Project Leadership & Organizational Management

Module 7 – Project Leadership & Organizational Management

Content: The ability to successfully manage projects requires an effective means of managing and motivating people. In many instances, this will include managing and coordinating project staff that the project manager has little or no direct authority or control over.

This module focuses upon understanding and communicating effectively, and getting the results that organizations truly desire from their projects. The workshop will explore means of managing and influencing effective individual and team behaviours, and managing direct and indirect reporting relationships. The workshop also explores project and organizational reporting relationships and the influence of politics on interact with other stakeholders within the organization.

Participants will gain a solid understanding of the leadership role and challenge of project managers. This workshop will:

• Explore the meaning and role of leadership in the context of project management
• Evaluate the tools and models of leadership and their relevance to the project context
• Discuss the dynamics and interactions that govern how teams operate, and explore strategies to build and maintain effective team motivation
• Explore the organizational dimension of leadership, and the role that politics plays in influencing our project outcomes
• Introduce a definition of project management that fully embraces the responsibilities, obligations and expectations introduced throughout the certificate program