Project Management Report: Leadership and Project Outcomes Analysis

This report delves into the critical role of leadership in project management, emphasizing how effective leadership directly influences project outcomes. The report highlights the importance of collaborative leadership, effective communication, and conflict management skills in achieving project success. It explores the consequences of weak leadership, such as hindered collaboration, poor teamwork, and inefficient time management, which can lead to project failure and wasted resources. The report references key literature to support its findings and provides a comprehensive analysis of the leadership aspects that contribute to positive project outcomes. The report also provides insights on the importance of shared leadership to empower stakeholders, make decisions, and achieve job satisfaction. This report underscores the need for strong leadership in projects, especially within the healthcare sector, for optimal project outcomes and resource utilization.

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The Concept of Project Management
Project management is the appropriate utilization of tools, techniques, knowledge
and skills in a wide scope of activities with the aim of achieving the requirements of a
particular project (Payne et al., 2011). A project is any endeavour that comprises a clearly
defined scope of work, a well set timeframe clearly defining the start and end of the project,
and a unique service outcome (Bagherpour & Erjaee, 2017). Therefore, project management
is the process of managing change in a rigorous, formal, and structured manner through five
steps namely initiation, planning, execution, control and monitoring and closing (Payne et
al., 2011).
Aspects of Leadership That Influences a Positive Outcome in a Project
Effective leadership is essential in the realization of the desired project outcomes.
Collaborative leadership enhances effective communication between organizations and
colleagues and providing the workers with autonomy to make decisions. Collaborative
information enhances dialogue among stakeholders, knowledge and experience sharing, and
addressing the complexity associated with projects. Conflict management skills enable
leaders to develop suitable approaches for dealing with various types of conflicts by
employing strategies such as accommodation, competition, avoidance, compromise,
communication, consensus, mediation and negotiation. Shared leadership empowers
stakeholders to make decisions, take up management and development opportunities within
a team and achieve job satisfaction (Al-Sawai, 2013).
What Can Happen Without Strong Leadership?
Lack of strong leadership in healthcare projects may hinder the effective realization
project outcomes. The project success may be hindered by lack of collaboration, poor
teamwork, poor time management, poorly motivated workforce and ineffective

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communication. Consequently, the projects may fail and result in wastage of time and
resources.

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References
Al-Sawai A. (2013). Leadership of healthcare professionals: where do we stand?. Oman
medical journal, 28(4), 285–287. doi:10.5001/omj.2013.79
Bagherpour, M., & Erjaee, A. (2017). The Role of Project Management Office in Public
Health: A New Approach for Establishment in Iran. Iranian journal of public
health, 46(3), 433–434. Retrieved from
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5395545/
Payne, J. M., France, K. E., Henley, N., D'Antoine, H. A., Bartu, A. E., Elliott, E. J., &
Bower, C. (2011). Researchers' experience with project management in health and
medical research: results from a post-project review. BMC public health, 11, 424.
doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-424