Download Project Management: Terms, Concepts, and Motivation Theories and more Quizzes Project Management in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 What is Project HRM? DEFINITION 1 Making the most effective use of the people involved with a project.Processes include: HR planning: ID and documenting project roles, responsibilities, and reporting relationships Acquiring the project team: getting the needed personnel assigned to and working on the project Developing the project team: building individual and group skills to enhance project performance Managing the project team: tracking team member performance, motivating team members, providing timely feedback, resolving issues and conflicts, coordinating changes to help enhance performance TERM 2 Organizational Planning DEFINITION 2 Involves ID, documenting, and assigning project roles, responsibilities, and reporting relationshipsOutputs and processes include:- project organizational chart- responsibility matrix- resource histogram TERM 3 Resource Leveling DEFINITION 3 Examining a project for an unbalanced use of resources (eg. people) over time, and resolving over-allocations or conflictsPurpose is to create a smoother distribution of resource usage and reduce over-allocation* May result in resolving resource conflicts by delaying tasks or adding resources TERM 4 Resource Histogram DEFINITION 4 A column chart that shows the number of resources required for or assigned to a project over time TERM 5 Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Motivation DEFINITION 5 Extrinsic: behaviour that is driven by external rewards like money, praise, or grades.Drawbacks: when you withdraw the reward, the motivation disappears you get diminishing returns - reward stays at same level, motivation drops off hurts intrinsic - removes their innate desire to do it on their own Intrinsic: behaviour driver by internal rewards; satisfying TERM 6 Maslow's Hierarchy DEFINITION 6 5. Self-Actualization - be and do what you were born to do5. Esteem - need a stable, firmly based, high level of self respect3. Social - love, affection, belongingness2. Safety - need for security1. Physiological - food, water, oxygen TERM 7 Herzberg Worker Motivation DEFINITION 7 Motivational factors: achievement, recognition, the work itself, responsibility, advancement and growth, which product job satisfactionHygiene factors: cause dissatisfaction if not present, but do not motivate workers to do more. Ex - larger salaries, more supervision, more attractive work environment TERM 8 McGregor's Theories DEFINITION 8 Theory X:assumes workers dislike and avoid work, so managers must use coercion, threats, and various control schemes to get workers to meet objectivesTheory Y: assumes individuals consider work as natural or play or rest and enjoy the satisfaction of esteem and self-actualization TERM 9 McClelland's Acquired-Needs Theory DEFINITION 9 Achievement (nAch): people with a higher need for achievement like challenging projects w/ goals and lots of feedbackAffiliation (nAff): people w/ high need for affiliation desire harmonious relationships and need to feel accepted by othersPower (nPow): people w/ a need for power desire either personal power (not good) or institutional power (good for org). Provide institutional power seekers with mgmt opportunities TERM 10 Types of Power DEFINITION 10 Coercive: Punishment, threats Legitimate: Authority-based Expert: Knowing your stuff Reward: Incentives Referent: Personal charisma
