The Changing Role of Team Leadership in Multinational Project Environments

Hans Thamhain

doi:10.5585/gep.v3i2.110

Autores

Hans Thamhain Bentley University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5585/gep.v3i2.110

Palavras-chave:

Team Leadership, Teamwork, Project Management, Technology, Project Performance, Multinational, Geographically Dispersed Teams, Complexity.

Resumo

The influences of business environment and leadership style on team performance are examined in a field study of 37 technology-based projects. The findings provide insight into the changing business environment, as well as the leadership style and organizational conditions most conducive to high project performance in complex multinational project environments. One of the most striking finding is the large number of performance factors associated with the human side. Organizational conditions that satisfy personal and professional needs seem to have a strong effect on collaboration, commitment, risk management, and ultimately overall team performance. The paper provides a framework for assessing leadership effectiveness and suggests conditions favorable for building and managing high-performance project teams in complex, globally dispersed project environments.

DOI:10.5585/gep.v3i2.110

Biografia do Autor

Hans Thamhain, Bentley University

Dr. Hans Thamhain specializes in technology-based project management. He is a Professor of Management and Director of MOT and Project Management Programs at Bentley University. His twenty years of engineering and business management include GTE/Verizon, General Electric and ITT. Dr. Thamhain has published over seventy research papers and five professional reference books in project and technology management, including Management of Technology, Wiley 2005. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Contribution Award from the Project Management Institute in 1998 and the IEEE Engineering Manager of the Year 2000/2001 Award; certified as NPDP and PMP; profiled in Marquis Who's Who in America.

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