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Asian Journal of Research in Business Economics and Management
Year : 2014, Volume : 4, Issue : 3
First page : ( 48) Last page : ( 65)
Online ISSN : 2249-7307.

Effective Project Management Leadership as a Project Success Factor

Gilika Mackson K, Muwanei Samuel M

Gaborone, Botswana

Online published on 13 March, 2014.

Abstract

Many projects continue to fail in Botswana despite the use of established project management methods and techniques. There is a lack of good project management leadership. According to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), a project's success is the effective management of the triple constraints of schedule, budget and the scope. In order to achieve successful project outcomes, it is very important for a project manager to have technical expertise and also display appropriate leadership skills. It is clearly evident that many projects are still failing in Botswana. Transformational leadership is a renowned model that could contribute to successful project outcomes.

The study focused on the project management human resource component, namely the project management leadership. Essential to the successful outcome of projects are the project manager and the project team. The role of project manager combines human and technical expertise to deliver successful project outcomes and he is responsible for leading the project team towards achieving the desired outcome of the project (Institute, 2004). Gido and Clements, (2012) affirm that the success of projects depend more on human factors such as project leadership rather than on technical factors. Both of these aspects are needed by project managers to manage their projects and project teams in order to achieve their project objectives.

Participants in this study were individuals in the construction, engineering and real estate industries who have been involved in the project life cycle. The study used a quantitative descriptive approach to determine if leadership can be a success factor in projects. The results of the study indicated that transformational leadership or project management leadership in general applied by project managers is a project success factor.

Many projects continue to fail despite the use of established project methods and techniques; however leadership competency is required for successful project outcomes. These projects fail to be completed on schedule, cost and budget. Based on past research and studies, among the main factors that can cause projects failure are due to weaknesses of human factors especially from the aspect of ineffective leadership or weak leadership practised by project managers. The project manager is responsible for leading the project team towards achieving the desired outcome of the project (Institute, 2004). The objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between project management leadership and successful completion of projects.

Despite all these, no research of this sort has ever been done in Botswana. Therefore this research investigated the influence of leadership as a success factor on project completion in the Botswana context.

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Keywords

Project management, project failure, project leadership, project risk management, leadership, Project delivery.

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