The Role of Project Manager
Introduction
Nowadays, with the development of project management, project success has been defined clearly.
A definition of project success from Lock is that if the project finish on time, within budget and in
good quality, the project is considered as a successful project (Lock, 2007). However, our
understanding about the role of project manager is unclear. Different people hold various viewpoints
about it. According to Lewis, people have a vague understanding of what is the role of project
manager, because a majority of project managers are promoted from other jobs such as engineers or
technologists and so on (Lewis, 2007). Some individuals think that the role of the project manager is
to command and control. Is it enough for a project ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Actually, Project managers do need to command and control.
As I stated above, project manager is responsible for the project, which means that a project
manager needs to control the project' process for obtaining a successful completion of the project as
well as to command the stakeholders to follow the right path to realize the project' objective. But it
is important to emphasize that "command and control"is a purpose, not a process. Just like Bull said
that there is essential difference between a dictator and a leader, a dictator gives command to people
for doing something, but a leader inspires people to let them want to do things. The role of project
manager should be a leader, not a dictator (Bull, 2010). Lewis also thought that the biggest part of
project manager's job is dealing with people.
Even though project manager has quite little authority, it is not zero (Lewis 2010). Therefore, for
project managers, the biggest challenge should be how to your limited authority effectively. To
optimize the use of the authority, project managers need to build their leadership. Instead of using
your authority to build your leadership, project managers should use their people skill which
involves personality, management skill and communication skill. (Lewis, 2007, p. 27) So,
"command and control"is a purpose, not a process. Which means that project manager should be a
leader, not a dictator.
More important thing than "command and control"
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