PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS BUSN20019 COURSE COORDINATOR:Olav Muurlink LECTURER AND TUTOR: Nazila Razi PROJECT TOPIC: Impact Of Organisational Culture On Project Performance Submitted by Arbind Yadav S0276076 Sydney campus  Table of Contents Management as Future Profession 2 Formal Education and Training: 2 Social Obligation: 2 Code of Conduct: 2 Special Knowledge: 3 Title 4 Background 4 Definition 4 Justification 4 Aim and objectives/research questions 5 Preliminary critical literature review 5 Organisation of the project 7 Data collection methods 7 Expected outcome 9 References 10   Management as Future Profession In the last few decades, factors like growing extent of the business unit, separation of possession from the management along with growing competition having guide to an augmented demand for efficiently managers who are qualified in nature. Being in line of the future manager it has to be specialized. Management has become a profession where everything needs to be managed in a professional way. There are certain essentialities that need to be kept in mind for involving in the management profession: Formal Education and Training: There are quite a number of universities across the globe for imparting education and training . Many management institutes have been set up for imparting training along with education. A CA cannot by any means audit accounts unless he possess a diploma or degree for the same but no least qualification has ever been approved for the managers by law. MBA can be a parameter but it is not necessary. Social Obligation: Performance has always been considered as a source of livelihood with professionals primarily getting motivated by their desire to serve the society which is something that has driven me to choose that as a profession (Alexander 2013). Being a manager, I would like to be responsible not only to the management but also to the society at large. Code of Conduct: In management, one has to follow the rules and regulations and abide by the code of conduct. A code of conduct is imposed by a representative union for ensuring self-disciplineamong the members. The Australian Management’s prearranged code for managers is what I should be following but any manager violating the rules would not generate any kind of legal action. Special Knowledge: Any profession must be having a systematic body of knowledge that is generally being used for the developmental purpose of professionals (Pollack and Algeo 2015). Future professionals like me should make a premeditated effort in acquiring expertise in the ideology and technique. Future and current managers should exhibit enough fidelity and association for acquiring expertise in the management science. The management profession is changing and along with it the skills of managers. Critical thinking has become an essential part of the management system as future managers like me would need to investigate various situations in determining their strength. Critical thinking helps in solving major issues that exists within an organization. As per Marchant (2013), future managers like me needs to brush up their analytical skills as the value of data has become immense in the present day world. Consumer behavior, the different marketing approaches are all getting highlighted through data that is constantly hitting upon the analytical mind segment of managers. Future managers need to know the ways on looking beyond the segment of data and picking up on trends leading to better efforts in marketing. Another important aspect is having technical skills as technology has continued its advancement in impacting on the accomplishment of marketing. Future marketing managers would need to be familiar with the technological aspects and the ways it can be best delivered to get the maximum output. Title Impact of Organizational culture on project Performance Background Organizational culture does not limit the meaning to the individual culture of the employees who are working, it also mean the culture of the organization as a whole (Duffield and Whitty 2015). The way a company treats the employees, the way the problems of the employees are being listened and the training needs comes under culture. As opined by Dark et al. (2017), once an organization will have positive culture they will gave similar goal and along with individual development, they will think about the success of the project as a whole. Definition As per Anitha and Begum (2016), organizational culture can be defined as the beliefs, values and the shared goals among the employees in an organization. The shared goals and values among the employees hugely influence their behaviour towards the organization and the way the employees will perform their jobs (Karatepe and Shahriari 2014). Justification The success of a professional project lies in the fact whether the people involved in the projects are working together (Considine and Hingley 2013). Cadden, Marshall and Cao (2013) believe that the professional projects cannot be completed just by the contribution of one person but it will be successful for the contribution of a team. It is up to the organizational culture that decides whether the employees are working together for a project (Duffield and Whitty 2015 ). As a result, the research is needed to evaluate the influence of the organizational culture on the success rate of a professional project. Aim and objectives/research questions The main aim of the research is to evaluate the impact of organizational culture on the projects for the professional projects. The main objectives of the research are: • To identify the influence of organizational culture on the success rate of the projects in an organization • To evaluate whether the positive organizational culture influences the behaviour of the individuals who are working in a project • To assess the role of the managers in maintaining a positive organizational culture and their contribution in making a professional project successful The research questions are: • What is the influence of organizational culture on the success rate of the projects in an organization? • Does positive organizational culture have an affect the behaviour of the individuals who are working in a project? • What is the role of the managers in maintaining a positive organizational culture and their contribution in making a professional project successful? Preliminary critical literature review According to a study, the work environment, the leadership qualities and the orientation of the result while a projects is going on helps in understanding the effect of the organizational culture on the performance of the employees in the project (Dark et al. 2017). There are certain factors that help in building a positive environment in the organization. Once the company will be open to new ideas from the employees, they will feel good and will be enthusiastic at work (Anitha and Begum 2016). Once the feedback of the employees will be considered, they will feel valued and will have more interest at work. According to Karatepe and Shahriari (2014), the junior and the senior employees should be able to interact in an open forum so that the challenges and the opportunities could be discussed openly. The leadership qualities also contributed for developing a positive culture in the organization (Considine and Hingley 2013). The leaders help in setting the goals clearly and divide the responsibilities as per the qualities of the members involved in the project. In a competitive market, the members need to take high risk so that they get high returns (Cadden, Marshall and Cao 2013). As a result, the leader will be responsible for taking the proper decisions in the organization and encourage the employees so that they are able to gain the capacity to take proper decisions in the organization (Duffield and Whitty 2015). The leaders should motivate the employees both in an extrinsic manner as well as in an intrinsic manner (Dark et al. 2017). The employees involved in the projects should be given proper incentive as well as recognition so that they are motivated to work properly for the projects (Anitha and Begum 2016). The employees will always be in a pressure to finish the jobs. However, a positive culture will help the employees to understand the procedure to finish the jobs rather than just running behind the goals (Karatepe and Shahriari 2014). A positive culture will be build once the employees will be able to learn the process well rather than just achieving the target (Considine and Hingley 2013). Organisation of the project Two types of data will be collected to carry out the research work (Taylor, Bogdan and DeVault 2015). They are: • Primary data • Secondary data Secondary data will be collected from the online sources and books (Smith 2015). The works of the previous authors who have carried out similar kinds of study will be taken into consideration. The secondary research will be able to give an idea about the expected outcome of the research project (Thomas, Silverman and Nelson 2015). The primary data will be collected from the employees of an organization as well as from the managers of the similar organization (Cohen, Manion and Morrison 2013). Hundred employees will surveyed to get an idea about the effects of the organization culture on their way of work. The managers will be able to throw light on the fact on the way a positive culture is maintained in the organization and the influence of the culture on the professional projects. Data collection methods Qualitative as well as quantitative data collection methods will be used to carry out the project. The feedback of the employees will be collected with the help of quantitative method. The feedback of the managers and the secondary data will be collected with the help of qualitative method. The number of employees will be many and hence, quantitative data will be easier to carry out a statistical analysis of the data (Smith 2015). The managers and the secondary data will be descriptive and hence, qualitative data collection will be helpful for proper analysis of the data (Taylor, Bogdan and DeVault 2015). Gantt Chart: Actions for the research 1st week 2nd week 3rd week 4th+5th week 6th week 7th week Selecting topic for research Retrieving secondary data Research methodology Interview Data analysis Arranging the findings Conclusion Final submission Expected outcome After going through the secondary data, it can be expected that once there will be positive culture prevailing in an organization, the employees will work harder to make the project a success. Once the feedback of the employees and the managers will be taken, it would be helpful in achieving the objectives that have been set for the research project.   References Alexander, K., 2013. Facilities management: theory and practice. Routledge. Anitha, J. and Begum, F.N., 2016. Role of Organisational Culture and Employee Commitment in Employee Retention. 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