Project and Team Leadership

Project and Team Leadership

BY: Karen Smith

Professor David Fountaine

March 11, 2012

HRM/517

Project and Team Leadership

Memo

To: ABC Team Members for Compensation / Benefits Project

From: Director of Human Resources

Date: 4/29/2012

Re: Concerns about the budget depletion with the revamp Compensation/Benefits package.

Going through the budget track log, there are concerns with the budget depleting quicker than expected with the Compensation and Benefits package project. This issue is related to specific target dates that have not been met.

In seeking a resolution to this problem, I am calling for an immediate meeting to be held this afternoon in Conference room C. This meeting will address the budget woes and ways to improve the situation. I would like to for each team member to analyze where he or she is with the project and to determine if you are on schedule. This is the only way I see fit to get this project from over budgeting itself. It is very important that each member utilize his or her time and meeting the company goals and standards. Addressing this situation will possibly prevent the budget from over tracking with eliminating or truncated some items.

We share a collective responsibility to ensure that ABC Security employees are provided with the best packages as possible for long term care. The revised Compensation and Benefits package will reduce the turnover rate and gain new employees to our organization. So please note that what we are doing is beneficial to our staff and employees.

Suggest two ways to improve an underperforming team member.

Working on projects can cause team members to become discourage and stressed out. With the revamp of the Compensation and Benefits package, one of the key team members is consistently late with deadlines. Not sticking to the set schedule can cause the project to not finish on time and cause...