Impact of Effective Communication in Managing Project

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1. Working title: To evaluate the Impact of Effective Communication in managing
project
2. Rationale:
Effective communication can be considered as verbal as well as non verbal body language which
transmits a message relying on the cues of feedback. Effective, clear and positive
communication is considered to be one of the most crucial parts of effective management.
Considering the fact that in this era of high competition between the organizations, project
managers are chiefly focusing on their communication style. The management of popular
organizations like Intel, Google and Microsoft are providing training to the leaders and project
manager to develop n effective communication skill in order to handle their project and manage
the same in an efficient way. Along with managers, communication skills of the employees have
become a crucial factor for the management of organizations to focus on. According to a good
number of studies, effective and positive communication between the employees and the
mangers possess the potential to reduce conflict situation during a project and enhance the
bonding between the project team (Hwang and Ng 2013). The chief focus of the paper is to
evaluate the impact of communication while managing project. The paper will evaluate the
impact of the communication skills of the team leader in a project team. Along with this the
study will also evaluate the impact of communication style and skill of the employees in the
team.
3. Literature review
According to Creasy and Anantatmula (2013), it is highly crucial for project managers to ensure
that the team members as well as the stakeholders are up to dated with what is expected from

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them. That includes their roles, responsibilities as well as other time constraints that poses the
potential to stop them from completing task within the stipulated time. Effective
communication skill of the managers helps them to keep the stakeholders and team members
well informed of the details of the project as well as the process. According to Lee, Park and
Lee, (2015), effective communication between the team members as well as the managers
possess the potential to enhance the knowledge of the team members which n turn impose
positive impact on the productivity of the same. Regular communication also helps the latter to
understand the current condition of the project along with the difficulties faced by the team to
reach their target. Lee, Park and Lee (2015) focused on the importance of communication for
receiving require information while conducting a project. For relaying information, it is highly
crucial for project managers to have regular access to the information for a given project,
stakeholders may demand information of the project at any point of time that include the
objective, plan, risks, requirements of the consumers as well as time concentrate (Ahsan, Ho and
Khan 2013). Adherence to a specific system of regular as well as focused communication
possess the potential to prevent any kind of misunderstanding as well as delays that can result in
failure in the project.
Royle and Laing (2014) in their study have focused on the importance of communication plan in
order to ensure effective communication during conducting a project. It has been found out that
organizations that plan their communication before getting started with a project are more
successful in completing the project within the stipulated time. According to researchers project
managers need to prepare themselves for the potential challenges that may arrive while
conducting a project (Kumar 2019). For ensuring effective communication strategies throughout
the project as well as the team, a communication plan requires to be developed from the