Organizations Discussion
CPMGT 301

Organizations Discussion What is the difference between project-based and non-project-based organizations? How does communication differ for a project manager in a project-based organization versus a non-project-based organization? Describe two challenges a project manager might face in a non-project-based organization. As a project manager in a non-project-based organization, how would you overcome the challenges you identified?

The difference between project-based and non-project-based organizations is that fact that project based organizations are organized around each particular project, and most of them have project managers that run the teams made up of employees.
The non-project-based organizations are a category like an umbrella which includes all organizational structures that are not designed around projects. The most common type of non-project based organizational structure is the functional model, and this is where an owner or manager oversees many different department heads, each of whom runs one specific department in which a certain function is performed. Communication differs from a project-based organization versus a non- project-based organization because project-based organizations inter-organizational communication requirements are higher than a non-project-based organization, and it involves much more analytical details within the communication process.
Two challenges a project manager might face in a non-project-based organization is an unrealistic deadline of a project, and a communication deficit in a lack of information needed to help assist with completion of a project.
As a project manager in a non-project-based organization I would overcome the challenges identified above by making sure enough time was provided to complete the project, and this can be accomplished by getting together with