Whether it be through the use of a play-within-a-play or references to the nature and effects of drama,
sculpture, storytelling and other art forms, each of the plays we read this semester takes up the question of the
power of art—or more specifically, the ability of art to affect its audience and thereby to perform a social or
political, or psychological function. Using three plays we have discussed this semester (at least one from each
half of the course), write an essay that uses a comparison of the plays’ depictions and discussions of art, artists
and audiences to support a thesis concerning Shakespeare’s opinion on the function(s) of art in society. Some
questions that you might want to consider: Is his opinion consistent, or does it vary? If it varies, does it do so
according to genre, to the type of art involved, the stage of Shakespeare’s career during which the play was
written, or something else?
Cross-functional communication in a program occurs among a group of people with different functional specialties or multidisciplinary skills, who are responsible for carrying out all the phases of a program or project from start to finish . For the purposes of this study, ‘cross-functional communication’ refers to communication between the project team members, rather than to communication between groups of people with different functional specialties.
Discussion
Communication is the most relevant factor to implement the project. The other critical success factors found were: project communication, consulting the client, acceptance from the client, support from the upper management, project schedule, and mission of the project, project execution, troubleshooting, staff management, monitoring, and control. Communication in the projects was the most important critical success factor in large companies, while the most critical one for small companies. All pieces of evidence in this research support the idea that individuals who not only have the technique, but also knowledge management, leadership, and ability, lead successful projects. The most critical factors were the managerial ones, however, the abilities andexperiences in management helped the project to be successful.
Communication Skills is very important for the success of the project. Communication skills of the project managers are not always perfect, they can be always improved. The success of any project depends on the quality of project managing mechanism. The project managers should understand all the relevant factors to understand the whole communication process. Each project should have a good communication plan. A project will have its own method or a process or it might be like another project. Poor communication of the project managers with the stakeholders will have a serious impact on the success of the project. Poor communication could be the following.
1. Missing the deadlines of the project as they are not properly communicated among the team members.
2. The decrease in the productivity of the project which leads to an increase in the budget and the timeline.
3. Lack of commitment of the team members in the project and the stakeholders.
4. Misunderstanding of the stakeholders about the project expectations.
5. Over-communicating to the stakeholders can also lead to poor communication.
Understanding a variety of cultures can also help the managers to effectively communicate among the team members. The project manager should make sure that he delivers the right message at the right time. Some of the teams communicate electronically as they have people located in different geographic locations. They are called virtual teams. It is also very important for the project manager to remember the time zones so that he will not miss any important meetings or the project deadlines. The following are the different ways of communications.
Electronic Emails. Sending any project related information such as project documents and Budget information in the emails which may or may not include attachments. Also sending the reminders with the project deadlines is very helpful. The information should be sent to all the