The project management industry identifies an effective leadership style as a critical skill. A successful project manager must develop various “styles” with which [...]]]> The project manager should possess another sort of technical expertise: understanding of management skills, in particular, management styles described in the social project management behavioral approach to team leadership.

The project management industry identifies an effective leadership style as a critical skill. A successful project manager must develop various “styles” with which to interact with each project participant. The two most common behavioral approaches are the task and the employee orientation. The taskoriented approach is that of a project manager whose primary focus is to accomplish the required goal. This approach is achieved through the delegation of work tasks and responsibilities that must be completed within the requested time frame. This scope of work is closely monitored and supervised by the project manager to assure the fulfillment of the project’s objectives. The employee-orientation approach is associated with the project manager who values relationships with the team participants. There is no one correct style or approach that has proven to be effective in every project team; the project manager must choose an appropriate style depending on the team participants and the environment.

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