Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Liverpool Business School
Learning Methods
Lecture
Workshop
Module Offerings
5018LBSBSC-JAN-MTP
Aims
Project management is key to delivering strategic value within an organisation and it involves far more than a time plan, a budget and a risk register. This module explores the complexities and issues concerning effective project leadership and how to best meet project challenges. Students will explore the importance of managing, leading and influencing a range of interlinked stakeholders, and develop an appreciation of the tools and approaches used by effective project leaders.
The module evaluates various motivational approaches, helps project leaders assess their own personal styles, describes barriers to team performance and the stages of team development, explains how to best resolve conflicts and manage agreement, and how to enhance communications effectiveness.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Review and assess the validity of organisational theory that underpins current project management practices.
2.
Examine the main leadership skills and behaviours that are appropriate for improving project performance.
3.
Critically analyse the sources of power and how they can be used to overcome common challenges faced by project managers.
4.
Evaluate the main skills and behaviours that contribute to effective leadership of projects.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:• Leadership and management concepts, importance and differences
• Type of leadership (situational, transformational and inspirational leadership)
• Models for managing and leading in four directions
• Assessing the readiness of followers or groups
• Processual, institutional and organisational levels of power
• The psychological principles of influence
• Managing the stages of team development
• Methods for resolving conflict with internal and external stakeholders
• Setting up and leading effective teams
• Balancing power and authority
• Barriers to communication
Module Overview:
Project management is key to delivering strategic value within an organisation and it involves far more than a time plan, a budget and a risk register. This module explores the complexities and issues concerning effective project leadership and how to best meet project challenges. You will explore the importance of managing, leading and influencing a range of interlinked stakeholders, and develop an appreciation of the tools and approaches used by effective project leaders.
Project management is key to delivering strategic value within an organisation and it involves far more than a time plan, a budget and a risk register. This module explores the complexities and issues concerning effective project leadership and how to best meet project challenges. You will explore the importance of managing, leading and influencing a range of interlinked stakeholders, and develop an appreciation of the tools and approaches used by effective project leaders.
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