{"id":5161,"date":"2023-02-27T01:04:45","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T01:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ipm101\/?page_id=5161"},"modified":"2023-02-27T01:04:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T01:04:45","slug":"culture-and-project-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ipm101\/learning-pathways\/leading-effective-teams\/culture-and-project-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Culture and project management"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:302px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:Expo-Flags.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/thumb\/b\/b0\/Expo-Flags.jpg\/300px-Expo-Flags.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">Expo flags<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<table class=\"cquote\" style=\"margin:auto; border-collapse: collapse; border: none; background-color: transparent; width: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20\" valign=\"top\" style=\"border:none; color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; padding: 10px 10px;\"> \u201c\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"border: none; padding: 4px 10px;\"> <i>When working with internal and external customers on a project, it is essential to pay close attention to relationships, context, history, and the corporate culture.<\/i>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"border: none; color: #B2B7F2; font-size: 35px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: right; padding: 10px 10px;\"> \u201d\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" class=\"cquotecite\" style=\"border: none; padding-right: 4%\">\n<p style=\"font-size: smaller; text-align: right;\"><cite style=\"font-style: normal;\">\u2014Adrienne Watt, 2015<br \/>Project management<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\">\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"definition\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ipm101\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_define.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Definition<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt>Corporate culture\n<\/dt>\n<dd>Corporate culture refers to the beliefs, attitudes, and values that the organization\u2019s members share and the behaviours consistent with them (which they give rise to) <sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup>.\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"Reading\" class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"reading\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ipm101\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_reading.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Reading<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> Read Chapter 6 in the prescribed textbook (<a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/projectmanagement\/Table-of-contents\/\">Web<\/a> | <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/projectmanagement\/open\/download?filename=Project-Management-1464292370&amp;type=pdf\">PDF<\/a>), (pages 45 &#8211; 47 in the PDF version).\n<ul>\n<li> Corporate culture differentiates organisations from each another, and dictates how members of the organisation will see you and interact with you. Often, projects too have their own ethos, work norms, and social conventions.\n<\/li>\n<li> Think about how corporate culture can impact on a project, and what project managers can do to identify corporate culture. What does this mean for successful project management?\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> <b>WEnote<\/b>: Share an example of corporate culture from your experience, and what this may mean for a project in that organisation. 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