By doing this Tim showed that he was aware of the conflict between what he wanted and what the staff needed, and made an attempt to work with his staffers demanding they stay late for the meeting.

When many of his staff would walk out of the afternoon staff meeting in order to fulfill personal social responsibilities and outside interest, Tim changed the time of day for the staff meeting from late afternoons to early mornings.

Because Tim had no previous experience with the different personality and demands of his staff e was blind sided with the lack motivation and desire from his staff. Having the ability to fit in all of the staffs individual demands, requirements, and limitations into the decisions making and aid to the resolution of conflicts within the group is a skill set that a PM has to demonstrate in order for the program to be a success (Kernel, 2010). Time’s ability to be a strong leader was not only hindered by of his lack of experience, it was also attributed to his lack personal experience with his staff. Getting the staff to vote the time needed, evening getting them to attend an afternoon team meeting turned out to be difficult. Tim came into the company with high hopes of being one of the best program managers ever, and soon learned that communication and the motivation of his staff was an obstacle that he had not fully expected. The lack of mentors from senior management proved to be part of Time’s problem when it came to communicating and motivating his staff. However Tim, unlike many other project managers in other companies, was not required to spend twelve to eighteen months in a company apprentice program (Kernel, 2010, p.

Tim was new to the company so he did not have any strong ties with any of the functional or line managers, which would result in his ability to cake fair and unbiased decisions over all levels of staff disciplines. Time’s lack of experience performing as a PM exposed his technical expertise as being inadequate. The three core skills that this paper will examine that were in play for the case study are technical expertise, leadership, and management support. And finally, this paper will make recommendations o both the PM and the company’s senior executives that will be relative to the personal motivation of the staff, resource allocation, and organizational skill to aid in support of Tim becoming a more effect project manager.

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