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Organizational Project Management

   

Added on  2020-10-23

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Managing projects in theorganisation

Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................1MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................11) Access the usefulness of project management tools and techniques to handle the projects atthe workplace...............................................................................................................................12) Preparation of plan for implementation of project and communicating it with colleagues andStakeholders.................................................................................................................................63. Critical evaluation as the ability to manage a project, evaluating one's strength andweaknesses and a self-development plan that will improve in managing projects...................13CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................16REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................17

INTRODUCTIONA proper management of the business project is very deep and important for a businessorganisation. Effective handling of an organisational project will support proper assessment ofvarious functions which help in proper assessment of tools and techniques supporting in gaininggood idea related to it in much suitable way. The Marks and Spencer will see through suitablehandling of certain projects within an organisation that can be improved to a good level ofbusiness operations and activities and thus will lead the firm to have a good productivity.Thepresent report will analyse the effectiveness of Marks and Spencer to enhance the functionalityand retail activities.It is a UK based retail enterprise, working all around the world. The project management will enhance the overall assessment of action plans andoperations which are being taken by an organisation. Besides this, a proper project managementplan is been discussed and developed that the chances of implementation of appropriatecomplexity within a organisation. Other than this, it will help in assessing the ability of a firm orenterprise to evaluate ability to manage a project successfully.MAIN BODY1) Access the usefulness of project management tools and techniques to handle the projects at theworkplaceAn effective and suitable project management tool is used to take in care the successfulmanagement and handling of projects that will help in suitable management of retail operationswhich will increase the quality of retail activities and operations in much suitable way. It helps inimproving overall implementation of operations of Marks and Spencer and thus will leadorganisation to improve quality of business activities and thus will improve quality of outputsand services which are chosen for proper and effective assessment of scope of growth factorsthat are been carried out within an organisation (Akbar and Mandurah, 2014). Need of sustainable development in M&SMarks and Spencer is one of the major and well known organisation that is beenoperating all around the world. But in the recent time, the firm has seen tremendous increase incompetition that has caused a reduced development of organisation which will improve theoverall performance of business operations in much effective way (Olins, 2017). Thus, themanagement of organisation to look after the effective management activities in much suitableway. The projects that will be undertaken by the organisation is required to be executed precisely1

and successfully for having sustainability and good development. The projects are been plannedand effectively carried out in much suitable way that improves the quality of operations guidingMarks and Spencer to maintain a good revenue generation and profitability.Proper assessmentand planning is been done in order to enhance effectiveness of services and hence, help theorganisation to operate effectively.Project sponsors and Stakeholders:A project within an organisation is looked after by the project sponsors or stakeholders.They are the people who would see through the effective handling of retail functions andactivities with more efficiency and effectiveness (Naoum and Egbu, 2015.). A sponsor orstakeholder is a person who has some sort of interest within functioning of an organisation likeMarks and Spencer. Sponsors are the people who will look after proper financial supporting ofoperations in order to get promoted while stakeholders have certain share in the enterprise and eta part from revenue. They will provide the important resources and facilities that will assistMarks and Spencer to execute the project activities within the organisation. It assists a firm toimprove effectiveness of retail entity and hence, increase effectiveness of project. Benefits of Project management:There are various benefits of project management that improves the quality of projectsand operations in much suitable and effective way. Some major benefits of project managementis:It increases the operational effectiveness of the organisation to carry out and implementvarious project management tools and techniques and improve the efficiency oforganisation to a greater extent.This will help in improving the scope of an organisation to a greater level and help inenhancing the overall operations and improving the quality of products and servicesprovided by the firm to a greater extent. M&S will see through the proper management ofbusiness operations and activities that will increase in effectiveness and feasibility ofretail functions of Marks and Spencer and thus, will be proved out to be beneficial for thefirm.Characteristics of project manager2

The characteristics related to project managers assist in improving the effectiveness ofdata and information which is gathered to a greater level. These will enhance the overallperformance which enhance overall performance of a retail functions like Marks and Spencerwhich will improve quality of activities and thus, help in handling of operations in much suitableway (Ziek and Anderson, 2015). The qualities like proper time and resource management,leadership, communication skills and encouragement will lead the organisation to perform theiroperations in effective manner. This will assist organisation to have a good management of retailoperations that are been taken within the firm. Project communicationApart from this, effective project communication measures chosen by Marks and Spencerto improve quality of business activities and proper assessment of the project which help the firmto improve quality of project management functions.Project management tools and techniquesThe suitable assessment of various project management tools and techniques willimprove the quality of functions, increasing quality of operations in effective manner. Itimproves effectiveness of projects and operations taken in consideration by organisation toincrease their market efficiency.Some major project management tools and techniques that assist selected firm to carryout its operations are:Gannt Chart: It is one of the major and most used project management tool that willhelp the firm to carry out effective and suitable business environment. It is a sequentialassessment of the functions and activities which are carried out at a business organisation.This supports a good handling of retail activities of the organisation to improve overallperformance in much suitable way (Fernandes, Ward and Araújo, 2015). Besides this, ithelps to identify the interdependence of various activities or operations that are beenfollowed to carry out the implementation of a project in much suitable way. The Ganntchart assists and enterprise to have an effective time and other resource development planthat increase overall operation of Marks and Spencer to improve performance of selectedorganisation and to enhance the quality of operations. It helps firm to sequentially carryout the project activities in much suitable way. This will improve the quality ofoperations and action plans that are been carried out within organisation are been3

analysed. Besides this, it will provide details regarding the starting and ending time of aproject activity, improving its effectiveness. This is one of the biggest tool to carry outthe business operations and activities effectively. It helps management of an organisationto set appropriate milestones, to make the plans and business activities accordingly. Thisassists M&S to carry out proper management of retail operations and activities andsupports a sequential planning of various operations related to operation's.4

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