Choosing Appropriate Project Managers: Matching their Leadership Style to the Type of Project
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In Choosing Appropriate Project Managers, the authors set out to challenge two commonly held – and related – views found in the project management community: • That a project manager is simply a facilitator for the project management process and that implementing the right systems and procedures are more important than any individual project manager • That once an individual has acquired the skills of project management, that individual can manage any type of project, regardless of technology, industry or experience-level The two beliefs represent different sides of the same coin – both of which downplay the value of the personal characteristics and domain expertise that differentiate individual project managers from one another. The two beliefs represent different sides of the same coin – both of which downplay the value of personal characteristics of the project managers themselves and neither of which is supported by research. Previous research conducted by Project Management Institute (PMI) concluded that one of the reasons organizations categorize projects is due to the need to develop and choose different project management methodologies appropriate to different types of projects. As an extension of this research, the authors set out to determine what, if any, influence leadership styles have on a project manager’s competence and to determine if different leadership styles were needed for different types of projects.
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