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Project
Culture: An organization’s
culture expresses its principles and values through people’s behavior.
If the organization’s culture is positive, then its projects will benefit
from that culture. If the organization’s culture has some negative
aspects, then its projects must “insulate” themselves from those
aspects and establish their own set of principles and values. Discussing
these among the sponsor, key stakeholders, project manager, and team leads
is healthy and creates an open communication atmosphere. Thinking
like a CEO is a big job – but managing a large project is too! |
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WISDM
and WorkSource |
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WorkSource
is a joint venture of organizations dedicated to addressing
Washington State's employment needs. In February,
WISDM began working with the Pierce County division of WorkSource
to help the agency's development council create a blueprint
for its operations.
WorkSource Centers provide the information, technology, and
services that businesses and job seekers need, all in one
place.
WorkSource is a state and local community initiative that
partners business, labor, educational institutions, and government
agencies and boards
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toward
a common goal; meaningful employment for everyone.
Each county implements
the WorkSource concept in a manner
that meets its local needs. Pierce County has a Workforce
Development Council (WDC), which serves as oversight, and
the WorkSource System, which is the operational arm, delivering
services to the customer. The WDC is comprised of business
leaders, labor representatives, educational leaders, and government
officials
The Pierce County WDC wanted to clarify its role and the services
it provided to the System and its other stakeholders.
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WISDM helped the WDC create a blueprint of what it should
look like to meet all the needs of its stakeholders.
Once the blueprint was developed, WDC leaders and WISDM compared
it to the council's current method of operations.
What
resulted was a set of changes that the WDC needed to make:
introducing new services to its stakeholders, re-organizing
the committee responsibilities, enhancing existing information
services, and clarifying how the committees needed to interact
with each other.
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