roles of project manager

Running head: FINAL ANALYSIS PROJECT PAPER OUTLINE 1

FINAL ANALYSIS PROJECT 2

Amanda Cole, Cameron Chavarria, LaVal Castleberry, Richard Brown, Tarina Elliot

Group 2 Analysis Project Paper Outline

Valdosta State University

POLS 4860

Group 2 Analysis Project Paper Outline

Our final analysis project is entitled Strategic Leadership and Project Management. The research will involve investigating why a successful outcome of a project depends on understanding the link between project management and leadership, knowing the importance of knowing one’s self and identifying leadership characteristics and styles. Our approach to the project is to formulate a descriptive study that provides a generalized understanding of the aspects of project management and strategic leadership that can be employed to provide readers with a few gems that need to be in place for a successful project outcome.

Project Outline

Final Paper Title: Strategic Leadership in Project Management

I. Introduction

II. Overview of Project Management and Strategic Leadership; Roles of a Project Manager

· The Project Manager is a Leader

· The Project Manager is a Communicator

· The Project Manager is a Coach & Guide

· The Project Manager is a Resource Identifier

· The Project Manager is a Manager

III.Understanding and Leading Yourself; Responsibilities of a Project Manager

· Planning

· Establishing Structure

· Providing Direction

· Control

IV. Leadership Styles

V. Conclusion

Annotated Bibliography

Blaskovics, B. (2016). The impact of project manager on project success — The case of ICT sector. Society and Economy. In Central and Eastern Europe ǀ Journal of the Corvinus University of Budapest, 38(2), 261–281. doi:10.1556/204.2016.38.2.7

This article will provide some foundational evidence for success in project management and leadership. The authors identified two aims for the research. The first, was to identify the project manager’s attitude on project success. The second aim was to highlight the interrelationship between the project manager’s characteristics, attitude, and leadership style.

Crilly, B. (2020). Ambidextrous Project Management: The Influences of Leadership

Styles, Project Management Practices, and Team Characteristics on Creativity and Innovation. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing. This research focuses on the mediating effects of motivation on relationships. Using empirical evidence, the authors found that both transformational and transactional leadership styles contribute to influencing creativity in project management.

Heagney, J. (2016). Fundamentals of project management (5th ed.). New York, NY: AMACOM.

Our class text that provides key concepts to be highlighted in the paper. Chapter 14, the specific chapter inspiration for research argues that leadership is the essential key to successful project management.

Institute, P. (2014). Implementing Organizational Project Management. Project Management Institute.

This article discusses how people, culture should be assessed to determine how the project can be executed and implemented. This will be an intricate resource for how the manager can do a self-assessment.

Slattery, D., & Sumner, M. (2011). Leadership Characteristics of Rising Stars in Construction Project Management. International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 7(3), 159–174. https://doi.org/10.1080/15578771.2011.595475

Using a more specific form of project management in the construction arena, this article supports the notion that tangible managerial characteristics of enabling others to act, modeling expected behaviors and challenging the status quo (all key characteristics of strategic leadership) are more highly valued for encouraging and inspiring the project team to establish and follow a shared vision.