Question

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Projects have a way of providing a “chance for glory” for many individuals. Unfortunately, they quite often give the not-so-creative individual an opportunity to demonstrate his incompetence. Examples would include the designer who always feels that he has a better way of laying out a blueprint, or the individual who intentionally closes a door when asked to open it, or vice versa. How should a project manager handle this situation? Would your answer change if the individual were quite competent but always did the opposite just to show his individuality? Should these individuals be

required to have close supervision? If close supervision is required, should it be the responsibility of the functional manager, the project office, or both?

  

Answer 1

There are various instances when such situations may arise because in an organization where individuals may act otherwise in order to seek attention and therefore they might do various things that is not at all desired and may cause issues as well. I believe that the manager needs to take care of such situations in an organization so that it does not go out of control in an organization because that will make the situation or condition of the project even worse. A project manager should be effective enough in communicating that such situations are not at all required and therefore they should not resort to such actions just to make everyone feel their presence, instead they can do something better for the project which will by default make him get the attention that he desire.