Sap for Atlam Case
Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction 2-3
2.0 Summary of case 3-4
3.0 Company Background 4-5
4.0 Issue 5
4.1 Overcoming staff resistance 5-7
4.2 Implementation of the system......................................................................8
4.2.1 Feasibility Studyâ¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦...8-14
4.2.2 Gantt Chart 15
4.3Managing Team Confilct 18-20
5.0 Conclusion 20
6.0 Bibliography 21
1.0 Introduction
"It has never been a better time to be an accountant", stated by a president of IFAC. (International Federation of Accountants , 2005) This is because accountants are recognized as contributing to every sector and aspect of the global economy. Accountants not only need to act as auditors, but also management accountants, business leaders, corporate financiers and business advisers. (International Federation of Accountants , 2005) This shows that professional accountant has great responsibility, not only toward the company itself, but also toward stakeholders and the public.
Accountant must also act as project manager to take part in the project management activities in some organization.
Nowadays, project management is a very important activity in the organization due to the changing environment. Organization need to cope with these changes by upgrade the technology used in the organization, introduce new products or revise their working practices. As a project manager, accountant will face some conflict that happened in the team. This is because all the team members are from different departments, they will have different perspectives which may not be compatible with each others. Therefore, accountant needs to have some skills in managing these conflicts. (ACCA, 2011)
As a project manager, managing conflict in the team is just one of his tasks. Project manager must also ensure that the idea can be successful implemented. A successful implementation can help the organization to gain a lot of benefits in term of efficiency and make the organization stronger. However, a failure can waste the...