Project Leadership Roles at Trihealth

Case 2- Project Leadership Roles at TriHealth

HRM517-Strayer University

Dr. Jeffery Weaver

July 19th 2015

Project Leadership Roles at TriHealth

Introduction

     TriHealth manages other facilities such as hospitals and other health organization.  TriHealth manages such places as nursing homes and physical fitness facilities. In recent years the company has grown in size and complexity so the leadership decided it was necessary to define some of the roles of the project teams within the company.  The roles that needed to be defined are the project leader, performance improvement consultant, executive sponsor, core team members and subject matters experts.  In this paper I will identify the common roles in a human resource project and then analyze these roles to typical human resource functions.  I will then reorganize two roles at TriHealth that will result in a shared responsibility.  I will state why I reorganized the roles.  I will then suggest long and short term effects that the shared roles will have among the employees.  As with growth there may be a need for additional employees.  With that in mind I will analyze any new roles needed at TriHealth and propose a new role and the impact it will have on the company.

Identify the common roles in a human resource project. Analyze the roles to a typical human resource function

     The size of the project is a determining factor when deciding how the people implementing the project are organized.  If the project is small very little organization will be needed.  On the other hand, if the project is large then more people are necessary to complete the project.  Many companies will reach their strategic goals with the implementation of a new project.  The projects are completed with people functioning in different roles.  The roles are categorized in three levels; executive, managerial and associate.  

     The executive level consists of the steering team, sponsor and chief projects officer.  The steering team represents the major functions of the organization and sets the priorities of the project.  The sponsor is the financial resource for the project.  The sponsor will have a major interest in the outcome of the project.  The chief project officer is responsible for the people who will work on the project.  

     The managerial level is the second level.  This level is comprised of the project manger, functional manger facilitator and the customer. The project manger leads the planning, executing and closing of the project.  The project manager usually spends the most time on the project.   It is usually the functional manger that w ill decided who will work on the project. The facilitator is the person who has the least amount of interest in the project but is there to focus in the meeting and the workers on the project.  Th3e customer has three functions; prioritizing the projects needs.  Selecting the contractor and stopping the project when necessary.