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IPMA ITALY Journal of Applied Project Management
Volume 2 no. 4 (October 2016)

2. Great Challenges. GE is processes available to successfully
continuously boosting achieve the objectives.
innovation, bringing Cessão Onerosa Team was
technology to the frontiers. composed, excluding the supporting
GE employees are involved functions and including the main
in international, innovative, contractors, by #320 people (67%
and complex projects that Brazilian; 33% Italian).
are able to stimulate Building the “right” Team was planned
effectively the people and adapted based on the following
interest and passion. criteria:
3. Work/Life balance. When
employees fulfill their various  Clear accountabilities within an
needs and goals in life, such integrated project team. An
as those of family, friends, integrated project team with
spiritual pursuits, self-growth, clear roles, responsibilities and a
etc., they can then feel shared interest in the project
more satisfied about objectives helps ensuring
themselves and perform their accountability.
best at work.  Embrace the cultural
4. Effective training & differences and promote team
development opportunities. common ground and synergies.
5. Awards, careers  Balance between central and
opportunities & local resources. The
compensation. GE is an development of fully
Equal Opportunity Employer empowered local managers
offering a competitive boosted closer relationships
salary, outstanding benefits with Customer, facilitating
and the professional communication and feedback
advantages of an process, reducing time to
environment that supports decision and increasing project
the employees' management effectiveness.
development and  Assess the team workload to
recognizes their make sure to guarantee
achievements. enough capacity.
GE in 2015 was the 9 th  Collocate the teams, as much
“World’s Most Admired as possible, in the same offices
Companies ” (Fortune ). floor space. With teams working
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in close proximity to each other,
communication barriers are
10. Project Team reduced and team efficiency is
increased.
Projects are not completed by  Selecting the “right” people.
software or machines, but by the The way in which we need to
determination of men and women pull people together to be a
who wisely use the resources and high performance team, over a
relatively short period of time, is

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