Project Leadership

Timothy J. Kloppenborg, Ph.D., PMP is an associate professor of Management at Williams College of Business, Xavier University, and President of Kloppenborg and Associates, a consulting and training company that specializes in project management. He holds an MBA from Western Illinois University and a Ph.D. in Operations Management from the University of Cincinnati. Arthur Shriberg, EdD, is a professor of Leadership at Xavier University. Dr. Shriberg has been vice president or dean at four universities and is currently the chair of the Board of Commissioners for the Cincinnati Human Relations Commission and a senior consultant at Pope & Associates, a n international diversity and management consulting firm. He holds degrees from the Wharton School of Business (BS), Xavier University (Executive Business), Boston University (Med), and Teachers College, Columbia University (EdD). Jayashree Venkatraman, MS, MBA, is an independent consultant providing business-to-business solutions and other solutions to companies. She holds a BS in physics and an MS in computer applications from the University of Madras, India, an MBA from Xavier University, and a certificate in Project Management from the University of Cincinnati.

Chapter 1. The Origins of Project Leadership Chapter 2. Project Initiating Chapter 3. Project Planning Chapter 4. Project Executing Chapter 5. Project Closing Chapter 6. Project Leadership Challenges Appendix A. Project Leadership Assessment: Organizational Appendix B. Project Leadership Assessment: Individual Appendix C. Project Leadership Assessment: Team Glossary