NICMAR ASSIGNMENT ON “ROLE OF PROJECT MANAGERS” SUBMITTED BY: JHA PRAVIN KUMAR JOSHI SOURABH MALANI GOVIND 221071 221074 221094 GUIDED BY: Prof. T.K.GANGULI ACM 22-SECTION 2 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH‚ PUNE ROLE OF PROJECT MANAGERS Page 1 NICMAR INDEX Contents 1. Introduction 2. Role of Project Manager 2.1 Planning 2.2 Organizing 2.3 Controlling 2.4 Leading 2.5 Communicating 2.6 Cognitive functions 2.7 Self management functions 2.8 Motivational and personal
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Journal of Project Management 31 (2013) 889 – 902 www.elsevier.com/locate/ijproman Project managers and career models: An exploratory comparative study Karin Bredin a ‚ Jonas Söderlund b‚⁎ a Department of Management and Engineering‚ Linköping University‚ Sweden b BI Norwegian Business School‚ Norway Abstract Prior research has paid little attention to the careers and career models of project managers. This is troublesome for at least two reasons. First‚ project managers are becoming
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1.0 Definition of Project Manager Project manager is the person‚ who is responsible for deliver the project deliverables within the budget and within the time frame‚ in accordance with technical specifications‚ and‚ when specified‚ in accomplishment of profit objectives. There is no one particular representation for a project manager. Different projects require different approaches. Project managers are more often either transformed functional managers or‚ specially trained professionals.
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development of project management‚ project success has been defined clearly. A definition of project success from Lock is that if the project finish on time‚ within budget and in good quality‚ the project is considered as a successful project (Lock‚ 2007). However‚ our understanding about the role of project manager is unclear. Different people hold various viewpoints about it. According to Lewis‚ people have a vague understanding of what is the role of project manager‚ because a majority of project managers
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Skills for Project Managers Be not afraid of greatness; some are born great; some achieve greatness—others have greatness thrust upon them. William Shakespeare Twelfth Night Introduction Before now‚ we had discussed project management in the broad sense‚ that is‚ from the perspective that any type of project—industrial assembly line‚ new construction‚ or technology implementation— operated by the same sets of rules and processes. For the remainder of this book‚ we focus on the last type of project
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this Job PROJECT MANAGER JOB COMPETENCY MODEL In a High Technology Organization Developed by Workitect‚ Inc. For XYZ* Company *This is an actual project for a real company whose name‚ represented throughout this document by a blank line ( ________ )‚ is confidential. Sections I. Overview of the Competencies by Cluster II. Competencies with Definitions and Behaviors III. Overview of Most Important Responsibilities of Project Managers IV. Description of Most Important Responsibilities with Performance
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How did you get into project management? - I was in a relatively small company; it didn’t have formal project management but had the need to undertake a major‚ industry wide initiative. The rest was history. 2. If you had to rate the job of project manager on a scale of 1-10‚ with 10 being the highest‚ how would you rate it? - I would rate it a 9 3. Briefly explain the reason for your rating. What do you enjoy most and what do you like least about being a project manager? - I gave it a 9 because
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT GROUP ASSIGNMENT Table of Content 1. Business ethics of project manager 4 1.1. Motivation theory 4 1.1.1. Maslow’s hierarchy of need 4 1.1.2. Theory X and Theory Y 4 1.1.3. Reinforcement Theory 5 1.2. Business ethics 5 1.2.1. What is business ethics 5 1.2.2. Utilitarianism theory 6 1.2.3. Equity theory 7 1.3. Standard for international project managers 7 1.4. Social responsibilities 10 2. Impact of environments 11 2.1. Macro-environments 11 2.1.1. Cultural society Environment
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Some people believe that managing a project is something easy and that a project manager’s job is not that difficult. But what they do not know is that managing a project can be really difficult. In order to become a good project manager you need to have some characteristics such as a strong technical background‚ hard-nosed manager‚ mature individual‚ someone who is currently available‚ someone on good terms with senior executives‚ a person who can keep the project happy‚ one who has worked in several
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Managers have to satisfy the customers by all means like supervising the point of sales. There are various responsibilities which a professional manager has to perform. The very first responsibility is towards the customers. Managers have to satisfy the customers by all means like supervising the point of sales etc. Managers are also responsible towards the employees like giving them pays on time etc. It is the responsibility of the manager to provide a professional atmosphere to the employees
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