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Project Teams
The team, in this case, is a group of people
from different disciplines, all working
consistently towards the
completion of a major piece of work, co-coordinated by a project manager. Such teams often wield
enormous clout, operating at very complex levels in PERT/ CPM territory.
Many
of you will remember the movie “The Dirty Dozen”, where the Major (Lee Marvin) has to weld a
motley crew of acute psychopaths, no-goods, schizophrenics, deserters
(‘Maggot'-Telly Savalas of KOJAK fame, ‘Posy'-Big Clint Walker, ‘No.9'---Charles
Bronson, ‘Jefferson'---football star Jim Brown, ‘String'-Donald Sutherland,
‘Franco', Trini Lopez [of all people]) and other such assorted gutter-snipe into
a smooth, well-oiled demolition outfit. Marvin succeeds…and how!!
The role of the project co-coordinator, and a
list of the qualities he needs to have, can well be imagined. The main task can be broken into a
series of smaller tasks, each with a co-coordinator, aims, objectives,
time-schedules, all providing a myriad
opportunities to the Chief/ local co-coordinators to develop people by
delegating, stretching, risk-taking, monitoring, follow-up/ feedback and
presentation. The ‘stuck' manager can also be re-vitalized
for the best alternative to promotion: a fresh, challenging assignment/
mentoring younger members.
The most effective way to learn is through real work, and project teams can
be very productive.
QUESTIONS:
1.
When do you think management would like to institute a project team?
Would it be only when there is an actual project?
2. Explain the special features of project teams, their
strengths/ weaknesses and essential functions/spin-offs.
