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This 5 page paper discusses a plan for a private company to establish a tutoring program for a neighboring school. The essay begins with a short justification for developing such a project. The essay then identifies the members of the project planning team (by department) and why each has been selected. The writer justifies the cross-functional nature of the team and the team's awareness of why projects fail so often. The essay does not present a tutoring plan, only the team and the justification for the team. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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File: MM12_PGturpj.rtf
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too many children are failing. The program will use our facilities. Shaul (2000) reported that many schools-community initiatives are being established. The goals of these kinds of initiatives are: to
keep students in school; to help them achieve academically; to help them achieve socially and to become health adult members of the community. Typically, the programs employ three primary kinds
of strategies either separately or in conjunction with each other: 1.) developing innovative and nontraditional approaches to academic study; 2.) creating links to future opportunities; and 3.) blending community services,
such as health, social services and recreation into the school environment (Shaul, 2000, p. 4). Our primary purpose is aligned with the first strategy: to offer innovative and nontraditional approaches
to improving math and reading. We expect a secondary outcome will be social and psychological, that is building confidence and self-esteem in students who are below grade level in reading
and math. Project Team A multifunctional or cross-functional project team has been established. The team will be comprised of personnel from human
resources, information technology, marketing, and procurement. Gautschi asserted that of the team models the one that was the most successful was the cross-functional, integrated, self-managed project team which: 1. Maximizes
individual contributions to the group (Gautschi, 1998; p. 232). 2. Achieves better commitment (Gautschi, 1998; p. 232). 3. Improves the participants preparation for greater responsibility (Gautschi, 1998; p. 232).
4. Enhances morale (Gautschi, 1998; p. 232). 5. Assures that better decisions are made, because the team members identify closely with the end product (Gautschi, 1998; p. 232).
Thomas argued that: "One of the key reasons for the high failure rates [of projects] is not necessarily the difficulty of the project itself, but the project managers hasty selection
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