Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Business Function
Content Evaluation
Business/Marketing Strategy
Input evaluation
Process evaluation
Output evaluation
2. Using ideas presented in this chapter, construct your own evaluation model.
The name of the following evaluation model is Empirical Evaluation Progressions
(EEP). The six components of the model include the following breakdown of
evaluations. Problem Definition Evaluation which aids identifying the need for change.
Research Consistency Evaluation is designed to ensure the research is pertinent to the
problem. Strategic Alternatives Evaluation is an exploration of viable alternatives that
would suffice in solving the problem. Resource Allocation Evaluation is necessary to
ensure allocation of resources follow policy that optimizes the utility of the inputs.
Continual Improvement Evaluation is necessary to assess the commitment to continual
change after the implementation. Finally, Summative Worthiness Evaluation is a retroactive assessment of the attainment of objectives.
What aspects might you need to develop in order to improve your ability as a
project manager?
As a project manager, I need to work more on including the team in early decision
making because I find myself trying to juggle two or three different aspects of the
planning phase such as research and developing a stance on issues. I think that if I
include others at the early stages it would help in developing content and pedagogy that
are aligned with the strategy for managing the project and the efforts of myself and the
learners.
Describe a fictitious situation where you as the project manager employ
communication tactics with a production staff as if they were an APM. What types
of issues arise? How do you then manage the error to get back on track?
I have a competent focus group which is assisting in the construction of a website
that is designed to sell Womens magazines. The collection of employees possesses the
skills to operate independently in some respects but only to collaborate in order to
develop a support system to assist in astronomical/burdensome tasks. A project manager
may need to employ multiple trams for large projects. The manager should be mainly
concerned with motivating, directing and informing the team. Managers are responsible
for ensuring that the team is on the same page as far as process requirements/assignments
and that they have the means and are prepared to collaborate through clear, precise
communication to and among team members ((Reiser and Dempsey, 2012). Thus,
teambuilding comes into play as managers seek to delegate responsibility to the staff and
manage the lines of communication. Consequently, if messages were ambiguous or
experienced some error in transmission/ translation drawbacks the progress of the project
would be in jeopardy. Hence, my main concern would be concise, clear communication
of vision/goals and processes/evaluations to members.
I would also gather feedback and monitor the transcripts between members for
quality assurance/integrity. After I can assess the attributes of each members work
ethics, I would choose one of them to report directly to me and give that one the password
to see all the information. Thus, I would empower them all but give one power over the
others to have a means of controlling activity during day-to-day operations. I believe that
before something is formed it must have a mold and before something breaks it must
crack or split. Then too, a stitch in time saves nine. An Assistant Project Manager
(APM) would be valuable if I can designate one of the members to help organize and
evaluate processes necessary for implementing/controlling the innovative disruption.
Knowledge Management and Learning: Perfect Together
Choose one of the KM myths offered by the author and describe an example where
you have seen this mistake being made. What could have been done differently to
improve the outcome?
Knowledge Management (KM) may be a term that means many things to many
organizations. Some organizations claim the right to withhold information in the name of
knowledge management when actually knowledge management is the sharing of
knowledge in an organized manner with respect to the privacy of trade secrets (Reiser and
Dempsey, 2012). Organizations are ill-advised to think of KM like a glass ceiling
policy which is privy to top level leaders of a school/organization.
From my experience I have worked for a company who withheld the real reason
why lay-offs were necessary without giving the organization a chance to attack the
problem when it was first discovered to be a threat. I think the layoff could have been
Web 2.0 is not necessarily meant to replace the theory of KM but instead advance the
theory to include technology as a means of gathering/sharing valuable information from
members of all levels of the organization/school. .
References
Grethen, A. (2008). Web 2.0 vs. knowledge management. Retrieved from http://humanstrategies.blogspot.com/2008/10/web-20-vs-knowledge-management.html
Payne, D.A. (1994). Lecture two: Evaluation models. Retrieved from
http: www.southalabama.edu/coe/bset/johnson/660lectures/Lect2.doc
Reiser, R. & Dempsey, J. (2012). Trends and issues in instructional design and technology
(3rd ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson