University PJM6725: Week 1 Quiz on Leadership, Strategy, and Tech

The assignment is a self-assessment based on a project management quiz focusing on leadership, strategic, and technical skills. The student analyzed their responses to a survey, categorizing their preferences and tendencies related to leadership (L), strategic thinking (S), and technical abilities (T). The results are presented in a table format, followed by a self-assessment where the student reflects on their strengths, including honesty, integrity, decision-making, creativity, communication skills, and positive thinking. The student also identifies areas for improvement, such as marketing knowledge. The assignment concludes by referencing supporting literature related to leadership and strategic roles. Overall, the assignment provides a comprehensive evaluation of the student's skills and areas for future development in the context of project management and leadership.

Running head: PROJECT MANAGEMENT
QUIZ: WEEK 1: LEADERSHIP, STRATEGIC, AND
TECHNICAL SURVEY_PJM6725
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Survey Question Responses
Question No. Selected Option
Responses: “L” [Leadership], “S”
[Strategic], or “T” [Technical])
1 (a) murder mystery S
2 (b) Focus on understanding the big picture S
3
(b) Fix it myself, even if I need to learn how to fix
it L
4 (b) Attending a concert T
5 (c) Design a new business’ website T
6 (c) Fix the glitches then do my work T
7 (c) Sports Coach S
8 (a) I’m traveling to new places L
9 (c) Be with one or two people that I trust S
10 (a) Martin Luther King or Susan B. Anthony L
11 (c) A necessary but useful evil T
12 (b) Effective communication, morale, & outcome L
13 (b) Am more interested in the trees than the forest T
14 (c) Blue/Brown S
15 (a) History or Political Science L
16
(c) Work to ensure that everyone is on board with
the plan L
17
(c) My notes are typically in some organized form
and may even flow logically S
18
(a) Just get to the major points and leave out the
detail S
19
(b) An idea person and visionary. You take my
ideas and make them work and I’ll consult and
oversee S
20
(c) Likeable and interesting, but I tend to be
obsessive about challenges whenever they come
up T
21 (b) Tom Sawyer S
22
(c) Ate one or two colors first, then saved one or
two colors to eat at the end OR ate them in no
particular order L
23 (c) Wolf L
24 (c) Friday jeans & comfy tops T

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Survey results
Responses Total Score
L (Leadership) 8
S (Strategist) 8
T (Technician) 7

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Self assessment
After analyzing the qualities form the survey I can state that I have all the good qualities to
become a leader. The leadership quality that is important for becoming a great leader is to take the
responsibility and to fulfill the responsibility under every circumstance. In every aspect of life I try to
work with honesty and always maintain a integrity so that it becomes easy to handle any kind of situation.
Apart from this the other qualities that I have developed in fast few years is the ability to make proper
decision within correct time. However I feel it becomes important to enhance the qualities so that I can
turn out to be a great leader. The qualities includes developing the creativity knowledge and trying to
implement better innovation that will ensure proper future growth in which ever field I work for. In
addition to this one more quality that is important for becoming a good leader is the communication
skills. Every leader needs to have an effective skill of managing the team members and people so that it
can ensure an effective management of the organization. A leader with great communication skill tends to
have better growth in their fields as compared to the one with less communication skills. According to my
opinion it is important to have these skills within me so that I can ensure a better leadership towards the
people.
Based on the analysis of my skills it can be stated that I have the skill of setting up proper skills
that will help in running the real world tasks. The skills that is present within me is that I think positively
towards every situation and aims at handling the situation so that the issue can be overcome with
minimum time. Moreover I am confident about my strategies that it will ensure a better progress towards
the work. In addition to this I possess better reasoning capability. This helps in achieving success. It is
important to analyze all the real world implications so that it can ensure better benefit towards the
organization. However it is important to have the ability to think effectively so that it offers better
advantage towards the organization and people I am working for. One more factor that is important for
me is to have an effective communication skill. Apart from all this the survey has helped me to analyze

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my technical skills and ensures that I have better technical skills and has the potential to act smartly with
time. I will be able to create programs in case of emergency and simultaneously will be able to manage
the project. However there are some skills that free needed to be developed within me is the awareness
regarding marketing. It becomes important to have a better knowledge of marketing so that the
organization can gain better benefits with time. In addition to this I have the ability to design the website
that will help in managing the resources within the organization and will ensure better benefits towards
the people I am working for. Thus after analyzing the skills I can state that I have great leadership
qualities that needed to be developed with time so that it can ensure better benefit.

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