Excerpt from Project Management and the Role of the Project Manager As part of a larger study of project management, (marquis and Straight (rubin and Marquis data were gathered on the background characteristics of a large sample of project managers. Although the project manager's role is felt to be critical, little empirical research exists to suggest which personal characteristics or role behaviors most directly affect project performance. Several questions can be asked in this regard. First, is there a relationship ...
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Excerpt from Project Management and the Role of the Project Manager As part of a larger study of project management, (marquis and Straight (rubin and Marquis data were gathered on the background characteristics of a large sample of project managers. Although the project manager's role is felt to be critical, little empirical research exists to suggest which personal characteristics or role behaviors most directly affect project performance. Several questions can be asked in this regard. First, is there a relationship between project manager characteristics and project characteristics? In other words, do organizations select project managers with particular traits to work on certain kinds of projects? Swanson [6] suggests that the selection process of project managers is understandable and describable even though it is carried out in an informal and mostly unconscious way. A set of criteria involving technical and contract administrative experience are matched with characteristics of particular individuals. Ordinarily, one person is tentatively selected at the outset, and his match is compared with that of others who come into consideration (marquis Second, if such a decision process exists, can its usefulness by validated by examining its impact on project performance? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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