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Unit 4: Project Analysis and Selection

managing the project? Sometimes the situation calls for you to ask the right questions of Notes
the right people before you commit to the project.
Project managers must become knowledgeable about their corporation’s Corporate Social
Responsibility policies so that the goals and objectives of their projects conform to these
policies, but they must go further than that. They must determine how well those policies
conform to international law and the laws, standards, and social customs in the country
where the project work will be undertaken. They must also investigate all the possible
stakeholders in the host country to determine if there are any conflicts with the corporation’s
CSR policies or with each other. There really isn’t anyone in a better position to do this
when you think about it. The project manager has the best grasp of the project goals and
objectives and management approach so is the best qualified person to identify risks to
the project.
The suggestions in this article are not meant to contradict the best practices for risk
management taught by project management courses such as PMP courses or other PMP
exam preparation training, but rather to augment them. The strategy you use to quantify,
qualify, monitor, and control the risks once you have identified them should be the same
ones espoused in these courses.
Question:

1. Analyse the case and discuss the case facts.
Source: http://www.projectsmart.co.uk/corporate-social-responsibility-and-project-management.html

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