PROJ6006: Power Dynamics & Global Teams in Project Management

This document presents a discussion on power dynamics within project management, referencing the Blue Spider Project case study and Shenoy's five types of power (Legitimate, Reward, Expert, Referent, and Punishment). It explores how these power dynamics influence project outcomes and team development. Additionally, it addresses the advantages and challenges of global teams in project management, including issues related to communication, culture, and coordination. The discussion emphasizes strategies for minimizing these challenges, such as establishing effective communication channels, understanding team member skills, and proactively managing risks. The document concludes by highlighting the importance of effective communication and risk prediction in ensuring project success. Desklib provides access to similar solved assignments and study resources for students.

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Contents
Discussion Topic 1..........................................................................................................................3
Discussion Topic 2..........................................................................................................................4
References........................................................................................................................................5
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Discussion Topic 1
The power of anything comes basically from the ability to reward another person. In the case
study of The Blue Spider Project Shenoy defined 5 types of the power including Legitimate,
Reward, Expert, Referent and Punishment. These all kind of powers can easily be seen in the
case study in various characters.
The legitimate and also the reward power used by Henry who is the Director of Engineering as
he offered the power to Gary and also gave the reward as he transferred the thing that he desires.
The referent power can be seen in character of Gary as he was accountable for the work which
has given to him by Henry. When it comes to the coercive power it has been seen when Gary
demanded some kind of contract from Henry. The character of Gary defines the expert power as
he was having a deep knowledge about R&D (Research & Development) and he has been forced
to work with the administration department. The project manager can easily use these kinds of
power by giving the team members responsibility for improving the project success.
As per the case study ability of the influencing can helps in doing the people development, helps
in accelerating results and also helps in maintaining the better working environment.
Influence is basically the capacity of affecting all the outcomes of the particular results.
Influencing and manipulation are both different terms as influencing helps in working based on
the own information whereas manipulation involves working with the given certain information
due to the fear (Karlsen et al., 2020, p.247).
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Discussion Topic 2
There are many of the advantages of groups or teams working around the globe such as
productivity, creativity, help in solving the problems, helps in maintaining the strong
communication, helps in understanding all the cultures, learning quickly and also the future
employment. These advantages can help the project in taking the opportunities and also in
growing.
The challenges which has been faced by the project managers in terms of the case study involves
the corporate problems, problems in culture of team members, coordination among different
team members, ensuring risk factors, communication issues and also in managing the
expectations. These challenges can affect the overall position of the team as well as the team
members which directly affect the growth of the company or the project.
The challenges can easily be minimized by following the various steps by making the focus
strategy, understanding skills, responsibilities and accountability, managing and identifying the
risk factors, establishing effective communication and managing the expectations. The project
managers and team members mainly focuses on the strategies which has been developed for
achieving all the goals of the company.
Strategies which have been maintained for the success of the project should be developed
effectively so that it can help in accomplishing the objectives as well as individual. The
communication within the team members plays a vital role because it can affect the project
values. The risk prediction should be done in the entail stage because it helps in project
completion (Groves, 2019, p.193).
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References
Groves, C. (2019). The power of partnerships. Reference Services Review, 47(2), 193–202.
https://doi.org/10.1108/RSR-02-2019-0010
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Karlsen, J. T., & Berg, M. E. (2020). A study of the influence of project managers’ signature
strengths on project team resilience. Team Performance Management: An International Journal,
26(3-4), 247–262. https://doi.org/10.1108/TPM-12-2018-0081 https://www-emerald-
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