White Group Organisation

Our goals

• Understand project management

• Effective communication

• Cooperation

• Avoid stress- Have fun!!!

• Achieve a very good result in this unit

• Good product concept

Our product- Eventus pro

• Printer + Scanner + laptop = Super-multifunctional machine!!!

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Why Eventus pro?

• Reduction in time consumption

• Self dependent, portable!

• No more frustration!

• No last minute hassle!

• A much awaited technological development

A team effort

• Core concepts identified-

• External environment

• Structure

• Strategy

• Culture

• Team Development & Diversity

• Inter relation of these concepts

External Environment factors

• Potential factors outside the organisation’s boundaries having an impact on the organisation ( Samson & Daft, 2009)

• Unexpected

• Challenging

• Uncertainty

Factors affecting product

• Competitors- Dell, Toshiba, Hewlett Packard, Samsung, patent rights?

• Consumers- University students? Business people?

• Technology- Convergence, compact- all in one, possible?

• Socio-cultural- Lifestyle, trend-setting, socio-status

• Economic- Production cost, affordability

• Sustainable?

Strategy

• A plan of action to deal with the environment to attain goals

• Eventus pro- Competitive strategy,

Differentiation- stand out!

• SWOT analysis- Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats of the product

External environment for the team • Economic - Transportation cost,

Unit text cost

• Resources –Unit outline, tutor, lectures, team member’s knowledge

• Technology- Online communication, Google,

• Sociocultural – Multiculturalism, living in different places, timetable schedules, expectations

• Competitors - BLACK group!!!

Strategy for the team

• Planning weekly tasks and goals ahead!

• Online communication made easy!

• Divide tasks according to individual capabilities

• Individual participation- equal contribution-better results!

• Defining and implementing key concepts of management

• Group meetings and collaboration

• Achievement strategy

External Environment + Strategy

• Requirements from this unit plan weekly tasks

• Resources Defining and implementation concepts.

• Schedules Group meetings, online communication

• Technology could be a problem sometimes

• Transportation issues Group meeting times

Structure

A framework in which the organisation defines how tasks are divided, resources are deployed and departments are coordinated ( Samson & Daft, 2009)

Work specialisation • Organisational tasks subdivided Individual tasks

• Defining values, concepts- Michael, Lalita,

• Analysis of concepts-

• Powerpoint-

• Product brainstorm + idea -

• Idea evaluation-

• Online group forum coordination-

Our team structure

• Everyone has an equal contribution

• Wide span of control Flat structure

• Few hierarchical levels

• Decentralised- • authority dispersed,

• relieve burden,

• rapid response to external changes,

• flexibility, democratic,

• greater use of individual capabilities

Departmentalisation

• The basis on which individuals are grouped into departments and departments into total organisation ( Samson & Daft, 2009)

• Team based approach Horizontal + cross functional

• Advantages- • No barriers across departments

• Know one another’s problems

• Quick adaptation to changes and challenges

• Responsibility and authority widely spread

• Morale boost

• Increased communication and coordination

Structure + Strategy

• Group meetings, coordination, online communication

Cross functional team

• Individual skills/capabilities Decentralised +

Work specialisation

= confidence boost

and BETTER results!!

ACHIEVEMENT STRATEGY

Structure + Environment

• Flat structure + cross functional team greater

adaptability to

change

• Sociocultural differences = rich resources = equal authority

Decentralised, no barriers, counterbalance qualities

• Increased online communication economic and time

constraints + technology

advantage

Culture