Project Managers Leadership Styles In Information Technology Sector Of Pakistan

Author : Muhammad Khalique Ahmad,Abu Bakar Abdul Hamid,Sazali ABD Wahab
Publisher : Partridge Publishing Singapore
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 48,9 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 : 44,5 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 : Rabiya Jamil Ahmmed
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 54,9 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 : Eniola O. Olagundoye
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781612334691

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Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Styles by Eniola O. Olagundoye Pdf

All around the world, information technology is evolving at an alarming rate, and it could be challenging keeping up with the growing changes that we are witnessing with it. This paper explored the relationship between emotional intelligence and leadership styles among information technology professionals. Does emotional intelligence predict leadership style and do leadership styles predict emotional intelligence components? A total of 185 participants were involved in this study. The leadership styles, which are comprised of transformational, transactional, and passive-avoidant, were measured by the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire - MLQ 5X (Bass & Avolio, 1995). The emotional intelligence components, which are comprised of perception of emotion, managing own emotions, managing others’ emotions and utilization of emotion, were measured by the Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Test -- SSEIT (Schutte et al., 2009). The demographic areas controlled in this study include gender, age, ethnicity, education, and tenure. Multiple regression was conducted on each of the seven hypotheses in this study, and it was determined that transformational leadership style and transactional leadership style were predictors of perception of emotion, managing others’ emotions and utilization of emotion. This study also revealed that transformational leadership style was a predictor of managing own emotions. Surprisingly, transactional leadership style was not a predictor of managing own emotions. As expected, there was no significant correlation discovered between passive-avoidant leadership style and emotional intelligence. Furthermore, the results showed that emotional intelligence was a predictor of both transformational and transactional leadership styles. This study discovered that gender was a significant variable, and females scored higher than males in the emotional intelligence component of managing others’ emotions. The findings in this study coincide with the body of literature that exists, which revealed positive relationships between emotional intelligence components and transformational and transactional leadership styles.

Author : Ralf Müller,Rodney Turner
Publisher : Project Management Institute
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 45,7 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 : George Ofori,Shamas-ur-Rehman Toor
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000350357

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Leadership in the Construction Industry by George Ofori,Shamas-ur-Rehman Toor Pdf

This book presents a new framework for leadership in the construction industry which draws from the authentic leadership construct. The framework has three major themes: self-leadership, self-transcendent leadership, and sustainable leadership. Despite its significance, leadership has not been given due importance in the construction industry as focus is placed on managerial functionalism. At the project level, even with the technological advances in the industry in recent years, construction is realized in the form of people undertaking distinct interdependent activities which require effective leadership. The industry faces many challenges including: demanding client requirements and project parameters; more stringent regulations, codes and systems; intense competition in the industry; and threats from disruptive enterprise. In such a complex environment, technology-driven and tool-based project and corporate management is insufficient. It must be complemented by a strategic, genuine, stakeholder-focused and ethical leadership. Leadership in the Construction Industry is based on a study on authentic leadership and its development in Singapore. Leadership theories and concepts are reviewed; the importance of leadership in the construction industry is discussed; and the grounded theory approach which was applied in the study is explained. Many eminent construction professionals in Singapore were interviewed in the field study. Emerging from the experiences of the leaders documented in this book are three major themes: (1) self-leadership: how leaders engage in various self-related processes such as self-awareness, self-regulation, and role modeling. (2) self-transcendent leadership: how leaders go beyond leading themselves to leading others through servant leadership, shared leadership, spiritual leadership, and socially-responsible leadership; and, finally, (3) sustainable leadership or the strategies leaders employ to make the impact of their leadership lasting. A synthesis of these themes and their implications for leadership development is presented before the book concludes with some recommendations for current and aspiring leaders about how they can engage with them. This book is essential reading for all construction practitioners from all backgrounds; and researchers on leadership and management in construction.

Author : Mughal, Yasir Hayat,Kamal, Shahid
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781522549970

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Servant Leadership Styles and Strategic Decision Making by Mughal, Yasir Hayat,Kamal, Shahid Pdf

Today, it is essential for leaders to interact closely within an organization’s community to effectively promote its organizational development. Understanding trust at the individual level allows for business improvement. Servant Leadership Styles and Strategic Decision Making provides the relevant theoretical framework and the latest empirical research on servant leadership styles and cognitive styles from an Eastern perspective. Featuring coverage on a variety of topics including autocratic leadership, leadership effectiveness, and organizational support, this book explores decision-making theories as moderators and mediators for leadership effectiveness. This book is designed for managers, professionals, researchers, educators, and administrators seeking current research on participative leader decision making and philosophy.

Author : Badri Munir Sukoco,Rahmat Heru Setianto,Nidya Ayu Arina,Ade Gafar Abdullah,Asep Bayu Nandiyanto,Ratih Hurriyati
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 997 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351241878

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Increasing Management Relevance and Competitiveness by Badri Munir Sukoco,Rahmat Heru Setianto,Nidya Ayu Arina,Ade Gafar Abdullah,Asep Bayu Nandiyanto,Ratih Hurriyati Pdf

Increasing Management Relevance and Competitiveness contains the papers presented at the Global Conference on Business, Management and Entrepreneurship (the 2nd GC-BME 2017), Surabaya, Indonesia on the 9th of August, 2017. The book covers 7 topics: 1. Organizational Behavior, Leadership, and Human Resources Management 2. Innovation, Operations and Supply Chain Management 3. Marketing Management 4. Financial Management and Accounting 5. Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship, and Contemporary Issues 6. Green Business 7. Management and Economics Education.

Author : Osman Titrek,Anna Stavicka,Ana Campina,Gozde Sezen-Gultekin,Carlos Francisco De Sousa Reis
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,9 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 : Ginger Levin, PMP, PgMP,John Wyzalek, PfMP
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781482251043

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Portfolio Management by Ginger Levin, PMP, PgMP,John Wyzalek, PfMP Pdf

Recognizing the importance of selecting and pursuing programs, projects, and operational work that add sustainable business value that benefits end users, the Project Management Institute (PMI®) issued its first Standard on Portfolio Management in 2006. In 2014, it launched the Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP®) credential—which several of the experts who contributed to this book earned—to recognize the advanced expertise required of practitioners in the field. Presenting information that is current with The Standard for Portfolio Management, Third Edition (2013); Portfolio Management: A Strategic Approach supplies in-depth treatment of the five domains and identifies best practices to ensure the organization has a balanced portfolio management that is critical to success. Following PMI’s standard, the book is organized according to its five domains: strategic alignment, governance, portfolio performance management, portfolio risk management, and portfolio communications management. Each chapter presents the insight of different thought leaders in academia and business. Contributors from around the world, including the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Australia, supply a global perspective as to why portfolio management is essential for all types of organizations. They provide guidelines, examples, and models to consider, along with discussion and analysis of relevant literature in the field. Most chapters reference PMI standards, complement their concepts, and expand on the concepts and issues that the standards mention in passing or not at all. Overall, this is a must-have resource for anyone pursuing the PfMP® credential from PMI. For executives and practitioners in the field, it provides the concepts you will need to address the ever-changing complexities that impact your work. This book is also suitable as a textbook for universities offering courses on portfolio management.

Author : Oluwole Omotayo Oshinubi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1404960797

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The influence of project managers' leadership styles on project team performance in the construction industry by Oluwole Omotayo Oshinubi Pdf

Author : Belias, Dimitrios,Rossidis, Ioannis,Papademetriou, Christos,Masouras, Andreas,Anastasiadou, Sofia
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9798369302378

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Managing Successful and Ethical Organizational Change by Belias, Dimitrios,Rossidis, Ioannis,Papademetriou, Christos,Masouras, Andreas,Anastasiadou, Sofia Pdf

In the face of rapid economic developments, globalization, and technological advancements, organizations must adapt to thrive in an ever-changing landscape. Managing Successful and Ethical Organizational Change is a comprehensive guide that explores the vital skills and competencies needed to navigate this complex task. Emphasizing the symbiotic relationship between change and innovation, the book highlights their role in driving the formation of new practices crucial for business survival. Taking a systemic perspective, the book delves into the interplay between an organization's openness to change and its ability to implement successful transformations. It examines the internal and external drivers of change, enabling readers to gain a comprehensive understanding of the forces at work. The multifaceted responsibilities of leaders in managing change effectively are explored, including addressing resistance, fostering employee satisfaction, nurturing relationships, recognizing individual contributions, and resolving conflicts within the context of change. Whether for public or private sector executives, students, or educational staff, the book offers invaluable insights, making it an indispensable resource. Its comprehensive analysis, practical proposals, and scholarly approach position it as an essential tool for academics and professionals in the field of organization and business administration.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Education
ISBN : MINN:30000010540031

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Resources in Education by Anonim Pdf

Author : Johnson, Rick D.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 742 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781799838128

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Handbook of Research on Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Managerial and Leadership Psychology by Johnson, Rick D. Pdf

The subject of leadership and managerial psychology exists as a sub-branch of psychology within the fields of industrial and organizational psychology. There still appears to be ongoing debate regarding the core pathology for gaining managerial expertise in professional roles relative to having suitable leadership skills and managerial knowledge beyond the direct daily work involved in organizations. Professional organizations inherently include varied levels of sensitive human interactions, which further necessitates their management professionals to have leadership styles that are adjustable contingent on a given situation. Relative to this edited book, managerial psychology is being utilized in a way that may subsequently seek to develop a series of scientific theory principles where the focus is to develop managerial axioms that advance contemporary existing knowledge surrounding professional management logic. The Handbook of Research on Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Managerial and Leadership Psychology provides value uncovered by a collaboration of generalists and specialists who bring professional managerial and leadership opinions to light through narratives and research inclusive of fundamental theory principles that can be applied in practice and academia. This edited reference is focused on the enhancement of management research through managerial psychology while highlighting topics including business process knowledge, management in diverse discipline situations and professions, corporate leadership responsibility, leadership of self and others, and leadership psychology in a variety of different fields of work. This book is ideally designed for leadership and management professionals, academicians, students, and researchers in the fields of knowledge management, administrative sciences and management, leadership development, education, and organization development sub-branches or specialty practices.

Author : Tony L. Doherty,Terry Horne,Simon Wootton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 785 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134578153

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Managing Public Services - Implementing Changes by Tony L. Doherty,Terry Horne,Simon Wootton Pdf

The work of a manager in a service organisation is not the same as the work of a manager in an organisation that manufactures goods. Managing Public Services, Implementing Changes – A Thoughtful Approach 2e, is for students and managers who intend to work in a service organisation whether it is owned publicly of privately. This book concentrates on how managers can change things for the better and explains ‘why’ as well as ‘how’. The second edition has been fully updated to address challenges facing public services with new material on managing cuts, managing risk, managing innovation, producing funding applications, Lean Management and process review. A new chapter on managing social enterprise and generating social capital has also been added. This text is both solidly practical and theoretically challenging and is supported by strong pedagogical features including: case studies and illustrative vignettes from public service managers working in Europe, Asia, Australia and the US; exercises and review questions. Students will develop learning skills that enable them to transfer their learning from one situation to another and thinking skills that enable them adapt the way that they apply their learning as circumstances change. This comprehensive text has been specifically designed and developed to meet the needs of students studying public services management at undergraduate and postgraduate level. It allows the reader to develop transferable skills in thinking and learning as they work through the book and gives greater awareness of the benefits of continuous learning for staff and managers.