Project Leadership Portfolio: Project Management and Ethics

This portfolio entry provides a comprehensive analysis of project leadership, encompassing various aspects of project management and ethical considerations. The author evaluates different leadership styles, with a focus on transformative leadership, and discusses its impact on team dynamics and project success. The portfolio includes reflections on personal strengths and weaknesses, particularly in the context of technological knowledge and client management. Ethical dilemmas faced as a project manager, such as the use of user information and software piracy, are also addressed. Furthermore, the portfolio emphasizes the importance of self-evaluation and reflective thinking for continuous improvement in both project outcomes and the development of individual skills. The bibliography includes relevant research papers and books on project management, leadership, and team building.

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Table of Contents
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Portfolio entry 1:
Evaluation of a project leader:
The following of the leadership skills is important for the proper development of the
project. There are different project leadership skills those can be applied for the development of
the project. As a leader, the transformative project leadership style can be maintained. In this
situation for the discussion, the project leader is following the transformative project leadership
style.
There are certain positivity using the transformative project leadership style. It has been
seen that the transformative leadership is helping the project team members to communicate
with each other in a proper way. Apart from that the communication with the project team leader
and the other team members can be done properly.
The opinions of the team members will be taken into account so that they can feel that
their values are important for the development of the project. In this way, the transformative
leadership will help to develop the project t that will deliver the right outcome. Apart from that
the quality of the project will be maintained. As the opinions of the team members are valued,
the employees of the team members will be more indulged for the proper development of the
project.
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It can be said that is is the project itself that is concerned about the activities of the
stakeholders involved in the project. In this case, the individual attachment is concerned. Apart
from that the outcome of the project is dependent on the activities of the project team members.

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In this situation, it can be said that the project manager is less responsible for the outcome of the
project.
In this context, an example can be provided. During the development of the software
project, the analysis of the requirements is needed to be done in a proper way. The requirement
analysis and the determination of the resources in a proper way is the responsibility of the project
manager. However, the main objective of the project is to develop the plan that will implement
the proper functionalities in the development of the project. Apart from that the project needs to
deliver the proper outcome along with the quality and standards. In order to do this the
functionalities of the each modules are needed to be developed in a proper way. This
implementation is largely dependent on the members of the project team working on the
development t of the software. From this it can be said the project itself involves with the
activities of the people working on the respective project.
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From the portfolio entry 1 and 2 it can be said that the best project leadership style is the
transformative leadership style. The justification of the selection of the transformative leadership
style is that it will allow the members of the team to express their vies and opinions regarding the
development of the project. This will make them feel valued and they will be motivated to do
more productive work in the team.
There are some of the parts on which I am not good at. One of the identified part is the
knowledge domain of the project. As the project is regarding the use of the emerging technology,
the application of the selected technology is not clear in that sense. In that case, I will consult
with the other team members of the project who are aware about this technology. On the other

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hand , I will try to go for the self education which I think is the best process for gaining
knowledge regarding the respective field.
The management of the clients or delegates can be done through the proper
communication skills. The parts in the project I am good at can be explained to the delegates
through the proper communication skill.
For the good project leadership certain attributes are needed to be maintained. One of
those attributes is the proper domain knowledge regarding the project. In order to understand the
functionalities needed to be implement for the project there is an importance of maintaining the
knowledge about the technology used for the development of the project.
Portfolio Entry 4
There are certain ethical dilemmas faced by me as the project manager. While the
implementation of the project, I have realized that the use of the user information is needed after
the implementation of the project. The user is defined as the client in this case. However,
unfortunately, the client was not available at that time. So, there was an ethical dilemma
regarding the use of the client’s personal information. On the other hand, we have been found out
that some of the employees in the team were using the pirated copy of the application software.
We have taken certain steps so that everyone in the team can use the original software during the
implementation.
Portfolio Entry 5:
Evaluation of the own work for the development of the project and the result is important
for the further improvement of both the project and the quality of the products. It can be said that

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the use of reflective thinking in the organization will encourage the employees to figure out their
shortcomings. This will help them for the further improvement.
In this case the use of the reflective strategy can be developed. Through the use of the
reflective system the employees working in a team can evaluate their own work. After the
implementation of the functionality in a certain module, the employees in the organization can
rate themselves with a number. The gap between the expected number and the number provided
by the employees to themselves are evaluated in a proper way. After that, the employees in the
team can make a list of things or attributes those are needed to be developed for merging the gap.
This system will eventually help the employees to maintain their skills in a proper way.
Apart from that the improvement of the skills can be achieved along with improving the overall
quality of the project outcome.

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Bibliography
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success: The mediating role of team-building. International Journal of Project
Management, 34(5), 806-818.
Byrne, A., & Barling, J. (2015). Leadership and Project Teams. The Psychology and
Management of Project Teams.
Kerzner, H. and Kerzner, H.R., 2017. Project management: a systems approach to planning,
scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley & Sons.
Komives, S. R., & Wagner, W. (Eds.). (2016). Leadership for a better world: Understanding the
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Pascal, M. R., Mann, M., Dunleavy, K., Chevan, J., Kirenga, L., & Nuhu, A. (2017). leadership
development of rehabilitation Professionals in a low-resource Country: a transformational
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Pigg, K., Gasteyer, S., Martin, K., Apaliyah, G., & Keating, K. (2015). Community effects of
leadership development education: Citizen empowerment for civic engagement. West
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Thorkildsen, A., Kaulio, M., & Ekman, M. (2015). Project leadership in regional development
coalitions: Horizontal and vertical challenges of trustkeeping. European Urban and
Regional Studies, 22(4), 383-397.