Project and Line Managers in Project Management
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What is the primary role of the Project Manager (PM) in the reporting relationships described?

  • Receives functional progress from employees
  • Takes technical direction from Line Manager (LM)
  • Makes performance evaluations
  • Negotiates for employees (correct)
  • In the described relationships, where do employees primarily receive functional progress from?

  • R&D projects
  • Informal reporting structure
  • LM (correct)
  • PM
  • What is the relationship between employees and the project in most organizations as explained in the text?

  • Solid to the project and dotted to their function (correct)
  • Solid to both project and function
  • Solid to the function and solid to the project
  • Dotted to both project and function
  • When line managers commit to deliverables, whose responsibility is it to achieve these deliverables according to the text?

    <p>Assigned functional employees</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What makes the situation of reporting to multiple individuals awkward for employees as mentioned in the text?

    <p>Project managers with more technical knowledge than line managers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In a matrix structure, what type of reporting relationship exists between employees and their project managers?

    <p>Dotted line</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of projects would involve situations where project managers have more technical knowledge than line managers?

    <p>'Heavyweight' projects</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When employees report on a 'solid' line to their functional manager, what does this indicate?

    <p>'Solid' commitment to their function</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What kind of reporting structure do employees typically have when working on several projects simultaneously?

    <p>'Dotted' line reporting structure</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In what situation do employees find themselves in when reporting solidly to their functional manager but dottedly to the project?

    <p>them awkwardly reporting to multiple individuals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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