Importance of People Skills and Leadership in Project Management: A Case Study of University Classroom Building Construction

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Project Management Leadership
This paper will illustrate and determine the importance of people skills and leadership in the
construction of the University Classroom Building. The significance of leadership and people skills in
regard to the project management in the construction project is suspect and is maybe not seen as
imperative and accordingly gets less consideration than technical skills [1] this is seen when Bob Moore
send carpenters to his house to use their skills and be motived during the rainy days. The apparent
ignorance thereof can cause losses and lead to insufficiency since he was noncommittal when asked by
Jim about the billing of the carpenters the days there working on his house. Jim seems to be a great
manager and a leader as he is really concerned about the work ethics that is why he confronts Bob
about the workers working at Bob’s place.
Project Management Execution
In the case study of, they seem to have a poor execution phase since the plan has not been well put into
work. Project management execution consists of two major phases of executing and controlling and
monitoring [2]. The execution of building the University Classroom Building project has been poor
because the weather and this has cost some workers (carpenters) being sent home derailing the
execution of the project. This could be handled by having a 24-hour shift of the workers when it is not
raining to compensate for the days that there are not working due to the inconveniences caused by rain
instead of Bob sending them to his home at the cost of the company. This will make the execution of the
plan work well. Monitoring of the project seems to be perfect as Jim is taking note of everything that is
happening only that he is not in control since he is new to the company and he should talk to the seniors
about the same.
Project Management Risk Analysis
The risk part for this project is the measurable part of the uncertainty which will be estimated by the
probability of occurrence and the magnitude of the damage [3]. The major risk that the project plan
could have identified was weather since the greater part of the construction is done on the outside. To
mitigate this risk the project managers could have either decided to postpone the project up to coming
summer when working conditions will be favorable or have a 24-hour working shift when the weather is
not raining to reduce loss that is incurred when workers work two hours a day and get paid for a full
day.