A Study Of The Leadership Styles Of Project Managers And Its Impact On Project Performance In Software Industry Of Pakistan

Author : Rabiya Jamil Ahmmed
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783668079465

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A Study of the Leadership Styles of Project Managers and its Impact on Project Performance in Software Industry of Pakistan by Rabiya Jamil Ahmmed Pdf

Master's Thesis from the year 2014 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: A, , course: Master of Science in Project Management, language: English, abstract: This study evaluates the effect of leadership styles of project managers in project performance in software Industry of Punjab Pakistan. Full leadership model was selected to make comparison of the effects of three leadership styles (Transformational, Transactional, Laissez-fair) of project managers in project performance. So software industry was focused in this research. After comprehensive literature review on the related topic in the hypothesized model a questionnaire was developed and its validity was checked by the pilot survey first. A sample of two hundred and fifteen first level managers, directly working under project managers like software Architects, Principal software Engineers, Developers, programmers, Quality Assurance personals in software industry was selected by using simple random sampling and the response rate was seventy two percent. The analysis was completed by using descriptive analysis, correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis by SPSS- 16. Finally conclusion and recommendations are suggested. The study concludes that Transformational leadership of project manager has significant effect in project performance and its two construct charisma (CHM) and inspiration (INS) are proved significant and this study also provides significant practical implications of the results for the project managers working in software houses of Pakistan that they can enhance the performance of their projects by learning and exhibiting transformational leadership style as according to Pakistani working environment of software houses this leadership style is proved effective. Further areas for future research and implications are also highlighted in this thesis.

Author : Muhammad Khalique Ahmad,Abu Bakar Abdul Hamid,Sazali ABD Wahab
Publisher : Partridge Publishing Singapore
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781543767124

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Project Managers’ Leadership Styles in Information Technology Sector of Pakistan by Muhammad Khalique Ahmad,Abu Bakar Abdul Hamid,Sazali ABD Wahab Pdf

In these competitive and turbulent times, project organisations face severe challenges. Despite the advancement of project management tools and techniques, the rate of project failure exceeds that of success. Regardless of calls for further empirical studies on the role of project leadership, researchers struggle to find the best leadership styles for project success. New digital transformation phenomena have forced organisations to offer more autonomy and decision-making authority to those at lower hierarchical levels. In this scenario, top management support plays a facilitator role. To the best of the researcher's knowledge, no past studies have examined these critical project success factors simultaneously in a project environment. Embedded in the theories of contingency, goal-setting, and social cognition, this study raised the hypothesis that project managers’ leadership styles impact project success via the mediation of goal clarity, empowerment, and self-leadership as well as the moderation of top management support. Data was collected by administering a cross-sectional survey to 289 project organisations in the IT sector. The results demonstrated that project managers' transactional leadership style does not impact project success because goal clarity has an insignificant association with project success. However, the transformational leadership style showed a positive impact on project success because empowerment significantly and positively relates to project success. The project manager's empowering leadership style was also found to positively influence project success through followers’ self-leadership. Additionally, top management support revealed a significant moderating role by strengthening the relationship between empowerment and project success. This study successfully fills theoretical gaps by introducing a novel moderated mediation model. The findings also offer useful insights to practitioners by revealing that project managers’ transformational leadership and empowering leadership are needed to enhance and encourage employee empowerment and self-leadership, and ultimately secure project success.

Author : Muhammad Khalique Ahmad,Abu Bakar Abdul Hamid,Sazali Abd Wahab
Publisher : Partridge Publishing Singapore
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1543767117

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Project Managers' Leadership Styles in Information Technology Sector of Pakistan by Muhammad Khalique Ahmad,Abu Bakar Abdul Hamid,Sazali Abd Wahab Pdf

In these competitive and turbulent times, project organisations face severe challenges. Despite the advancement of project management tools and techniques, the rate of project failure exceeds that of success. Regardless of calls for further empirical studies on the role of project leadership, researchers struggle to find the best leadership styles for project success. New digital transformation phenomena have forced organisations to offer more autonomy and decision-making authority to those at lower hierarchical levels. In this scenario, top management support plays a facilitator role. To the best of the researcher's knowledge, no past studies have examined these critical project success factors simultaneously in a project environment. Embedded in the theories of contingency, goal-setting, and social cognition, this study raised the hypothesis that project managers' leadership styles impact project success via the mediation of goal clarity, empowerment, and self-leadership as well as the moderation of top management support. Data was collected by administering a cross-sectional survey to 289 project organisations in the IT sector. The results demonstrated that project managers' transactional leadership style does not impact project success because goal clarity has an insignificant association with project success. However, the transformational leadership style showed a positive impact on project success because empowerment significantly and positively relates to project success. The project manager's empowering leadership style was also found to positively influence project success through followers' self-leadership. Additionally, top management support revealed a significant moderating role by strengthening the relationship between empowerment and project success. This study successfully fills theoretical gaps by introducing a novel moderated mediation model. The findings also offer useful insights to practitioners by revealing that project managers' transformational leadership and empowering leadership are needed to enhance and encourage employee empowerment and self-leadership, and ultimately secure project success.

Author : Tanusree Chakraborty,Tahir Mumtaz Awan,Ashok Natarajan,Muhammad Kamran
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000637076

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Agile Leadership for Industry 4.0 by Tanusree Chakraborty,Tahir Mumtaz Awan,Ashok Natarajan,Muhammad Kamran Pdf

This new volume explores the new paradigm that is Industry 4.0—the application of information-intensive technologies that integrate software, hardware, and biology (cyber-physical systems) for effective manufacturing and related industries. This volume focuses specifically on leadership that can respond quickly and effectively to changing conditions in the Industry 4.0 environment. It looks at leadership skills needed during the COVID-19 pandemic, skills that can be applied to many other changing conditions as well. The authors consider the role of virtual leadership in an age of working from home; present case studies that provide valuable lessons for the agile leader; and examine the crucial role of human resources in providing agile leadership to an organization. The volume aggregates original theoretical, conceptual, and empirical research on challenges and opportunities in the context on Industry 4.0.

Author : Neha Sharma,Amol Goje,Amlan Chakrabarti,Alfred M. Bruckstein
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 1068 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789819914142

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Data Management, Analytics and Innovation by Neha Sharma,Amol Goje,Amlan Chakrabarti,Alfred M. Bruckstein Pdf

This book presents the latest findings in the areas of data management and smart computing, big data management, artificial intelligence and data analytics, along with advances in network technologies. The volume is a collection of peer reviewed research papers presented at Seventh International Conference on Data Management, Analytics and Innovation (ICDMAI 2023), held during 20 – 22 January, 2023 in Pune, India. It addresses state-of-the-art topics and discusses challenges and solutions for future development. Gathering original, unpublished contributions by scientists from around the globe, the book is mainly intended for a professional audience of researchers and practitioners in academia and industry.

Author : Ralf Müller,Rodney Turner
Publisher : Project Management Institute
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781628251517

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Choosing Appropriate Project Managers by Ralf Müller,Rodney Turner Pdf

In Choosing Appropriate Project Managers, the authors set out to challenge two commonly held – and related – views found in the project management community: Project Manager as a tool: The 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 managerProject management is universal: Once an individual has acquired the skills of project management, that individual can manage any type of project, regardless of technology, industry or domain knowledge

Author : Osman Titrek,Anna Stavicka,Ana Campina,Gozde Sezen-Gultekin,Carlos Francisco De Sousa Reis
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832540329

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Emotions and Leadership in Organizations and Educational Institutes by Osman Titrek,Anna Stavicka,Ana Campina,Gozde Sezen-Gultekin,Carlos Francisco De Sousa Reis Pdf

Emotion management is an important source of social capital and synergy for organizations. Managers have a great role in the creation of this synergy. A manager who can cope with their emotions indirectly contributes to organizational effectiveness. This situation is especially important in human-oriented organizations providing services rather than goods, such as educational institutions. Leadership is a process of social influence, which maximizes the efforts of others towards the achievement of a goal. Leadership stems from social influence rather than authority or power. In terms of system approach, the input, output, process, and feedback of educational organizations are always related to human behaviors. Therefore, organizations must address the nature of human beings in all of their managerial processes. Although organizations, in which people are at the foreground, try to continue their functioning on a rational and formal basis throughout the managerial process, they sometimes have to manage emotional and informal phenomena. In this case, there is a need for managers and school leaders who can shape the rationale in line with the requirements of human nature. What is expected from this administrator is that they do not ignore human needs and emotions while providing the management of educational institutions. For this reason, these managers should be "leaders" rather than "executives" who only work in a formal framework of organization management. Moreover, principals and teachers should also be leaders in all educational processes. Emotions are the main catalyst of positive organizational culture. Leaders can create an effective organizational culture with the main source of positive emotions between employers. Positive emotions also motivate employees for organizational purposes. If a leader wishes to create and maintain an effective organizational culture, it is essential to support positive behavior and emotional climate in their institutes and schools. Leaders-school-managers and teachers, therefore, need to develop emotion management abilities. Educational organizations need to shape their organizational culture, climate, and psychology to support their leaders in efficiently managing their employees’ emotions. Up to now, this topic has been usually addressed as the main catalyst and a sub-dimension of emotional intelligence. Moreover, current evidence classifies social and empathy skills as other sub-dimensions of emotional intelligence. For this reason, this collection of peer-reviewed articles will draw attention to the contemporary term "emotional management" and contribute to educational fields by means of exploring the relationship between emotions and leadership.

Author : Edward W. Merrow,Neeraj Nandurdikar
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119382195

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Leading Complex Projects by Edward W. Merrow,Neeraj Nandurdikar Pdf

Quantitative analysis of outcomes vs PMs at the individual level Leading Complex Projects takes a unique approach to post-mortem analysis to provide project managers with invaluable insight. For the first time, individual PM characteristics are quantitatively linked to project outcomes through a major study investigating the role of project leadership in the success and failure of complex industrial projects; hard data on the backgrounds, education, and personality characteristics of over 100 directors of complex projects is analyzed against the backdrop of project performance to provide insight into controllable determinants of outcomes. By placing these analyses alongside their own data, PMs will gain greater insight into areas of weakness and strength, locate recurring obstacles, and identify project components in need of greater planning, oversight, or control. The role of leadership is to deliver results; in project management, this means taking responsibility for project outcomes. PMs are driven by continuous improvement, and this book provides a wealth of insight to help you achieve the next step forward. Understand why small, simple projects consistently outperform larger, more complex projects Delve into the project manager's role in generating successful outcomes Examine the data from over 100 PMs of complex industrial projects Link PM characteristics to project outcome to find areas for improvement Complex industrial projects from around the world provide a solid basis for quantitative analysis of outcomes—and the PMs who drive them. Although the majority of the data is taken from projects in the petroleum industry, the insights gleaned from analysis are widely applicable across industry lines for PMs who lead complex projects of any stripe. Leading Complex Projects provides clear, data-backed improvement guidance for anyone in a project management role.

Author : Mark C. Bojeun
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781466577091

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Program Management Leadership by Mark C. Bojeun Pdf

This is not another how-to guide for program managers or another reiteration of the Project Management Institute’s standards for program management. Instead, Program Management Leadership: Creating Successful Team Dynamics examines various leadership approaches and illustrates the value of effective leadership styles in Program Management for achieving program and project success. Identifying critical success factors specific to program management, the book focuses on effective leadership styles and the power of teamwork in exceeding expectations. It starts by examining various leadership styles and traits—providing helpful insights on the tough choices leaders are often forced to make. It describes effective methods to help leaders work with stakeholders and team members to set visions and objectives so that program goals are achieved with greater frequency. Next, the book further examines teams and explains how to bring people from various experience levels, geographic diversity, and cultural backgrounds together setting aside their own personal objectives and instead working towards a common goal and vision. Presenting recent research on leadership, it highlights the situational factors that leaders face and offers approaches enabling leaders to modify their style from one based on personal choice to one that can adapt to overcome the challenges that will arise. From there, the book describes how to build and maintain a High Performing Team (HPT). It also describes how to instill a competitive spirit and culture of cooperation and mutual respect in your team to make sure your team remains focused on the right things. This book is an ideal resource for anyone who understands the value of the tools provided by PMI® and is searching for the factors that separate good program and project managers from truly great ones. If you are focused on self-actualization and continuous improvement, then this is the book that can help drive your program initiatives to the highest possible standards.

Author : Jeffrey K. Pinto
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Industrial project management
ISBN : PSU:000043919635

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Project Leadership by Jeffrey K. Pinto Pdf

Fills an important niche on the manager's bookshelf by presenting a practically written discussion of the critical roles leaders play and the impact they have on successful project implementation. It's a comprehensive guide to a wide variety of leadership behaviors -- which you'll find come in handy in everyday life -- but emphasizes a project management-oriented approach to leadership.

Author : Ralf Muller,J Rodney Turner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351908351

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Project-Oriented Leadership by Ralf Muller,J Rodney Turner Pdf

From the perspective of delivering successful projects, the value of a skilled project sponsor and project manager outweighs many other factors. Projects need leaders who can give them vision, identity, keep the stakeholders and the project team on board and make the difficult decisions that will enable the project to continue (or, if necessary, be terminated). These are human skills that don't necessarily feature large in the project management bodies of knowledge. Ralf Müller and Rodney Turner's Project-Oriented Leadership explains the key leadership models of managerial, intellectual and emotional leadership and shows how they can be applied within projects to lead processes, functions and people, and ensure an ethical and inclusive approach within projects and programs.

Author : Asma Salman
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2024-07-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031493133

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Smart Designs for Business Innovation by Asma Salman Pdf

Author : Patrick Harper-Smith,Simon Derry
Publisher : FT Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780132965071

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Project Management by Patrick Harper-Smith,Simon Derry Pdf

Effective managers now recognize that most operational activities aimed at achieving key team objectives can and should be considered projects and managed accordingly. Typically these projects will range from: complex operational tasks, one-off initiatives such as moving offices or installing a new IT system, to the development of new products and services. However, while many of the traditional project management principles still apply, most tools and techniques need to be adapted and simplified to make them relevant to modern businesses. For those that master these new skills, exciting career opportunities lie ahead that will accelerate functional managers into new areas.

Author : Francoise Contreras,Ghulam Abid,Susanne Rank
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023-03-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832512999

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Social sustainability at work: A key to sustainable development in business by Francoise Contreras,Ghulam Abid,Susanne Rank Pdf

Author : Alvaro Rosa
Publisher : Academic Conferences and publishing limited
Page : 834 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781914587801

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ECKM 2023 24th European Conference on Knowledge Management Vol 2 by Alvaro Rosa Pdf

These proceedings represent the work of contributors to the 24th European Conference on Knowledge Management (ECKM 2023), hosted by Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal on 7-8 September 2023. The Conference Chair is Prof Florinda Matos, and the Programme Chair is Prof Álvaro Rosa, both from Iscte Business School, Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal. ECKM is now a well-established event on the academic research calendar and now in its 24th year the key aim remains the opportunity for participants to share ideas and meet the people who hold them. The scope of papers will ensure an interesting two days. The subjects covered illustrate the wide range of topics that fall into this important and ever-growing area of research. The opening keynote presentation is given by Professor Leif Edvinsson, on the topic of Intellectual Capital as a Missed Value. The second day of the conference will open with an address by Professor Noboru Konno from Tama Graduate School and Keio University, Japan who will talk about Society 5.0, Knowledge and Conceptual Capability, and Professor Jay Liebowitz, who will talk about Digital Transformation for the University of the Future. With an initial submission of 350 abstracts, after the double blind, peer review process there are 184 Academic research papers, 11 PhD research papers, 1 Masters Research paper, 4 Non-Academic papers and 11 work-in-progress papers published in these Conference Proceedings. These papers represent research from Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, México, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, UK, United Arab Emirates and the USA.