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Question 1: Recommend three specific actions a project manager should take to ensure the highest level of productivity in a culturally diverse project team. Why should project managers concern themselves with the diversity issue?

Question 2: What are some ways a manager might take a group, which has already been working together with moderate success, and turn that group into a highly productive team? Be as creative as possible with your suggested actions.

Question 3: Compare and contrast the different kinds of charts from which a project manager can choose? What are the benefits and the limitations of each? Describe a project in which you might choose to utilize one of these tools and explain how it could be

Question 4: As a project manager within an organization, describe how you would begin and implement the goal-setting process. In your response, address the following questions. What is the difference between doing things right and doing the right thing? Why is it critical that goals be measurable? State the three critical dimensions of project goals.

Question 5: Of the two main resources (human and capital), which is probably the most challenging to manage? Why? Explain the positives and negatives associated with utilizing independent contractors for your projects.

Question 6: Define critical path and list its most important characteristics. Discuss the importance of identifying the critical path of a project plan. Describe two of the methods used to identify it and explain why you would choose one method over the other. Support your decision with reasons from the text.

Question 7: Your manager needs your assistance on a major project. He is worried that he will lose control of the project if it is not tightly managed. He has asked you to set up a plan to keep him up-to-date on the status of the project. Based on what you have learned, how would you proceed? What tools would you use? Briefly describe a time when you or a colleague were in this position and it was handled successfully.

Question 8: Is it necessary for all team members to have good problem solving skills? Why or why not? What would you do with an employee who was committed to action, but had poor analysis skills?