BUS520 Organization Behavior - Ch2 Assignment

There are some personal strategies in impression management :

a. Name Dropping: Naming people you know who are closed to you to empower you. For an example, you have a meeting with Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, and discussed with him about iphone 4 issue.

b. Dress appropriately. Wear clothes that fit well and are appropriate for each business occasion. Wear clothes that say you are there for business and should be taken seriously. If you wear it to the beach, on a hot date, or to the park - it's not appropriate for business. With that in mind, keep mini skirts, T-shirts with slogans, overalls, low-cut tops, sandals, jean jackets, sneakers, zip-front hooded sweatshirts for your weekend or at-home wardrobe only.

c. Make them believe you are working hard. For an example, leave a period of time from work to do personal things and get back to work late. So they will think you work hard and extend time for your work.

d. Set goals. Where do you want to be in one, three and five years from now? Do you want a promotion? A new job or career? What are you willing to do to achieve them? Write them down and review them periodically to keep on track.

e. Take a good look at yourself or better yet, ask your mentor for feedback. Unfortunately, we never see ourselves as others do. If you are not getting the results you want, ask for feedback from others to better understand what is holding you back.

f. Commit to the change you want to create. To make any change in behavior you must practice the new skill repeatedly for twenty-one days. Set aside time to do this and make it a priority.

g. Keep your body language open. In business, many professionals are not aware of how they are communicating with their body. Fidgeting or not making eye contact, will give you away. Keep a smile on your face and your body language open.

Project Management Homework Ch5 & Ch6

Ch5 Risk Management

According to the class we learned is risk management which means minimize the threats to your project. It also means uncertainty involve in a project. Uncertainty is systematically managed to increase the likelihood of meeting project objectives.

The benefits of risk management in projects are the huge part of it. You might gain a lot of money if you deal with uncertain project events in a proactive manner. The result will minimize the impact of project threats and seize the opportunities that occur. This allows the manager to deliver the project on time, on budget and with the quality results the project sponsor demands. Also the team members of the project will be much happier if they do not enter a "fire fighting" mode needed to repair the failures that could have been prevented.

Ch 6 Work Breakdown Structure (WBS):

Break your project into Manageable units of Work

The WBS is one of the most powerful techniques in Project Management. It is also practical because you can list hundreds of tasks on it and it is far more than can be listed using the graphic approach. Building a WBS help to provide a detailed illustration of project scope, monitor progress, create accurate cost and schedule estimates and build project teams.

There are 3 steps to building a WBS: 1. Begin t the top. 2. Name all the tasks required to produce deliverables. 3. How to organize the WBS means rearrange them in different ways. At the end, make sure the final summarizes are meaningful to the project.