comprised of a major LLC that has a plethora of businesses under
that umbrella in Waco, Texas. Many of these businesses include an in-person shopping
experience, products in major stores, a home remodeling television show, and a cooking
enterprise with a television show and cookbooks with accompanying cookware
(Magnolia Blog). This corporation is a representation of country-living. Simplicity and
self-sufficiency is the foundation. While there are many businesses involved with this
LLC, I am going to focus on the home renovation sector.

2) Describe your role in the organization (it can be an internal or external role).

The role I will represent is being a Project Manager. The home renovation business
involves working with clients to find the “Fixer Upper” of their dreams, buy, renovate for
client needs, and reveal the final product within the client budget. As the Project
Manager, I will be facilitating the housing projects and working with the clients, interior
designers, contractors, and other stakeholders to make the experience as smooth as
possible. According to ProjectManager.com, during a remodel, you’ll find that
discoveries, surprises, change orders, or redesigns will affect scope and then budget. To
remain effective, the project manager must communicate and secure decisions or
verifications as soon as possible.

3) Describe the situation, including information you think the will help the reader
understand the most important elements of the situation. (This will require
selectivity: part of the art of case writing is separating the essential facts from the
mass of information that might be included).

The facts of the situation is that there is a “Fixer Upper” project for a family that the
company wants to take on but the family’s budget is not realistic to what they need. The

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 family consists of a husband (Andrew), wife (Kim), a wheelchair-bound 10-year-old
daughter (Lily), and 5-year-old son (Dillion). The family recently experienced a
devastation from a recent hurricane and they lost their home. They have been living with
family members but they need space for their children. The company has $500,000
available to allocate to this project and charity for this family in need. The situation at
hand is to work with the clients to find a home in an area they want, renovate the home
for the needs of the family, make sure the home is wheelchair accessible, and stay under
budget as $500,000 is the most the company can spare.

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 References

Construction Project Management software. ProjectManager. (2023, April 21).

Recipes, design how-tos, and stories on Magnolia’s Blog. Magnolia. (n.d.).