Project manager leadership role

• Project manager activities

  • Thoroughly plan the project and solicit the involvement of functional areas
  • Control human resources needed by the project
  • Control basic technical definition of the project, and balance technical versus cost trade-offs
  • Exercise strong positive leadership
  • Monitor performance
  • Complete to quality expectations, on schedule and within cost
• Project manager's essential performance criteria

  Complete to quality expectations, on schedule and within cost
• Sources of leader power

  • Legitimate power
  • Reward power
  • Coercive power
  • Expert power
  • Information power
  • Referent power
• Power is the capacity to affect the behaviour of others
• Legitimate power stems from position in the management hierarchy and the authority given to this position.
• Reward power comes from being able to give/having the capacity to give rewards such as promotions or bonuses.
• Expert power results from having special knowledge that enables one to influence others.
• Coercive power arises when leaders can punish subordinates who do not follow orders.
• Expert power results from having specialised knowledge that other people need or value.
• Informational power involves having access or control over distribution of important information.
• Referent power: stems from being admired, personally identified with, or liked by others.