Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2002. / Traditionally project management has been found mainly in the construction
industry and the project manager was a technical specialist. There was a
tendency to select people solely for their technical expertise and to emphasize
the hard skills (scheduling, statistical analysis, etc.) In general there was a
failure to distinguish between project leadership and project management.
Managing organisations through projects or through project portfolios
(programmes) is gaining popularity since it is a management approach that
integrates and co-ordinates current strategic business and operational
dimensions. Organisations also become customer driven, which resulted in
an increased demand for project managers with a new style of project
management.
The "new style" project managers have to cope with the traditional criteria of
cost, time and specification to be met as well as more ambiguous goals in an
environment of organisational politics, external environmental and marketing
pressures together with the needs of the stakeholders inside and outside the
organisation.
Do these "new-style" projects require a project manager with leadership
skills? Do we need a project manager or a project leader or both? Are both
management and leadership skills essential for a project manager? What is
the difference between project management and project leadership?
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/52901 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Beukman, Anita (Anna Jacoba) |
| Contributors | Brown, C., Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Economic & Management Sciences. Graduate School of Business. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 49 p. |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University |
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