Hello, As @hodafattel mentioned, the three types of organizations are: functional, project-based, and matrix. In a functional organization, the staff are grouped by specialty, such as engineering, or marketing. Each department has its own projects and goals independently of the…   Read more»

Great questions @hodafattel! Communication is very important to making sure a project stays on track and also to allow cross collaboration between other groups and teams. At my previous job, we used Microsoft Teams to communicate with each other. Whether…   Read more»

@hodafattel  My job is completely remote, however, I have worked in an office doing the same job, I find that when you are at home and have to ask a question of a co-worker when using Microsoft Teams when your…   Read more»

Posted by: @hodafattel Communication is a key factor for the success for a project. It is crucial to find a way to easily facilitate communication between team members. My team in my research lab use an application called “Slack” where…   Read more»

  I believe that the answer to this question varies depending on the situation. It could be possible that the manager had done some poor planning for the project, like @hodafattel mentioned, but it could also be a situation where…   Read more»

I agree with @hodafattel that accounting for obstacles is a very important quality to have in a plan. I also work in a lab and almost everything goes wrong always so I’ve learned to keep my expectations low and my…   Read more»

@hodafattel My undergraduate capstone also lead to many challenges both in our control and outside of it. As I took my capstone during the pandemic, closures of machine shops and difficulty meeting due to sickness and work schedules were two…   Read more»

Similar to @hodafattel, my challenging situation also stems from my Senior Design Project. The project that my group and I were working on was a proof of concept project, where the goals of our project were ones that have not…   Read more»

I agree with @hodafattel that the internet has allowed businesses to focus more on their product than maintaining physical spaces. That’s definitely been propagated during Covid too.  But in addition, the internet has also given rise to many new forms…   Read more»

@hodafattel I think you raise valid points about how the internet has changed traditional retail businesses, however, I think that there are some differences with how the internet has effected the medical device industry. To start, I think the target…   Read more»