Critically evaluate how human factors such as teamwork, leadership, organization structure and culture can affect the performance of a project

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Abstract

This is a research paper that is based on highlighting the role of human factors specifically leadership, organizational culture, organizational structure and teamwork on project performance. The study has used the project management theories and examples to bring more clarity in the research topic's critical analysis. It is extremely important for an organization to look after these human factors, so that the performance of the project can be effectively managed. It is proved from this study that the selected human factors have an impact on performance of the project.

Table of Contents

Introduction4

Discussion5

Importance of teamwork6

Importance of leadership7

Importance of Organizational culture8

Importance of Organizational structure9

Conclusion10

References12

Critically evaluate how human factors such as teamwork, leadership, organization structure and culture can affect the performance of a project

Introduction

The research paper is based on critical evaluation of the human factors such as organization structure and culture, teamwork and leadership that can affect the project performance. These factors can be very crucial to the success of an organizational project. Leadership is an essential factor that can help the members of the project in maintaining connectivity to the overall plan of the project. The leaders have to manage greater responsibilities as they have to control the resources and steps of projects according to the planned framework of project, otherwise it will result in in-effective leadership. More often it is found that people take management and leadership in a similar fashion, but in reality these two are totally different concepts and have distinctive importance in an organizational setup.

Establishment of clear vision, its communication to the members of the organization, coordination and control over the issues or conflicts among the employees or workers are all major responsibilities of the leadership. Management is a supporting function that helps the leadership in enhancing its effectiveness. In-effective leadership can result in project failures, therefore greater responsibility lies at the end of the leadership that needs to be effectively managed according to the best suitable leadership style. Leaders are those individuals, who have the ability to influence and motivate the employees working on any specific project for accomplishing the desired project goals and objectives.

The projects are managed by the employees of the organization and if they are not having the required skills and abilities to lead and manage the project requirements then they would never be able to accomplish the project requirements in time and effectively. Therefore, the involvement of human factors such as teamwork, organizational structure & culture and leadership are found highlighted in every phase of project

Discussion

Understaffed companies might require that individuals wear many hats, that is, perform multiple tasks that are associated and non-associated with a job title. It may be in order that a business continues to operate as though it were fully staffed even though it is not. This is not the case in a company that has a functional organizational structure.

A functional environment is one where individual ...