An investigation on leadership skills for project management

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Identifying the soft skills for project leadership
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Identifying the soft skills for project leadership

• Dr. Qian SHIAssociate professor,School of
  Economics and Management,Tongji
  University,Siping Road 1239, Shanghai 200092,
  P.R.China qianshi_at_mail.tongji.edu.cn

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Main content

• 1.Introduction
• 2.Related research
• 3.Interview/Questionnaires
• 4.Data analysis and study findings
• 5.Conclusion

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1.Introduction

• Background
• Project leadership is one of key topics for
  research in project management fields in the last
  a few years. Although many papers have been
  published in this field, there is still a lack of
  research especially in mainland China.

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• Objectives
• This research has drawn on a systematic study
  that is helpful to build the body of knowledge
  regarding leadership skills of project leaders
  with specific reference to the Chinese context.

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2. Related research

• Literatures review

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• Summary of literatures review

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3. Interview/Questionnaires
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• Interview
• In this stage, we have interviewed twenty
  participants using a set of open-ended questions
  with regard to project leadership as well as
  project organization performance including
• "What are the factors that lead to a successful
  project team? Or what are the factors that lead
  to an unsuccessful project team?"
• "What are the basic characteristics and traits of
  a project manager?"
• "What are the leadership skills that a project
  leader should have in order to make the project
  team effective and efficient?"
• The participants represent different
  organizational levels general manager,
  functional manager, project manager, assistant of
  project manager and project team member .

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• Questionnaire about characteristics and traits
  of a project leaders

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• Questionnaire about leadership skills of a
  project leader

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4. Date analysis and study findings
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• Study findings about project team performance

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• Study findings about characteristics and traits
  of a project leader

• Study findings about project leadership skills

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5. Conclusion
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