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Would you allow a member of your family to be directly involved in a project you are leading?

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John Tieso Author, Lecturer in Business Management| The Catholic University of America, Busch School of Business & Economics Arlington, Va, United States
A few days ago, a friend and colleague of many years asked me a question I had not previously considered. He had a PM, with a new project, in the process of on-boarding a team. Among those he wanted for the team was a member of his family, recently graduated from college (Major in business analysis and management) and the PM figured this would be a good opportunity to gain experience for the family member. Good? Bad?
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Anupam India
Great question. I would prefer not to involve in the same project.

You can put this as a POLL question -
https://www.projectmanagement.com/polls/
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May 19, 2017 9:00 AM
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There is now a poll question available. Thanks for the suggestion. I will report on the results
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John Tieso Author, Lecturer in Business Management| The Catholic University of America, Busch School of Business & Economics Arlington, Va, United States
May 17, 2017 11:09 PM
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Great question. I would prefer not to involve in the same project.

You can put this as a POLL question -
https://www.projectmanagement.com/polls/
There is now a poll question available. Thanks for the suggestion. I will report on the results
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Mudassar Khan Program (Project )Manager| Woodward Canada Inc Peterborough, ON, Canada
I will consider the opportunities before engaging my relative, but if i do i would make sure the HR knows it to avoid any conflict of interest, but i would make sure no preferential treatment is provided on kinship basis, And i would never have a relative be it a distant one to be involved as a Subcontractor or Vendor,
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