ORGANIZATION BEHAVIOUR

Organization Behavior

Organization Behavior

Overview of the topic

The topic is related to the Organization Behavior. The business scenario is that a project manager is leading a critical project for a company in a fully projectised organization. Three months ago, the previous project manager was replaced with the current Project Manager, who had been leading the project for over a year, before he resigned from the company. The project team consists of 60 people, who have been working on the project for more than 2 years. Of the 60 people, 40 are full-time on the project and the other 20 are shared across at least one other project. Originally, the project had an expected duration of 15 months but had to be extended due to several reasons, including scope creep and low team morale. In month 18 of the 15-month- expected duration, the project duration was increased to a total of 30 months, with this revised completion date 6 months from now. All seemed to be going well, until nine key people working on the project resigned within a week. You later found out that all the people who resigned have plans to launch their own company, apparently with funding from a competitor. Therefore, there is a need to address the current situation that includes the main aspects of Organization Behavior.

Current Issues for the Project Manager

There are several issues faced by the Project Manager at the moment. The resignation of large number of employees has created enormous pressure on the entire team and also on the Project Manager to complete the required tasks. At the moment, the Project Manager is already under tremendous stress because of the need to complete the project at minimum time. Secondly, the project has been delayed several times before and constant extension has taken ...