EWS Case Study: Project Team Management and Motivation Strategies

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Organisational Behaviour and People Management
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Contents
Question 1........................................................................................................................................3
Question 2........................................................................................................................................5
Question 3........................................................................................................................................6
Question 4........................................................................................................................................7
Question 5........................................................................................................................................9
Question 6......................................................................................................................................10
Question 7......................................................................................................................................11
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Question 1
When managing the project team, it is necessary to understand the goals of the project. In this
module, the Ecological Wastewater Solution (EWS) leadership team examines the various need
to accomplish the goal of the company and according to that create an appropriate project team.
EWS developed many plans in order to support project teams (Blaskovics, 2016). These plans
are as follows:
 EWS has developed a draft organizational chart in order to assign the role to the
individuals so that everyone knows their responsibility in the team and work according to
that without facing any further problem.
 EWS has developed a staff recruiting plan so that they can use new strategies and
innovative approaches in order to hire new skilled people for the project team
 EWS has developed a team building plan so they can use new strategies in order to build
a team which will work together and helps the company in achieving the goals.
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 EWS has developed a management plan in order to manage the project team using new
strategies and approaches.
 EWS have developed a proper communication plan so that they can communicate with
their project team.
 EWS has developed a performance plan in order to improve the performance of the
project team.
EWS leadership style has been preferred over any other style because EWS have developed so
many plans in order to support the project team and also they have examined the work of other
associations in the same project in order to find out the risks (Hoch and Dulebohn, 2013). EWS
evaluate the various components and determine that social sites will be helpful in marketing their
project across the world.
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Question 2
There are various tools and techniques which can be used in order to influence the project team,
these tools are as follows:
 Proper communication- EWS have developed a communication plan so that they can
have proper communication with their project team. Proper communication with the
project team will help the team member in enhancing their performance. This technique
will motivate the team member to accomplish the goals of the company. With the help of
proper communication, team members will be able to communicate with each other and
which will make them more comfortable in the team (Milosevic and Martinelli, 2016).
This will help the team member in coordinating with each other properly and they will
get to know their role and responsibilities in the team. By having proper communication
with the team leaders, team members will be able to determine the objectives of the
company. This will make them more inspire towards their work and it will enhance their
performance.
 Employee Satisfaction- In every project, employee satisfaction is an important aspect of
the project. Employee satisfaction plays an important role in achieving the goals of the
company. If the needs of the employees are fulfilling by the team leaders then it will
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influence the employees more. As a result, they will do more hard work towards the goals
of the company which will improve their performance in the company.
 Employee feedback- This is also a better technique in order to influence the project
team, as with the help of this tool, employees will able to give their feedback about the
resources of the company. It is important for the EWS team to ensure that every
employee will give their feedback about the resources. This will help the team in
inspiring the team members towards their work.
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Question 3
Communication always plays an important role in accomplishing the goals of the company.
Proper communication is the key to the success of every project. Team leaders can communicate
with their member outside the project group as well in order to examine every individual
carefully. This can be done by conducting team meetings and activities. This will help the team
members in communicating with their team leader and they can share their views, new strategies,
innovative approaches, and other ideas to the team leaders (Davis, 2014). This will create a
healthy working environment in the company and employees feel more comfortable in this
environment. This will influence the team members more towards their work and the team
members can share their problems if they are facing any to the team leaders. Proper
communication with the employees help the company in expanding their business globally and
this will allow them to recruit new skill individuals from around the world
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Question 4
Five types of power which can be applied in order to motivate employees more towards their
work are as follows:
 Reward power- This power is all about rewarding the employees for their performance
in the company. Due to which employees get more focus towards their work and it will
inspire them to do more hard work. Rewarding the employees for their better
performance is always an important aspect of motivating the employees more towards
their work (Park and Lee, 2014). If any employee receiving rewards for their
performance then the employee will be more focus towards their work in order to get
more rewards from the company.
 Referent power- This power is all about appreciating the efforts of the employees to the
head or CEO of the company. If any employee gets to know that their work is getting
appreciation and the CEO of the company is appreciating their hard work then it
motivates them to do more hard work in order to enhance their performance.
 Guilt-Based Power- In this power, the head of the company will make you realize that
you are not doing the appropriate work and make you feel guilty in front of other
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members. Head of the team will appreciate the work of other members and criticize your
work. This will motivate you to improve your performance in order to get appreciation
from the head of the company
 Punishment Power- This power is all about reminding the consequences of the bad
performance to the employees. This power is also known as Coercive power and the main
objective of this power is obedience. Punishing the employees for their bad performance
will influence the employees more towards their work and they will improve their
performance in order to avoid punishments.
 Persuasive Power- This power is all about encouraging the employees towards their
work. In this power, project manager convinces the employees that this is the work
employees can do the best. This will motivate employees towards their work more.
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Question 5
A self-managed team is a group of employees who are not in the supervision of any manager.
They are the one who decided their plans, work, and day-to-day activities, also known as a self-
directed team (Stettina and Hörz, 2015). Methods used to develop a self-managed team for agile
projects are as follows:
 Self-driven people- Developing a self-managed team for the agile projects require self-
driven people in order to accomplish a successful self-managed team, Self-driven people
are the ones who know their responsibilities very well and work according to the needs of
the team.
 Trustworthy honesty and humility- Before developing a self-managed team, it is
necessary for the employees to trust each other. Trust is an important aspect of the self-
managed team. Without trust, honesty, and humility it is difficult to develop a self-
managed team.
 Support decisions of employees- In order to achieve success, it is necessary for the
project manager to support the decisions of the self-managed team. This will help the
self-managed team to perform better in the agile projects.
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Question 6
There are many reasons for selecting these approaches as EWS has expanded its business
globally in order to overcome the wastewater problems. For the safety of the environment and
employees, EWS has the plan to use alternative fuels and procedure in transporting so that it will
not affect the environment. This approach of EWS not only beneficial for the environment but it
also shows that EWS do not want to harm the environment in order to expand their business
globally. Another great approach of EWS is that they examine other organizations similar
projects in order to determine the risks in the project (Opie, 2019). This is a great approach in
order to avoid loss of incomes during the project. EWS has found out various risks which can
occur in the project and they are working on their project in order to avoid those risks
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