Project Management and Team Leadership: A Comprehensive Report

This report provides a detailed analysis of project management and team leadership. It begins by defining the competencies essential for successful teamwork within various project and engineering settings, emphasizing the impact of teamwork on project management processes. The report then identifies the specific roles of project managers and leaders, drawing on a deeper understanding of management and leadership principles. Furthermore, it explores the reflection of management and leadership on personal development and learning, including the identification and documentation of requirements for further personal development, culminating in a personal development plan (PDP) outlining areas for improvement such as problem-solving and critical thinking. The report concludes by summarizing the key findings and reinforcing the importance of effective teamwork and leadership in achieving project success.

Project Management
and Team Leadership

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Display appropriate competencies that promote successful teamwork in range of team work
and engineering project settings and discuses teamwork impact on project management..........3
Identify the roles of project management and leadership based on deeper knowledge of
management and leadership.........................................................................................................4
Explain the reflection of management and leadership on personal development and learning
and identify and document requirements for further personal development...............................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Project management is a notion that revolves around the agendas of a specific project and
where certain steps are involved in making the best use of resources and working systematically
to attain the objectives. Project management process involves stages in terms of steps that goes
on continuously by applying number of strategies, methods, skills, knowledge and styles with the
focus kept on attaining all pre-determined goals in accordance to the acceptance criteria (Browne
and et. al., 2016). Team work is a strong supportive element of effective project management
process and procedures. The present report is based on project management and team working in
which areas covered are the competencies required for promoting teamwork in project settings as
well their impacts are also determined. Moving along, roles of project manager and leadership
are identified. Lastly, reflection is given in regards to explain management and leadership in
references to personal development and a PDP is developed.
MAIN BODY
Display appropriate competencies that promote successful teamwork in range of team work and
engineering project settings and discuses teamwork impact on project management.
There are a range of competencies that may help in promoting successful teamwork
within team work and engineering project settings. Some of these are presented underneath: Communication: Communication is said to be a crucial and effective teamwork related
competency, which helps in successful collaboration. Regardless of whether an individual
from the team is preparing a presentation or performing a task. It's imperative to talk
transparently and genuinely with gathering individuals about different necessities, cut-off
times, and duties. This would aid in promoting successful teamwork in much effective
and in efficient manner (Tabassi and et. al., 2017). Time management: Time management is also a crucial and effective competency, which
is moreover important for individuals as while working in a team. Based on project
managers, for example, must have strong organizational skills in order to set manageable
goals for their team and keep others on track to meet their deadlines. This could be
understood with a good example: Nurses must be able to demonstrate strong delegating
tasks, prioritizing, time management skills so that they can spend more time on the
patients who need extra care. Learning how to balance multiple deadlines and

assignments while an individual at places like school and workplaces will make it easier
for an individual to adjust to a fast-paced and collaborative work environment in the
future. Problem-solving: Effective problem solvers can consider new ideas when difficulties or
issues emerge. Instead of reducing in on negative results, they remain quiet and help their
collaboration towards an answer (Müller, Packendorff and Sankaran, 2017). This
methodology reveals shortcomings that are repressing the group's prosperity, so team
members can attempt to improve those cycles later on. With the help of this, collaborative
working environment and fast-paced in the future may effectively be developed in much
efficient ways.
 Critical thinking: Critical thinking permits to improve, more educated choices where it
tends to be enticing to track with whatever the gathering chooses, or what one of the team
members accepts is the best game-plan, however now and then an alternate methodology
or a ground-breaking thought can help accomplish better outcomes (Purvanova and et.
al., 2020). By Considering this one particular aspects, inspecting all sides of an issue,
considering past encounters, and tuning in to what other gathering individuals need to
state that could show up at an advancement that pushes team or group ahead in new and
energizing manners.
Identify the roles of project management and leadership based on deeper knowledge of
management and leadership.
Project management plays a vital role in management of project as it involves planning,
monitoring, executing, controlling and closing project. Project managers are one who are
accountable for entire project either it is its scope, team, success or failure. Just like management
and leadership is used interchangeably in some organisations with extra responsibilities, project
management and leadership can also be used interchangeably with some extra responsibility of
managers than leaders (Novo, Landis and Haley, 2017). If differentiating them in general,
managers are responsible to manage leaders and leaders are responsible to manage individuals
and in case of small projects leadership and management is handled at one level only. In an
organisation managers and leaders are responsible for all projects and works in organisation and
project managers and leaders are responsible for a specific project only. The role of project
manager includes following:

 Plan and Define Scope: Just like management process project manager also decides ways
in which the project will be completed for which managers are responsible to create an
efficient plan and describe scope of the plan to its teammates so that they can also able to
understand plan efficiently. It is role of managers in management and in case of project
management it is performed by project manager. Activity planning and sequencing: Every work needs to be divided in different activities
which should be performed in a sequence. In same way project manager should also plan
activities to be performed to complete project and proper sequence of the activities to
reduces losses in the project. It is the process performed by leaders in organisations and
in case of project management this is performed by project leaders (Rahmani, Roels and
Karmarkar, 2018). Resource Planning: After planning of activities leaders will ascertain all need of
resources and then they will plan to get the resources in cost efficient manner with
maintaining the quality of the resources to get higher profit in project. Procurement of
resources is the most important work in any project as this step is responsible for quality
of project as well as cost incurred on project which will have a direct impact on profits of
the project. This involves role of both leaders and mangers as needs are ascertained by
leaders and resources are planned by managers. Developing a Budget: After all the planning managers by taking help of leaders ascertain
time taken by project and cost to be incurred to complete the project and develop a
budget accordingly. This role is played by the project managers but they take help of the
project leaders to develop a good budget. Assigning Activities: According to the plan of activities they are assigned to different
leaders according to the capabilities of departments. It is duty of manager to assign
activities to the department according to the knowledge and efficiency required for
project to be completed. Now leaders will assign duties to the individuals according to
their capabilities to perform the task (Amin, Kamal and Sohail, 2016). Set Deadlines: As managers takes the project for a specific period of time and that should
be finished on time as well so with assigning of duties deadlines should be set by
managers to perform a certain activity in such a manner that time provided should not be

too short that it become impossible to perform duty and that should not be that much
enough to make workers lazy as it can increase labour cost in project. Managing risk and Issues: Managers are responsible to ascertain the risk involved in
project and to take safety measures to reduce risks involved in the project and if the
project is of life threatening nature in that case paying extra to the employees. They are
also responsible for issues creating in completion of project and to provide resolution for
same. This role is also performed by both mangers as well as leaders according to the
level of risk and issues involved in the process (Scott-Young, Georgy and Grisinger,
2019). Monitoring and Reporting Progress: It is duty of project leader to monitor work assigned
to the individuals and report it to managers on regular basis. This step involves the role of
leader as it describes its leadership on the individuals and power of leader to influence
their individuals. Managers should also monitor the work of leaders for the examine their
reporting. Controlling Quality: Controlling Quality not only deals with the product only but also
deals with controlling of management quality. Project managers and leaders are
responsible to quality of product of project to be completed by their individuals. They
should also compare budget developed at level of planning with actual performance of
project and find variances in the same. If variances are of high consideration, then they
should be considering to find area of mistake to be rectify by the management.
 Completing the project: Once project is assigned to the management and approved by
them there will be no space for excuses. It is responsibility of the managers to complete
project on time no matter what the situation is except the natural issues. The profits and
losses on the project are solely on effectiveness of project management.
From above discussed points it come to know that the project leaders and managers plays
an important role in completing the project. Even it is responsibility of project managers to
complete the project once approved by them.
Explain the reflection of management and leadership on personal development and learning and
identify and document requirements for further personal development.
When a manager possesses the traits of leadership and management, it enhances the overall
development and knowledge of him and that results in his personal development and making him

a knowledgeable person who sets an example for his colleagues and subordinates. As a manager,
he has to lead his subordinates and also manage them by framing several policies and
compliances. When a person possesses a better knowledge and he has a developed skill he is able
to influence others and can lead their subordinates without bias and fairly. His skills are
developed which allow him to take better decisions for the benefit of everyone associated with it.
He can properly analyse the situation and give appropriate solutions for them which increase his
strengths. Growth in terms of personal and learning skills develops you to seek excellence. This
creates a positive and impactful effect on the future growth, career and life as well (Koeslag-
Kreunen and et. al., 2018).
When possessing the leadership and management traits, the manager gives a chance to
reduce selfishness and negative traits to him. This also mends him work in the group and
motivate others to do the same. This helps the organisation as well. A person with developed
traits is well versed is loved and respected by everyone. The communication, influencing skills
are also enhanced with the skills of leadership and management, through this the manager is able
to apply any and every easily amongst himself and within his subordinates as well. It is said that
better leaders are the best learners (Galli, Kaviani and Margulis, 2017). These all can be said in
enhancing the self-development of his own.
PDP
Area of
development
Date I will
have this
completed
by:
I will achieve
this by:
What's
happening
now?
How will I
know I've
been
successful?
Progress
Problem
Solving skills
17/12/2020 By the end of 3
months.
Unable to
resolve the
conflicts
Through
resolving the
conflicts in
much effective
and in efficient
ways.
Continuous
improvement
Critical
thinking
17/12/2020 By the end of 4
months.
Unable to
focus on a
particular
Through
focusing on
two different
With the
help of this, I
may

aspect in two
different
perceptions.
aspects. effectively
improve my
own
performance
level.
CONCLUSION
From the above discussion it is clear that team work is a strong element to support project
management and team leadership. Team leadership will be good if individuals in group believe
in team work and perform their duties in a team by effectively communicating with each other. It
is also clear that how a project management and leadership is similar to management and
leadership in organisation in some context. Project managers and leaders plays an important role
in completing a project assigned to them and approved by them. The effective leadership and
management will have led to the personal development in various ways.

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