ANSWER: NR631 Week 5: Collaboration Café: Communication in Project Management

COURSE  

NR631 Nurse Executive Concluding Graduate Experience I

Collaboration Café

As you have learned in every course leading up to the CGE, communication is a critical aspect of effective leadership. Communication is also a critical component of leading organizational change and ensuring the success of your project. This week’s collaboration café will have two parts:

Part 1: Based on the assigned reading from the text, discuss the importance of effective communication as applied to your project. Discuss how a formal, written communication plan is important to the success of your project.

Part 2: Think about all the stakeholders and colleagues that must be kept up to date on the status of your project. The recipient of your communication may be upstream (higher on the organizational chart), lateral (an equal organizationally), or downstream (i.e., end user) in relation to the project. A student in a prior CGE course compared communication in project management to the five rights of medication administration:

  • the right person
  • the right information
  • (via) the right route
  • (at) the right time
  • (in) the right dose

Identify two people, at two different levels (upstream, lateral, downstream) that you need to communicate with for your project and compare/contrast your communication with them based on each of the five rights of communication.

 

SOLUTION

Prof and class,

Part 1: Based on the assigned reading from the text, discuss the importance of effective communication as applied to your project. Discuss how a formal, written communication plan is important to the success of your project.

            Effective communication is important for several reasons. It assists with gaining buy-in from stakeholders and keeping everyone on the same page in the beginning, during, and even after the project is completed (providing results to the stakeholders). In addition, it provides an opportunity for open dialogue and questions to be answered. Changes that take place during the project, including additional stakeholders that are determined, budget add-ons, and changes in training, are also important topics that need….please click the icon below to access entire solution at $5