Project success depends to a great extent on building relationships and interpersonal influence. Success in motivating others, organizing and leading project teams, communication and conflict management are just a few areas critical for project success. This course stresses experiential skill development. Its main purpose is to help students understand, analyze and develop their own effectiveness when it comes to leading and managing others in project based work.

Textbooks: Please confirm with your professor the books to be used.

Developing Management Skills
by David A. Whetten and Kim S. Cameron
Seventh Edition, Prentice-Hall, 2007
ISBN: 978-0131747425

Project Leadership: From Theory to Practice
by Jeffrey K. Pinto, Michele Govekar, Peg Thoms, Jeffrey Trailer, and Todd Palmer
Project Management Institute (PMI), 1998
ISBN: 978-1880410103

Prerequisite: None
It is best to take MGT 612 with or right after MGT 609 and before MGT 614.