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Project management is a combination of art and science, leadership and management. Various textbooks cover well the science part - the methodologies, tools, templates and techniques for planning and running projects. This represents the 'hard skills' side of project management. The textbook in front of you focuses, uniquely, on the art and leadership aspects - working with people, teams and organizations to achieve project success. This represents the 'soft skills' side of project management. Increasingly, leadership is considered to account for the difference between project success and failure in many instances. It includes being a good team leader, of course, but also a role model, an influencer with stakeholders, an entrepreneur, a cheerleader and project change agent. It requires superior soft skills in communications, inspiration, conflict management, influence and organizational change management, among others. It is built on a foundation of ethics and integrity. It depends on insight into the organizational strategy, structure and culture. All of this and more is covered in this textbook. This textbook is designed to make you a stronger, more effective project leader. It includes activities, organization snapshots, tools, review questions and other resources to help you understand, practice and apply the concepts and approaches presented. The second edition introduces various additions and improvements in the content, an expanded set of resources, additional research perspectives and colour illustrations. It has also been updated to be consistent with the Project Management Institute's Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, 5th Edition.
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Leadership in Project Management
Leading People and Projects to Success
Mohit Arora and Haig Baronikian
Leadership in Project Management Leading People and Projects to Success
Mohit Arora, MBA, PMP Haig Baronikian, PhD, PMP, PEng
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© Copyright 2012 - 2013 by Mohit Arora and Haig Baronikian. Printed and bound in Canada. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or incorporated into any information retrieval system, electronic or mechanical, without the written permission of the copyright owner. Although the authors have made every effort to ensure the accuracy and completeness of all information found in this book, we assume no responsibility for any errors, inaccuracies, omissions, or inconsistencies in material we have reproduced. Any slights on people, places or organizations are completely unintentional. The authors and publishers have attempted to trace and to note the copyright holders of all material reproduced in this publication and apologize to any copyright holders if permission to publish in this form has not been appropriately obtained or cited. If any copyright material has not been acknowledged, please contact us so we may rectify in any future reprint. “PMI”, “PMP”, and “PMBOK” are certification marks in the United States and Canada, registered to the Project Management Institute Inc. Second Edition – August, 2013 ISBN-13: 978-0-9917792-2-2
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We would like to express our gratitude to Edward Carson, Sam Mikhail and Bob Broadbent at the University of Toronto, School of Continuing Studies, for their kind support and encouragement in the development of this book.
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DEDICATION To my loving parents, brother and wife – Mohit Arora To my wonderful wife, children, mother and sister, and to the memory of my father –