| Abstract [eng] |
Problem of the thesis: The changing environment of an organization and the transformation of companies into project organizations pose new challenges to which a modern organization must adapt in the competitive market. Therefore, there is a need for competent, leading project managers who would successfully implement and achieve the company's goals. The previously identified success factors of project managers and their barrier aspects form the essence of this master's thesis problem, which can be defined by the following questions: 1) What are the success and failure factors of organizations' project management? 2) What competencies are present and what competencies are missing for the project managers in the organization? 3) How do project managers' competencies influence the project's success? Purpose of the thesis: There is no doubt that a competent project manager takes on a strategically important role in the organization. Project manager competencies and effective collaboration with his team members are essential at all stages of project management. This paper emphasizes project managers' managerial and emotional intelligence competencies, which will be significant for future leaders. It is also imperative to highlight the project manager's ability to focus and guide the team towards unleashing its potential. Project management is a new but rapidly growing specialization as human resource management. Probably every organization that has a project manager position has one or another well-established model of project manager competency management. This paper will focus on construction projects in Lithuania as an area for research and explore the relation between perspective competencies of project managers and it’s relation to project success. The aim of the thesis – to find out the relation between project managers' competencies and project success in the organization. The objectives: 1. To analyze the theoretical project manager competencies features and models. 2. To describe the project management success and project manager competencies influence. Research methods: A qualitative case study was conducted in construction companies based in Lithuania. The empirical data was collected using open ended survey with project managers. In total 9 responses were gathered. The survey aimed to identify critifal factors for project success and project management success, challenges when managing construction projects and main characteristics of project manager that helps to manage projects. Aditional emphasis was put on perspective competencies presented in IPMA Individual Competence Baseline, ver. 4. Conclusions: Gathered results presented the perspective of project managers in construction compannies and the challanges that comes with this role. Main characteristics of project managers that leads to project success were identified while doing literature analysis and were comfirmed with the empirical research. Key words: Perspective competencies, project success, project management success, construction projects. |
