white group organisation project
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White Group Organisation
Our goals
• Understand project management
• Effective communication
• Cooperation
• Avoid stress- Have fun!!!
• Achieve a very good result in this unit
• Good product concept
Our product- Eventus pro
• Printer + Scanner + laptop = Super-multifunctional machine!!!
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Why Eventus pro?
• Reduction in time consumption
• Self dependent, portable!
• No more frustration!
• No last minute hassle!
• A much awaited technological development
A team effort
• Core concepts identified-
• External environment
• Structure
• Strategy
• Culture
• Team Development & Diversity
• Inter relation of these concepts
External Environment factors
• Potential factors outside the organisation’s boundaries having an impact on the organisation ( Samson & Daft, 2009)
• Unexpected
• Challenging
• Uncertainty
Factors affecting product
• Competitors- Dell, Toshiba, Hewlett Packard, Samsung, patent rights?
• Consumers- University students? Business people?
• Technology- Convergence, compact- all in one, possible?
• Socio-cultural- Lifestyle, trend-setting, socio-status
• Economic- Production cost, affordability
• Sustainable?
Strategy
• A plan of action to deal with the environment to attain goals
• Eventus pro- Competitive strategy,
Differentiation- stand out!
• SWOT analysis- Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats of the product
External environment for the team • Economic - Transportation cost,
Unit text cost
• Resources –Unit outline, tutor, lectures, team member’s knowledge
• Technology- Online communication, Google,
• Sociocultural – Multiculturalism, living in different places, timetable schedules, expectations
• Competitors - BLACK group!!!
Strategy for the team
• Planning weekly tasks and goals ahead!
• Online communication made easy!
• Divide tasks according to individual capabilities
• Individual participation- equal contribution-better results!
• Defining and implementing key concepts of management
• Group meetings and collaboration
• Achievement strategy
External Environment + Strategy
• Requirements from this unit plan weekly tasks
• Resources Defining and implementation concepts.
• Schedules Group meetings, online communication
• Technology could be a problem sometimes
• Transportation issues Group meeting times
Structure
A framework in which the organisation defines how tasks are divided, resources are deployed and departments are coordinated ( Samson & Daft, 2009)
Work specialisation • Organisational tasks subdivided Individual tasks
• Defining values, concepts- Michael, Lalita,
• Analysis of concepts-
• Powerpoint-
• Product brainstorm + idea -
• Idea evaluation-
• Online group forum coordination-
Our team structure
• Everyone has an equal contribution
• Wide span of control Flat structure
• Few hierarchical levels
• Decentralised- • authority dispersed,
• relieve burden,
• rapid response to external changes,
• flexibility, democratic,
• greater use of individual capabilities
Departmentalisation
• The basis on which individuals are grouped into departments and departments into total organisation ( Samson & Daft, 2009)
• Team based approach Horizontal + cross functional
• Advantages- • No barriers across departments
• Know one another’s problems
• Quick adaptation to changes and challenges
• Responsibility and authority widely spread
• Morale boost
• Increased communication and coordination
Structure + Strategy
• Group meetings, coordination, online communication
Cross functional team
• Individual skills/capabilities Decentralised +
Work specialisation
= confidence boost
and BETTER results!!
ACHIEVEMENT STRATEGY
Structure + Environment
• Flat structure + cross functional team greater
adaptability to
change
• Sociocultural differences = rich resources = equal authority
Decentralised, no barriers, counterbalance qualities
• Increased online communication economic and time
constraints + technology
advantage
Culture