Role of Leadership in Managing a Project: A Case Study of Imperial College Annual Event

This research aims to identify the role of leadership in managing a project by referring to the case study of Imperial College Annual event in London. It explores the factors affecting effective leadership, the relationship between leadership and successful project management, and the impact of effective leadership in managing a project successfully. The literature review discusses different leadership styles and their implications in project management. The research objectives include identifying factors affecting leadership effectiveness, analyzing the relationship between leadership and project management success, and using leadership styles effectively to overcome project management challenges.

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To Identify Role of Leadership in Managing a Project: A Case Study of Imperial College Annual
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction....................................................................................................................2
Overview and Problem statement....................................................................................................2
Research aim....................................................................................................................................3
Research objectives.........................................................................................................................3
Chapter 2: Literature review............................................................................................................4
Overview......................................................................................................................................4
Conceptual framework.................................................................................................................4
Concept of leadership..................................................................................................................4
Factors affecting effective leadership..........................................................................................5
Types of leadership styles............................................................................................................6
Project management.....................................................................................................................8
Components of project management...........................................................................................9
Project success and leadership.....................................................................................................9
Project management performance and leadership.....................................................................10
Project management and leadership..........................................................................................11
Project management staffs and leadership.................................................................................12
Project management policy and strategy and leadership...........................................................12
Project management partnerships and resources and leadership...............................................13

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Project management key performance indicators......................................................................13
Project management lifecycle processes...................................................................................14
Summary....................................................................................................................................14
Research questions.........................................................................................................................15
Research hypotheses..................................................................................................................15
Project case................................................................................................................................16
Epistemology.............................................................................................................................16
Methodology..............................................................................................................................17
Data collection methods............................................................................................................18
Ethics.........................................................................................................................................19
Sample.......................................................................................................................................20
Limitations.................................................................................................................................21
Timetable.......................................................................................................................................22
References......................................................................................................................................23

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Chapter 1: Introduction
Overview and Problem statement
In order to manage the operations and process of events and organizational functions, the
project management tools are used. The project management tools are used with the aim of
maintaining a smooth flow of the activities along with supporting to keep the quality according
to the required project standards (Larson and Gray 2017). As known, project management is a
significant tool for managing large scale projects by ensuring appropriate initiation, planning,
execution and closure, the leadership skills of a project manager is crucial. The leadership
abilities of a project manager help in developing a clarified vision, inspiring others, building an
effective team, being an excellent delegator, establishing positive attitude and enthusiasm,
competence and being an excellent decision maker. This helps in appropriate beginning,
planning, executing and closing of a project (Heagney 2016).
Similarly, for organizing the annual event for Imperial College in London, effective
leadership skills are of utmost significance in managing the two-day project. The approach of the
project manager and the team members impose a significant impact on the entire project
management process and the implementation of a plan for achieving the objectives and goals.
Additionally, the knowledge and skills of the project manager plays an essential role in
managing a project, as this helps in arranging and utilizing the resources suitably thereby,
managing the project successfully.

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Research aim
The aim of the research is to identify the role of leadership in managing a project by
referring to the case study of Imperial College Annual event in London.
Research objectives
The objectives of the research are:
 To identify the factors that affect the effectiveness of leadership style while managing a
project
 To assess the relationship between leadership and successful project management
 To analyze the impact of effective leadership in managing a project successfully
 To use leadership styles effectively for overcoming the issues faced while managing
projects

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Chapter 2: Literature review
Overview
The literature review is conducted with the aim of reviewing past literatures and
considering the views and opinions about leadership and success of project management.
Studying the past literatures provides an opportunity to develop in-depth and better
understanding about the research topic where leadership is considered as the independent
variable and project management is considered as dependent variable. Better in-sights can be
developed with the by conducting the review as this allows comparing and contrasting the views
and opinions of different authors those have conducted researches in this study sector.
Developing greater insights about project management and leadership separately helps in
identifying the impact of leadership on the success of any project.
Conceptual framework
Concept of leadership
Leadership is a widely researched topic over the years, as the contribution of leadership
cannot be denied and left unnoticed. However, leadership has been defined differently by various
researchers and authors. As mentioned by Mir and Pinnington (2014), leadership is defined as
the action of leading a group of people within an organization successfully. However, as argued
by Zulch (2014), leadership is defined as the art of motivating group of people in order to act
effectively and work towards achieving a common goal. However, Schwalbe (2015), further
argues and defines leadership as the ability of an individual or a group of individual to influence
and guide the followers or other members those are associated in achieving a goal.

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Factors affecting effective leadership
From the previous section, it can be inferred that leadership is crucial in determining
success for an organization. However, there are different factors that affect and determine the
effectiveness of leadership. As commented by Ciulla (2017), establishing trust and
demonstrating integrating are crucial factors that affect the effectiveness of leadership. A leader
should be an individual that possess the ability of establishing trust among the existing
workforce. The established trust among the employees within an organization leads to the
development of belief within them about their ability. As a result, authenticity and honesty is
displayed in the behavior of the employees that ensures success of the organization or the work
they are associated with.
However, as argued by Lu (2014), setting clear directions by ensuring clarity, simplicity
and consistency in setting goals helps in ensuring effectiveness in leadership. Breaking out the
points and setting short-term goals provides an opportunity for the employees to have a clear
idea of the next step that needs to be taken for completing the task successfully. As the
employees think just about the next step, the employees are able to take initiatives and include
innovations for completing the project successfully and efficiently.
As the leaders are the ones that tie the entire organization together and ensure unity
among the employees, effectiveness of leadership is highlighted in the ability of establishing and
growing relationships successfully (Chen et al. 2014). Successful and effective leadership
possess the ability to culminate the belief of being able and capable of performing roles and
responsibilities out of their comfort zone and tasting success. Additionally, the employees are
motivated and encouraged, they go extra mile and highlight innovations for completing their job
roles and responsibilities thereby, completing a project successfully. Therefore, it can be said that

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effective leadership is crucial in managing a project and ensuring the the project is completed
successfully.
Types of leadership styles
As known leadership is a highly researched topic over the years, the extensive research
has given rise to different leadership styles. The different types of leadership styles that are
practiced within business organizations are explained below.
Autocratic leadership
As the name indicates, autocratic leadership style is highly self-centered. According to
De Hoogh, Greer and Den Hartog (2015), in autocratic leadership style the leader or the boss is
the only one holding responsibility and authority of taking decisions without consulting the
subordinates. In this case, the decisions taken by the leaders are communicated to the
subordinates and they are expected to perform it promptly. Autocratic leadership style is not
practiced within business organizations and while completion of projects, as engaging the
subordinates becomes difficult that questions the success of the project. However, as argued by
Iqbal, Anwar abd Haider (2015), autocratic leadership is efficient at times because involving
everyone in the decision-making process make results in undue late in completion of the project
successfully.
Democratic leadership
Democratic leadership is one of the styles that is highly facilitated and practiced within
business organizations while undertaking and completing projects. As mentioned by
Nanjundeswaraswamy and Swamy (2014), the subordinates or the individual involved in a
project are involved in the decision making process of the project. This makes the subordinates

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feel a part of the project and also feels valued and significant. However, the leader holds the final
authority of taking a decision related to the project but ideas from the subordinates are
considered that facilitates and promotes creativity and innovations. However, as argued by Puni,
Ofei and Okeo (2014), involving the subordinates in the decision making process results in
unnecessary delay, as ideas keep on coming.
Transactional leadership
Transactional leadership style is also termed as managerial leadership that highlights the
idea of transaction between the team members and the leaders. According to McCleskey (2014),
in this leadership style, the leaders offer guidance and supervision thereby, evaluating the
performance against the goals that has been set for completion of the project. Upon completion
of the performance successfully, the performance of the team members are appreciated by
rewarding them according to necessity. As a result, the subordinates admiring external rewards
feel highly motivated and improvement in terms of performance is noticed. However, as
criticized by Antonakis and House (2014), if the team members fail to perform as expected and
meet the basic standard, they are punished by the leaders. Due to this aspect of this leadership
style, self-motivated subordinates consider this as interference.
Transformational leadership
Transformational leadership style is considered as the bet leadership practice used in the
business scenarios, as it facilitates rapport and empathy and engages the subordinates
successfully. As commented by Breevaart et al. (2014), in this leadership style the leaders work
hard alongside the subordinates apart from just expecting the best out of them. Getting the
support of the leaders simultaneously influences the team members to take new initiatives and

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facilitate creativity and innovations. As a result, team engagement and inspiring of each other is
influenced under this leadership style. However, as criticized by Van Dierendonck et al. (2014),
this leadership style lacks managerial skills at the practical level and hence, support and
assistance from the individuals associated in a project is needed.
Charismatic leadership
Charismatic leadership highlights the idea of creating a strong and powerful image that
the surrounding people are drawn towards it naturally. As mentioned by Shamir, Arthur and
House (2018), in this leadership style, the subordinates are influenced by presenting and focusing
on the strengths of the personality. In this type of leadership, energy, passion and motivation are
highly noticed thereby, boosting the project and moving forward by taking and mitigating the
challenges. However, as argued by Zehir et al. (2014), the major drawback of this leadership is
that the leaders are highly self-centered that makes the individuals associated in a project
unworthy, less valued and less significant.
Project management
Project management has gained huge popularity recently and has been developed into a
subject discipline along with other management activities such as information technology,
financial aspect and operations. As mentioned by Kerzner and Kerzner (2017), business
organizations are highly facilitating and practicing project management as a tool for increasing
productivity. The use of project management tools have also increased over the past decade
however limited research has been conducted that establishes a relationship between the
performance of project management and leadership. However, on the contrary, project
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planning, executing, controlling and closing a project thereby, achieving the specific goals and
objectives successfully within the allocated resources.
Components of project management
The different components of project management that determines the overall success of
the project includes project success, performance, leadership, staffs, policy and strategy,
partnerships and resources, key performance indicators and lifecycle processes. Effective
leadership is crucial in managing project effectively by focusing on the crucial aspects of the
projects and completing it with the available resources and delivering it on time and with quality.
Project success and leadership
The success of a project is dependent of the uniqueness, complexity and size of the
project thereby, indicating that measuring success of projects vary significantly. As mentioned
by Aga, Noorderhaven and Vallejo (2016), the subordinates and the associates associated with
project have different versions of defining the success of projects. Additionally, the opinion
about project success and performance might vary according to industries. The role leaders in
determining and assuring the success of project are impeccable. The leaders work tirelessly for
managing a project and completing it successfully. As mentioned by Maqbool et al. (2017),
individuals or managers managing project develop leadership skills for becoming effective
leaders. However, as argued by DuBois et al. (2015), successful project managers might not be
considered as effective leaders.
It is essential for the project leaders to have and use leadership skills because being the
individual responsible for the entire project; the managers need to get the work done by the team
members and the associates. According to Zulch (2014), it is important for the project managers

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to have the ability to foresee future, have a clear vision, clarity in reasoning and practical in
scheduling for managing a project effectively and ensuring project success. The strong
leadership skills such as ability to build string relationship, ensuring effective communication,
developing a positive attitude, promoting innovation and creativity should be highlighted by a
project manager for ensuring project success.
Project management performance and leadership
In the traditional form, project management systems included meeting technical
requirements, cost, time and maintaining quality that has become ineffective presently. As
mentioned by Yang, Huang and Hsu (2014), in order to manage projects effectively, project is
used and preferred highly in the recent days, as this ensures continuous improvement and
organizational success. However, as argued by Cooper (2015), project management is also used
as an effective tool for managing organizational change, execution and controlling of activities,
systematic planning and achieving strategic objectives of a project. The aforementioned
attributes of ensuring effective project management performance is highly dependent on
effective and suitable leadership style.
As known, effective leadership style helps in developing coherency among the team
members, establishing positivity, promoting innovations and creativity and developing a positive
working environment. As mentioned by Larsson et al. (2015), effective leadership style provides
an opportunity to develop competence and integrity among the individuals associated in a project
that highlights improved and effective performance of a project. However, as argued by Sun, Xu
and Shang (2014), effective leadership is crucial in ensuring positive and efficient project
management performance by facilitating clear vision and inculcating inspiration for the team
members by reflecting excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Similar is the case for

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Imperial College Annual Event in London where effective leadership skills is required for
managing this project appropriately and completing it successfully.
Project management and leadership
Leadership is a widely researched topic in the past and recently as project management is
an emerging topic, both leadership and project management have gained the attention of the
researchers. Imperial College Annual Event in London is a big project that cannot be completed
without managers with sound leadership skills. According to Harrison and Lock (2017), effective
leadership in project management is highly demanded because this provides an opportunity for
the project managers to develop and promulgate awareness of the roles of the projects, so that it
can act as a vehicle for managing all types of change while conducting the project. However, as
argued by Binder (2016), the successful management of project is not solely dependent on the
effectiveness of leadership styles. Instead, the project management system used should support
and develop two-way partnership between the partners and suppliers thereby, sharing a common
project language and culture.
The ability to manage a project successfully is highly dependent on the leadership skills
highlighted and used by the project managers. As known, project management deals with
initiating, planning, executing and closing a project successfully, effective leadership is
significant, as this helps in building competence, integrity, positive attitude, excellent
communication skills, innovation and enthusiasm. Therefore, it is necessary for the managers
responsible for Imperial College Annual Event in London highlight excellent and effective
leadership skills (Ahem, Leavy and Byrne 2014).

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Project management staffs and leadership
Individuals or staffs are highly responsible for determining the success of a project and
similar is the case of Imperial College Annual Event in London where the event is considered to
be a large project and is highly dependent on the approach and attitude of the employees
associated with the project. As mentioned by McCaffery (2018), the potential and ability of the
associated human resources with a project should be maximized by appropriate planning and
management of the staffs associated. This includes cascading and communicating a clear vision
about the project to the staffs followed by developing a positive working environment, creating
encouragement and enthusiasm, facilitating communication and interpersonal skills and
establishing competence and integrity. Therefore, the project managers should highlight the
aforementioned leadership skills in order to maximizing the potential of the staffs associated
with the project of Imperial College Annual Event in London. However, as argued by Frich et al.
(2015), the managers need to reward the performance of the staffs at short intervals while a
project is commencing it order to maximize their potential because only inspiration and
enthusiasm seen to fail after certain time.
Project management policy and strategy and leadership
Strategies and policies are crucial aspects that determine the success of a project.
According to Head and Alford (2015), project management policies and strategies are developed
with the aim of ensuring linkage among organizational level, strategic level, tactical level and
project level. The project management policies and strategies are developed with the aim of
establishing a coherency throughout the project while it is being conducted. The project
managers are the ones developing policies and strategies that is to be included within a project in
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Muethel (2016), the policies and strategies developed by the project manager help in aligning the
project’s strategic mission and objectives with the staffs and the people associated with the
project. Similar is the case of Imperial College Annual Event in London, where the project
managers develop adequate strategies and policies that bring together the staffs working in the
project thereby, determining the success.
Project management partnerships and resources and leadership
The success of an entire project is also dependent on the partnerships made during the
course of the projects and the resources used. Both partnerships and resources are significant
aspects for managing a project successfully. It is the responsibility of the project managers to use
their leadership skills and select the most appropriate partners and resources for working on a
project. As commented by Cooper (2015), the role of the project managers is to develop win-win
partnership between the stakeholders associated with the project. Similarly, the project managers
need to show their leadership skills and develop win-win partnership between the internal and
external stakeholders associated with organizing the annual event of Imperial College in London.
However, as argued by Noe et al. (2017), the resources used for the project should also be used
wisely for managing a project successfully. For instance, the project managers should influence,
inspire and encourage the employees associated with the project for keeping them aligned with
the aim and objectives of the project and complete it successfully.
Project management key performance indicators
The project management key performance indicators are developed with the aim of
determining the standard of the project. According to Arena, Azzone and Bengo (2015), the key
performance indicators indicates the results achieved in relation to meeting the requirements of
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for enhancing the performance of the project against the set KPI’s. Setting appropriate KPI’s are
important for managing a project successfully, as this helps in evaluating scheduling, quality,
cost, stakeholder satisfaction and the performance. Therefore, the project managers should
develop project management key performance indicators by developing a strategy, defining the
questions, identifying the data needs, evaluating the existing data, finding the right support and
assigning owner ship to the KPI’s. In doing so, the project managers need to show effective
leadership skills for developing the key performance indicators while organizing the annual
event of Imperial College in London.
Project management lifecycle processes
The project management life cycle is crucial in managing a project effectively as this
includes and incorporate the processes that are required for managing the life cycle of the entire
project. The role a project manager is crucial along with appropriate leadership skills because
leadership skills help in developing and ensuring coherency, competency and integrity among
the associates. The different stages of project life cycle are project initiation, planning, execution
and closure. According to Stark (2015), as a project manager, it is necessary for to have
leaderships skills such as a problem solving attitude, should possess the ability to establish
positive attitude and enthusiasm, have clarity in vision and possess excellent interpersonal and
communication skills. As a result, each step of the project management can be completed
successfully and managing the project effectively.
Summary
Therefore, in this chapter, it can be summarized that the recent popularity gained of
project management is due to the increased competition in the business sector. It is necessary for
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effective leadership is of utmost significance. As known, leadership is the ability of an individual
to influence another individual or group of individuals. The role of leadership in managing a
project is impeccable, as this ensures appropriate beginning of the project followed by adequate
planning, execution and control thereby wrapping up the project successfully by achieving the
specific project aim and objectives.
Research questions
The questions of the research are:
 What are the factors that affect the effectiveness of leadership styles while managing a
project?
 What is the relationship between leadership and successful project management?
 How effective leadership can help in managing a project successfully?
 How leadership style can help in overcoming the issues faced while managing projects?
Research hypotheses
The hypotheses of the research are:
H0: Leadership styles do not help in managing a project effectively
H1: Leadership styles do help in managing a project effectively

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Chapter 3: Proposed research methodology
Project case
The current study will be conducted based on the annual event of Imperial College in
London. The management of the college has organized the Alumni Weekend at the Imperial
Festival on the 6th and 7th of May in 2017 from 10 am onwards and will finish on 5 pm. The main
activities of the event include entrepreneurship, creativity and best sciences. The event will be
organized in the form of a festival and the attraction of the demonstration will be engineering and
new sciences. Additionally, interactive talks, workshops and exhibitions will be conducted by the
students of the Imperial College for making the annual event highly engaging and successful.
The management of the college has estimated to invite at least 500 guests from both the
academic and student community. The management has decided to make the annual event free
for all irrespective of age. However, the registration fees for adults were allocated as £5 per
individual.
After the outline of the annual event has been set, it is in the hand of the project manager
to organize the event successfully by maintaining the processes ad managing the activities
suitably.
Epistemology
Epistemology is defined as the branch of philosophy that deals with the source of
knowledge thereby, concerned with nature, possibilities, limitations and sources of knowledge in
respect to the select research field. It is divided into different types such as pragmatism,
positivism, realism and interpretivism (Kumar 2019). In this case, interpretivism philosophy will
be used. Using interpretivism philosophy is best suited because this allows the researcher to refer

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to the views and opinions of different individuals in respect to a specific topic. Interpretivism
philosophy will be suitable, as this will allow the researcher to consider the views and opinions
of different individuals associated with organizing the annual event of Imperial College in
London and what leadership issues they face individually when it comes to managing a project.
As a result, the researcher will be able to derive subjective meanings about leadership and project
management by focusing on the details and reality of the situation and motivating actions
(Mackey and Gass 2015).
Methodology
For this research, deductive approach will be used by the researcher because this will
allow the researcher to refer to previously existing literatures, concepts and models about
leaders, leadership styles and project management (Silverman 2016). Therefore, based on the
previously existing theories and models about leadership styles and project management, the
researcher will be able to know the factors affecting the effectiveness of leadership styles while
managing a project and the relationship between leadership style and successful project
management. The information collected will help the researcher in making suitable observation
about the current project of annual event of Imperial College in London and how leadership
styles will help in managing the two-day annual event by mitigating the issues that will come
along the way thereby, organizing it successfully (Taylor, Bogdan and DeVault 2015).
In terms of research design, using descriptive design will be most suitable. This is
because descriptive design facilities the identifying the issues along with finding the reasons that
has led to the emergence of the issues (Flick 2015). Therefore, using descriptive design will be
useful and appropriate for this research because this will help in identifying the leadership issues
individuals face while managing a project effectively and why do they face such leadership

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issues. Finding the theoretical information about leadership issues and the reasons of such issues
will help the researcher to align it with the leadership issues that will be faced while organizing
the annual event of Imperial College in London. This will help in achieving the third and the
fourth research objectives thereby, analyzing the impact of effective leadership in managing a
project successfully and the potential strategies that can be used for overcoming the issues in
respect to annual event of Imperial College in London (Neuman and Robson 2014).
Data collection methods
Selecting an appropriate method of data collection is crucial, as this helps in ensuring the
using authentic and relevant information for developing the research. As mentioned by Bresler
and Stake (2017), the two types of data collection methods are primary and secondary. For this
research of identifying the role of leadership in managing a project, primary data collection
method will be most suitable. This is because the primary data collection method will provide an
opportunity for the researcher to collect data directly from the individuals responsible for
managing the annual event of Imperial College in London and the type of leadership skills they
will need for managing the annual event successfully. Primary data will be beneficial for this
research because original and recent data about the research topic can be gathered by ensuring
data accuracy. Additionally, the realistic and reliability of the primary data is another reason that
will justify its selection for undertaking this research (Alvesson and Skoldberg 2017). The
primary data gathered will be analyzed qualitatively by interviewing the individuals responsible
of managing the annual event of Imperial College in London and knowing the leadership roles
that will be required by them for managing and organizing the event successfully (Ledford and
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Ethics
Abiding by the ethics of the research is crucial and significant for completing a research
successfully. One of the most significant research ethics is data confidentiality. The researcher
should ensure data confidentiality and should not disclose the identity and the data shared
without the consent of the participants (Bugos et al. 2014). This should be abided by in order to
mitigate the chances of conflicts due to varied opinions and biasness among the participants.
Another significant research ethics is willing participation of the respondents. It is the
responsibility of the researcher to communicate the purpose of undertaking the research and
convince them to be a part of the data collection process. Making the participants sign the
consent form is one of the effective methods of ensuring willing participation of the respondents.
In addition to, causing any harm to the surrounding environment in terms of humans, animals
and plants for the sake of completing the research is strictly against the ethics of the research
(Haahr, Norlyk and Hall 2014).
The researcher is bound to use the information collected for the research solely for
academic purposes. Using the collected information for commercial purposes is against the the
ethical considerations of the research. Another significant research ethics is data manipulation.
Manipulating the collected data for the sake of achieving the research aim and objectives is
against the ethics of the research. This is because it compromises with the quality of the research
undertaken and cannot be used as a valid secondary source for future researchers (Mealer and
Jones 2014). On the other hand, collecting data from authentic resources is also a significant
ethical consideration. The researcher needs to collect data from original and reliable sources for
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the role of leadership in managing a project, it is mandatory for the researcher to abide by the
following research ethics, as this will ensure successful completion of the research.
Sample
Selecting the most suitable and appropriate sampling technique is crucial for research, as
the samples are the ones sharing their views and opinions based on which the research will be
completed. According to Quinlan et al. (2019), probability and non-probability sampling
techniques are the only two sampling techniques that are used for selecting samples of a research
appropriately. The different types of non-probability sampling techniques are convenience,
purposive, quota and snowball techniques out of which for this research purposive non-
probability sampling technique will be used. From the definition, it can be known that purposive
non-probability sampling technique is highly dependent on the researcher while selecting the
samples. This is because the researcher will select the sample with the purpose of gathering
information that will help in achieving the research aim and objectives.
Purposive non-probability sampling technique will be used because this will provide an
opportunity for the researcher to select the managers responsible for organizing the annual event
of Imperial College in London with the purpose of identifying the role of leadership while
managing a project effectively. As a result, the researcher will be able to know the leadership
skills the project managers should have in managing a project successfully by overcoming the
issues that come along the way. The researcher will select 5 project managers those are actively
engaged in the annual event of Imperial College in London (Choy 2014).

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Limitations
Time, budget and the selected method for collect are the potential issues that can affect
the quality of the research undertaken. As the researcher will have to complete the research
within a limited time, it might be an issue because this will offer limited scope for the researcher
to meet with the supervisors and determine whether the research is proceeding in the right
direction or not. On the other hand, budget will also be a potential limitation while undertaking
the research. This is because not all websites can be accessed freely and requires paying
subscription fees that will be an avoidable limitation. Additionally, using only interview research
strategy will also be a limitation because gathering a bird’s eye view on leadership skills and
project management will not be facilitated (Jamshed 2014).

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Timetable
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