Method
Live-Online
Term
WINTER
Units
3.0 QUARTER UNITS
Estimated Cost
$900

Skills you will gain

  • Leadership Styles Application: Identify and apply effective leadership styles to manage diverse teams.
  • Organizational Efficiency: Navigate various organizational structures and adapt to them for optimal project success.
  • Motivation & Influence: Master techniques for motivating and influencing team members to build strong commitment.
  • Effective Communication: Foster open communication, manage conflict, and negotiate successful agreements.
  • Team Management: Learn strategies for acquiring, organizing, and rewarding teams, both co-located and virtual.

Course Description

This course is designed to equip students with the "soft skills" needed for managing projects, including leadership, communications, team organization and development, conflict management, quality management, and negotiating. Using case studies and exercises, students explore vital aspects of project leadership such as the use of participative management to build commitment, leadership styles, organizational cultures and configurations, interpersonal skill development, project staffing, and working with distance-separated teams. Students also learn to establish clear project goals, overcome communication problems, write performance reports, and manage agreement.

Topics

  • Project leadership versus project management
  • Improving project communications
  • Building commitment to the project
  • Successfully managing conflict
  • Using the Johari Window to assess your interpersonal skills

Prerequisites / Skills Needed

Prerequisites:

  • PPMT.X425: Project Management Fundamentals
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