Comments on: Project Management and the Four Cultures

By: Deborah Sanasi

Deborah Sanasi — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:03:08 +0000

“Culture ultimately defines how work is planned, organized and managed – which is why it is such a crucial consideration in any effort to improve enterprise project management.”
From this quote, it really matters to understand different cultures.

Deborah

By: Summer Davis

Summer Davis — Wed, 04 May 2011 12:04:07 +0000

Hi!

You are right when you said that “Discovering the differences will help explain why organizations operate the way they do and, by extrapolation.” As a manager, before implenting anything you should understand the practices and the culture of your organization. That is the only way that you will be able to implement anything that you want. First and foremost, you have to be a good leader and in order to do that, you have to know the characteristics and the capacity of the people working under you! Your Project Management and the Four Cultures approach is something that can be utilized in an organization.

Thank you for this post!

Summer

By: Kaitlin Gullick

Kaitlin Gullick — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 01:48:56 +0000

The titles of each culture could be fit into the four temperaments I used to love to examine as a kid. Rather than trot out the words, I’ll use the recognizable elements. Fire is Control, Collaboration is Water, Competence is Earth, and Cultivating is Air.

A firm will have a recognizable character beyond that, but it is amusing and remarkable that the passage of years does little to change it’s initial temperament.

By: pm-lotus | Making Team Meetings Productive

pm-lotus | Making Team Meetings Productive — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:02:37 +0000

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By: Howard Vaughan

Howard Vaughan — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 05:54:29 +0000

Many thanks for your comments Briony. I agree this is really a fascinating aspect of project management that is generally underplayed or misunderstood – sometimes with dire consequences!

By: Project Management Server

Project Management Server — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:42:56 +0000

This is a really unique and interesting way of looking at project management. Too many people have utterly the wrong approach. Thanks for posting this!

By: pm-lotus | PMO Design Constraints

pm-lotus | PMO Design Constraints — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:21:00 +0000

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By: Carnival of Project Management #31 | A Girl's Guide to Project Management

Carnival of Project Management #31 | A Girl's Guide to Project Management — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:51:18 +0000

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