Project Leadership and Roles at Trihealth

Project Leadership Roles at TriHealth 1

Project Leadership Roles at TriHealth

Strayer University

Human Resource Project Management

Dr. Stephen Castellese

July 28, 2013

Project Leadership Roles at TriHealth 2

Identify the common roles in a human resource project.   Then, analyze these roles to typical human resource functions.

Human resource projects are very important and many organizations analyze their strengths,

weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to meet strategic goals. Common roles are project

sponsors, project managers, and core team members and these shared positions are identified and

required to meet the needs of a human resource projects. These roles are different functions that

work together to achieve a successful project.

According to Dineshbaki.com, typical human resource functions include manpower planning;

this involves the planning for the future and finding out how many employees will be needed in

the future by the business and what types of skills should they possess. In addition, job analysis

and job description, determining wages and salaries, recruitment and selection, training and

development, employee welfare and motivation, implementing organizational policies, and

performance appraisals.

According to Kloppenborg et al, a sponsor is an individual or group that provides financial

assistance for the project and has a significant stake in the outcome of the project. A sponsor can

sometimes perform various tasks in regards to the project, whether behind the scenes or in the

public eye. The sponsor is involved in the project from start to finish. The sponsor for example,

can align the project and mentor the project manager; start stakeholder...