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A 16 page paper. Sections in this paper discuss project management itself, including phases and factors and new ideas about project management, the complexity of projects and organizations, managing project teams, including how to motivate teams, managing Baby Boomers and Gen Ys and the need for project leaders to be educated about aspects of this endeavor. Situational and transformation leadership styles are discussed. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
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to be highly complex than they are to have a low level of complexity. This complexity also exists in problem solving and decision making. Consider the fact that a project
manager is involved in both those activities nearly every minute and we can conclude that high complexity exists. Project management is not new. Tools and processes have been around
for many years in terms of projects. There is a change, though, that is caused by the changes in the society and in the business world. Two drivers of these
changes is ever-changing technology and the expanding global market. This paper explains project management, including ideas for the current age. It discusses the phases and factors related to projects and
their management. Motivation is an important aspect of project team management because leaders and managers need to understand how to motivate a team so that they will be successful. Along
these same lines, the paper discusses the differences between Baby Boomers and Gen Ys. Project Management A project is any temporary endeavor whose purpose is to achieve something
specific. Project management involves the application of a set of skills and knowledge to achieve the goal. The specific tools and techniques used depends a great deal on the projects
goals. However, most, if not all projects involve four phases: the initiation of the project, planning the projects activities, execute the activities identified and closing the project (Chapman, 2005). In
the field, these phases are often abbreviated to: initiate, plan it, do it, and close down (Oxford Brookes University, 2007). Projects fail at an alarming rate. The literature emphasis technology
projects but any type of project can fail and usually do. The failure rate ranges between 66 to 90 percent. This is true despite good intentions and even moderately good
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