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Project Management:

Advanced Relationship Building and Traits of a Project Manager

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT 2

Building relationships before you need them

Project manager is supposed to make the teams work together, to achieve the

common project’s objectives and goal. There should be an element of harmony between the

human capitals, even before the human capital is active in the project. Considering a

marketing project, I might need mass media professionals, for instance, a paparazzi, and a

model, say a musician. I should be in touch with this people, and should always keep them

close, so that any time I need them, they will avail selves without resistance. Secondly, a

habit develops a culture. If I learn how to relate with the team before it is active in the

project, I will be able to relate with the same team during the project with ease; having known

them better earlier (Kerzner, 2013)

My experience presents a case where I failed for not relating early enough. Some

times last year we had a family gathering at home. I was on vacation, and the family held me

responsible for the occasion. I took the challenge to sharpen my management skills. The

guests were from the expanded family, and due to distance, I knew little about them. So I

place my budget, sorted all mills, and snacks, considered children and brought in balloons

and other entertainment tools for children. I did not consult in budgeting. After the meeting

had begun, I learned that three cousins and their father were vegetarians! There was no such

arrangement in my budget. Also, children were not to be included, and the meeting was just

to inculcate the adults only. The children’s budget went to waste! If I had talked to them

before hand, I could have gathered some of this information early enough.

Important traits in a project manager

Among other personal traits, project managers should be cool under pressure,

enthusiastic, know how to build teams, be good in communicating, inspire the shared vision

et al. The two most important, in my view, are team building skills and control of

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Running Header: PROJECT MANAGEMENT Project Management: Advanced Relationship Building and Traits of a Project Manager Firstname Lastname Institutional affiliation 1 PROJECT MANAGEMENT 2 Building relationships before you need them Project manager is supposed to make the teams work together, to achieve the common project’s objectives and goal. There should be an element of harmony between the human capitals, even before the human capital is active in the project. Considering a marketing project, I might need mass media professionals, for instance, a paparazzi, and a model, say a musician. I should be in touch with this people, and should always keep them close, so that any time I need them, they will avail selves without resistance. Secondly, a habit develops a culture. If I learn how to relate with the team before it is active in the project, I will be able to relate with the same team during the project with ease; having known them better earlier (Kerzner, 2013) My experience presents a case where I failed for not relating early enough. Some times last year we had a family gathering at home. I was on vacation, and the family held me responsible for the occasion. I took the ...
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