The White Group aims to develop a multifunctional device called Eventus Pro through effective project management and cooperation. Their goals are to understand key concepts, communicate well, avoid stress, and achieve good results. They analyze how external factors like competitors, consumers, technology, economics, and sustainability could impact their product. Their strategy is to differentiate Eventus Pro through competitive advantages and a SWOT analysis. For their team, they plan tasks, use online communication, divide work based on skills, and define management concepts. They consider how economic, resource, technology, social, and competitor factors affect their external environment and influence their team strategy. The group structures work through specialization, a flat hierarchy with equal contribution and authority

1. White Group
Organisation

2. Our goals
• Understand project management
• Effective communication
• Cooperation
• Avoid stress- Have fun!!!
• Achieve a very good result in this unit
• Good product concept

3. Our product- Eventus pro
• Printer + Scanner + laptop = Super-multifunctional machine!!!
+

4. Why Eventus pro?
• Reduction in time consumption
• Self dependent, portable!
• No more frustration!
• No last minute hassle!
• A much awaited technological development

5. A team effort
• Core concepts identified-
• External environment
• Structure
• Strategy
• Culture
• Team Development & Diversity
• Inter relation of these concepts

6. External Environment factors
• Potential factors outside the organisation’s boundaries having
an impact on the organisation ( Samson & Daft, 2009)
• Unexpected
• Challenging
• Uncertainty

7. Factors affecting product
• Competitors- Dell, Toshiba, Hewlett Packard, Samsung, patent
rights?
• Consumers- University students? Business people?
• Technology- Convergence, compact- all in one, possible?
• Socio-cultural- Lifestyle, trend-setting, socio-status
• Economic- Production cost, affordability
• Sustainable?

8. Strategy
• A plan of action to deal with the environment to attain goals
• Eventus pro- Competitive strategy,
Differentiation- stand out!
• SWOT analysis- Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and
Threats of the product

9. External environment for the
team
• Economic - Transportation cost,
Unit text cost
• Resources –Unit outline, tutor, lectures, team member’s
knowledge
• Technology- Online communication, Google,
• Sociocultural – Multiculturalism, living in different places,
timetable schedules, expectations
• Competitors - BLACK group!!!

10. Strategy for the team
• Planning weekly tasks and goals ahead!
• Online communication made easy!
• Divide tasks according to individual capabilities
• Individual participation- equal contribution-better results!
• Defining and implementing key concepts of management
• Group meetings and collaboration
• Achievement strategy

11. External Environment + Strategy
• Requirements from this unit plan weekly tasks
• Resources Defining and implementation concepts.
• Schedules Group meetings, online communication
• Technology could be a problem sometimes
• Transportation issues Group meeting times

12. Structure
A framework in which the organisation defines how tasks are
divided, resources are deployed and departments are
coordinated ( Samson & Daft, 2009)

13. Work specialisation
• Organisational tasks subdivided Individual tasks
• Defining values, concepts- Michael, Lalita,
• Analysis of concepts-
• Powerpoint-
• Product brainstorm + idea -
• Idea evaluation-
• Online group forum coordination-

14. Our team structure
• Everyone has an equal contribution
• Wide span of control Flat structure
• Few hierarchical levels
• Decentralised-
• authority dispersed,
• relieve burden,
• rapid response to external changes,
• flexibility, democratic,
• greater use of individual capabilities

15. Departmentalisation
• The basis on which individuals are grouped into departments
and departments into total organisation ( Samson & Daft,
2009)
• Team based approach Horizontal + cross functional
• Advantages-
• No barriers across departments
• Know one another’s problems
• Quick adaptation to changes and challenges
• Responsibility and authority widely spread
• Morale boost
• Increased communication and coordination

16. Structure + Strategy
• Group meetings, coordination, online communication
Cross functional team
• Individual skills/capabilities Decentralised +
Work specialisation
= confidence boost
and BETTER results!!
ACHIEVEMENT STRATEGY

17. Structure + Environment
• Flat structure + cross functional team greater
adaptability to
change
• Sociocultural differences = rich resources = equal authority
Decentralised, no barriers, counterbalance qualities
• Increased online communication economic and time
constraints + technology
advantage

18. Culture