THE EDEN PROJECT

The Eden Project

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The Eden Project

Introduction

The Eden Project is an entirely owned subsidiary of the Eden Trust. Tim Smith developed the project at a neglected corner of south-west England. It is an environmental centre and a tourist destination point that has attracted millions of tourists over the years (Gendall, 2008, p. 2). The objective of this project is to promote the crucial understanding of the relationship of human beings with plants. This project aims to encourage choices and actions which will result in a sustainable land use. Tim Smith has led this project from the beginning. Smith's excellent leadership skills proved to be extremely effective in making this project an enormous success. The Eden Project has attracted millions of people towards itself. The organizational structure and culture of the project is enormously different from other organizations. The values established by Smith have encouraged his employees to work in liberate, innovative, and operative manner.

Discussion

Tim Smith has created an innovative organizational structure and culture for the Eden Project in order to make it a successful project. The organizational structure and culture of the Eden Project is different from other organizations from various perspectives. This study includes these aspects of the Eden Project.

Tim Smith has led the Eden Project from the front right from the inception of this project. He has adopted an innovative leading style in order to inculcate the aspect of innovation in the employees. He has created several teams for executing different types of activities associated with the execution of the project. The teams include Destination Team, Finance Team, Development Team, Marketing Team, Foundation Team, Organizational Development Team, Creative Team, and the Visiting Team. Smith has assigned different roles and tasks for the execution of the project (Eden Project, 2009, p. 12). Therefore, these teams carry out ...