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Projects, as building blocks in the design and execution of enterprise strategies, can be either external or internal in nature. An external project is one undertaken for, or on behalf of stakeholders who are not part of the enterprise structure, such as design and construction of a bridge, highway, or new product design. In an external project, the customer is located outside the enterprise, such as another company. government, or military organization. An internal project is one to be carried out primarily for the improvement of organizational processes, such as productivity improvements, training initiatives, organizational restructuring, or reengineering. Internal projects usually have an internal customer, such as manufacturing manager who wishes to update manufacturing equipment, build a new plant, or develop enhanced information system capabilities. Companies that are in economic difficulties often undergo downsizing or restructuring. Improvements in organizational processes can be gained from reengineering projects. The development of new award system, flexible work practices, improvement of quality, or flow of the work on production line, can be accomplished by using project teams. Although many of these projects are modest, compared to large projects that are being developed for an outside customer, for the members of the enterprise the internal projects usually indicate that a change in the operating policies is forthcoming. Organizations are basically systems of people using resources to accomplish enterprise mission and purposes. Changing how an organization works is thus fundamentally about changing how people work and relate each other. Organizational development projects are meant to be planned process of change for the people in an organization's culture, often using management principles and behavioral processes. A major reason why some of these changes fail is because the action that is planned and undertaken is not treated as a project and-not managed as a project. Answer the following questions based on your own organization: 1. Identify the internal and external projects that are underway in the organization. 2. Determine the strategic or operational changes that each of the projects will likely impact. 3. Assess the effectiveness with which each project is managed. Are there differences in how such projects being managed? 4. Identify some forthcoming changes likely to impact the organization for which project management concepts and process can be applied. 5. Give thought to what project management principles might be applied in the management of these projects. Projects, as building blocks in the design and execution of enterprise strategies, can be either external or internal in nature. An external project is one undertaken for, or on behalf of stakeholders who are not part of the enterprise structure, such as design and construction of a bridge, highway, or new product design. In an external project, the customer is located outside the enterprise, such as another company. government, or military organization. An internal project is one to be carried out primarily for the improvement of organizational processes, such as productivity improvements, training initiatives, organizational restructuring, or reengineering. Internal projects usually have an internal customer, such as manufacturing manager who wishes to update manufacturing equipment, build a new plant, or develop enhanced information system capabilities. Companies that are in economic difficulties often undergo downsizing or restructuring. Improvements in organizational processes can be gained from reengineering projects. The development of new award system, flexible work practices, improvement of quality, or flow of the work on production line, can be accomplished by using project teams. Although many of these projects are modest, compared to large projects that are being developed for an outside customer, for the members of the enterprise the internal projects usually indicate that a change in the operating policies is forthcoming. Organizations are basically systems of people using resources to accomplish enterprise mission and purposes. Changing how an organization works is thus fundamentally about changing how people work and relate each other. Organizational development projects are meant to be planned process of change for the people in an organization's culture, often using management principles and behavioral processes. A major reason why some of these changes fail is because the action that is planned and undertaken is not treated as a project and-not managed as a project. Answer the following questions based on your own organization: 1. Identify the internal and external projects that are underway in the organization. 2. Determine the strategic or operational changes that each of the projects will likely impact. 3. Assess the effectiveness with which each project is managed. Are there differences in how such projects being managed? 4. Identify some forthcoming changes likely to impact the organization for which project management concepts and process can be applied. 5. Give thought to what project management principles might be applied in the management of these projects.

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