Understanding of Business Management Functions and Relevant Tools

Project Planning Report

Table of Contents
Overview.....................................................................................................................................1
Understanding of business management functions relevant tools..............................................1
Personal reflection that shows development of key skills.........................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

Overview
The current study provide the reflective statement by using Kolb's Learning cycle in
which researcher demonstrate the skills which had developed during the project task. Further,
study also describe the understanding of business management functions and relevant tools
which are use in the practice week activity.
Understanding of business management functions relevant tools
There are different business management function relevant tools which are used by the
project manager in order to manage the project in better manner. These management tools are
specifically designed in order to complete the task as per the deadline and that is why, project
manager also uses some of the tools (Tappura, Teperi and Kivistö-Rahnasto, 2017). Such that
for the project task activity, there are specific tools used that helps to deliver the project in
successful manner. These are as mention below:
Strategic planning:It is the process of defining the strategy, and provide direction that
helps to make decision while allocating the resources. In the same way, for the current task,
project manager also uses this tool in order to manage the resources. Further, in this task, project
manager also extend the control mechanism for guiding the implementation of a strategy in
better manner. Further, in order to implement the proposal for a trade show, project manager
uses specific strategy that helps to meet the defined goals and targets. Moreover, this business
management tool is specifically designed in order to manage the work or project because it
includes the process of formulation and implementation that involves all the stakeholder to take
participate and complete the define aim of a project.
Moreover, using this techniques project manager can make effective planning that will
assist to accomplish the define aim and objectives (Dijkman, Lammers and De Jong, 2016).
Such that before implementing a plan, project manager should make strategic planning so that it
will assist to complete the task step by step and this in turn helps to deliver the project efficiently
with defined deadline.
Project Management software: Another tool or a software which is also used by the
project manager in order to deliver the project in better manner. Microsoft project is specifically
designed in order to assist project manager in order to developing a schedule , assigning
resources and track the progress. Thus, through this tool, project manager present Gantt chart
which helps to determine the specific dates and times of each task which is follow by the project
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