Leadership in Project Management: Reflection and Learning

Running Head: MANAGEMENT
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Management
Leadership in project management
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8/18/2019

Management
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Reflection: Leadership in Project Management
Introduction
This reflective discussion is focused on closing reflection on module 7. With the help
of this paper, I will reflect on how I think my journey has changed during the whole module
‘Leadership in project management’. The major changes and ups as well as downs within my
journey for becoming a professional project manager from the beginning to the end of this
course will be discussed. Post attending this module, based on (Ahola, Ruuska, Artto, &
Kujala, 2014), I am going to reflect on my personal views about leadership and management
in the context of project management. Apart from this, I will talk about how my personality
allowed me to integrate leadership with management for becoming a better project manager.
Lastly, this reflection will contain my future actions in terms of project management.
Closing Reflection
In this section, based on (Bassos, 2016), I am going to reflect on my journey
throughout this module. Within this course, I have explored leadership’s important role in the
project management process. Specifically, I learned about performance management,
motivation, team-building, communication, strategic management, and innovation deeply. I
realized that this course is indeed useful for UB project management certification.
While studying this course, firstly I learned a lot about the essentials of project
management. Subsequently, I learned project planning and implementation which has been
proved useful for me to become a professional project manager in the future. Later then, I
acquired all possible learning required for demonstrating leadership within project
management. I learned to use leadership as well as management concepts in order to
understand leadership situations effectively (Ahola, Ruuska, Artto, & Kujala, 2014). The
learning gained during studying this course enhanced my effectiveness in the leadership
process. This course developed a vast knowledge of basic management concepts and skills
which are extensively useful for my future development. In addition to that, studying this
course helped me to identify the internal as well as external factors and forces confronting
management within many modern organizations. I examined the five important management
functions like organizing, planning, leading, decision-making and controlling (Maxwel J. ,