Identifying the soft skills for project leadership

Identifying the soft skills for project leadership Dr. Qian SHI Associate professor,School of Economics and Management, Tongji University,Siping Road 1239, Shanghai 200092, P.R.China qianshi@mail.tongji.edu.cn

Main content 1.Introduction 2.Related research 3.Interview/Questionnaires 4.Data analysis and study findings 5.Conclusion

1.Introduction Background Project leadership is one of key topics for research in project management fields in the last a few years. Although many papers have been published in this field, there is still a lack of research especially in mainland China.

Objectives This research has drawn on a systematic study that is helpful to build the body of knowledge regarding leadership skills of project leaders with specific reference to the Chinese context.

2. Related research Literatures review

Summary of literatures review

3. Interview/Questionnaires

Interview In this stage, we have interviewed twenty participants using a set of open-ended questions with regard to project leadership as well as project organization performance including: "What are the factors that lead to a successful project team? Or what are the factors that lead to an unsuccessful project team?" "What are the basic characteristics and traits of a project manager?" "What are the leadership skills that a project leader should have in order to make the project team effective and efficient?" The participants represent different organizational levels: general manager, functional manager, project manager, assistant of project manager and project team member .

Questionnaire about characteristics and traits of a project leaders

Questionnaire about leadership skills of a project leader

4. Date analysis and study findings

Study findings about project team performance

Study findings about characteristics and traits of a project leader Study findings about project leadership skills

5. Conclusion

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