02 Jan Reflect on the different

Argosy MGT402 Module 1 Discussion Assignment 2

Discussion Question
Consider one of the following ethical situations that could arise when a company such as Trillo Apparel Company requests an outside contractor to perform work.

Situation 1

You need to hire contractors for the electrical work. You also know that getting the permits is going to be very difficult and my delay your project. You have a friend in the electrical business who knows an inspector that can be bribed to move your inspections to the top of the list. If you hire your friend’s company, you know you will have your inspections completed on time.

Situation 2

You need to hire inexpensive labor to build your work benches for the production floor. You have a bunch of college friends who are in need of work and the pay is good for this work. You also feel you might have more control over the workers since they are your friends. You know that your company usually uses takes bids for this type of work

Choose one situation and determine what potential ethics are involved in that situation. Discuss what you would do in this situation. Explain your reasoning.

Argosy MGT402 Module 2 Discussion Assignment 1
Discussion Question
Project communication is one of the most important factors in project management. A project manager will spend most of his/her time on communications.

Discuss who the project stakeholders on District 4 Move project are.

Discuss various types of communications you will need to use on the project, what stakeholder(s) each type would address and the frequency of each communication type. You may choose to use a table for this information.

Justify your responses.

Argosy MGT402 Module 3 Discussion Assignment 1

Discussion Question
Many project today operate within some sort of a matrix organization. Discuss the differences between a strong and a weak matrix organization.

Discuss the pros and cons of a matrix organization for project management. As a project manager, what types of things would you need to do well in order for your project to work within a matrix organization? Justify your responses.

Argosy MGT402 Module 4 Discussion Assignment 1
Discussion Question
Resource constraints can be a huge burden on a project, sometimes causing project issues and/or project failures. Discuss some of the impacts of resource constrained projects and what the project manager can do to understand if there is a potential problem. What can a company and/or a project manager do to help alleviate this problem? Justify your responses.

Argosy MGT402 Module 5 Discussion Assignment 1

Discussion Question
Reflect on the different tasks and roles you learned about in this course. Identify at least (two) 2 skills you would need to be a project manager and discuss what you can do to develop those skills. Lastly, identify and discuss at least one (1) other career you think you would be interested in related to project management.