Case Study 2: A Case Based on Comparative Analysis of Project Leadership Style – Part 1

Instructions and Submission

• Due no later than 11:00 p.m. on Sunday of Unit 4
• Worth 5% of final grade

Late Submission Policy

• This assignment is subject to the Late Submission penalty policy, namely 5% per day for three days.
• This page will close and will not allow further submissions after this Late Submission period has expired.
• In the event of an emergency situation preventing you from submitting within this time frame, special permission must be obtained from your instructor. Documentation substantiating emergency is required. In such a circumstance, if the extension is granted, the professor will reopen the submission function for you on an individual basis.
• Please do not email your submissions to your professor, either before or after the due date; all coursework should be submitted through the online course (Moodle).

Objectives 

Upon successful completion of the Unit 4 case study, students will be able to

• explore the various roles, responsibilities, traits, skills, and situation handling abilities required of a project manager;
• describe the importance of skills (soft and people) to get into a project management role;
• demonstrate awareness and learning about how to deal with stakeholders in the project environment for successful end results; and
• identify the potential pitfalls of a wrong decision in a transformational project.

Brief Description

This case focuses on understanding the relevance and impact of different project leadership style on project success.

Read the following case study. Provide a summary of the case and use examples from the case to:

• Discuss the ways in which wrong decision making can impact the success of a project.
• Highlight the various leadership styles that were utilized in the case. Give examples specifically from the case.
• Identify instances in which soft/people skills were utilized. How effective were these? 

Case Study

Banerjee, A. (2017). A cased based comparative analysis of project management leadership styles. The Case Centre. https://www.thecasecentre.org/programmeAdmin/products/view?id=145780 

Submission Instructions

• Submission should be a maximum of 3 pages double-spaced (excluding title page and reference page) and should follow APA referencing style.
• All submissions should be done through Turnitin with a similarity level no greater than 15%. 

Evaluation

Unit Case Study 2 will be marked in its entirety out of 100. The following rubric indicates the criteria students are to adhere to, and their relative weights to the assignment overall. Grades and/or feedback will be made available to students no later than one week after submission.