MGTS1982 2023 ASSESSMENT 2 Notes Notes: Peak industry for Australian berries (blueberries, strawberry, raspberry and blackberries) BA represents interests of the growers, deliver communication and extension programs and provide a journal and newsletter type stuff for them Advocate on their behalf to the government and run conferences etc etc Core team of 4 and then sub-contracting of about 8 Works closely with the 4 and they report to her as she is the manager Sub-project team employed by different organisations, fully funded through BA's projects, and report into the projects and they also have project manager, but executive direction still has fair bit to do with them Small group and geographically dispersed Executive Director, then someone below that reports to executive director and project staff report to her but very much a very communicative team everybody talks to everybody Not super strict hierarchy Managing slight digression is set up 2019 because virtual team a lot of stuff around communication styles and team roles, disc profiling, short cut getting to know you time, no human face to face contact so did professional development work, regular zoom meetings, when covid came in a very good position, Decisions for the project made by the project manager, everyone knows their role Big decisions go to executive director like something outside the project Acknowledging remote team working by themselves which comes with downsides, so they created whatsapp groups discussing your day to day life and then another whatsapp group for other day to day life Different types of communication for different stuff