What is project management (PM) and why do organizations use it?

How do you use project management effectively to support the organization? What is the role of leadership in project management at both the project level and the organizational level? What are the advantages and challenges of project management? How can you determine if project management is effective in an organization? Check the PMI website: http://www.pmi.org for additional information on project management. This link is also located under the Live Links button. Why would anyone interested in organizational effectiveness want to conduct an audit? Of what value is an audit? How can PM and audits support CI? Be sure you address all of the questions. If you have experience with project management or audits, please feel free to share that information. Part 2 Reflection (60 words or more) In a short paragraph, highlight what you have learned from the discussion topics this week. This posting is for you to reflect on what you learned during the week from others, from the readings, and from any other sources relevant to the class relative to continuous improvement (not where to see a movie, sports event, share baseball stats or get decorating ideas from side conversations). Your reflection needs to include what you have learned that may be new or different and how this will impact your leadership style going forward – think about what you learned and how you can use this to improve everything/anything. Part 1 Discussion: Getting people engaged and SO WHAT? This last discussion has two parts. First, please read this article (in the TROY library, its under ABI Informs, just type in the title) The Total Quality Journey: By Invitation Only? (Matejka, Brooks & Gates, 1993). This article asks what it takes to get people involved in CI – continuous improvement. Please read the article, then note in a paragraph what you have seen/what you can do in your current situation based on the challenges presented in the article. What can you do go get people interested and involved? The second part is about YOU: SO WHAT? 1) After all you have covered in this class, what difference does this make to you, personally and professionally? Please (specifically) interpret what is now different for you. 2) What was new or surprising? 3) What was most useful? 4) How will you use this information? 5) What difference will YOU make? Remember your APA citations and references