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Autocratic PM, do they still exist?

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Satish Sharma Certified SAP S4Hana 1909 Financials Expert| Freelance New Delhi, India
Project Manager carries tremendous authority as the deliverable is valued higher, sometimes they over do it, and high powered PM's tend to behave autocratic, is this trait still exist as growth of human capital want a PM to be more democratic and collborative?

In real life projects, do you come across Autocratic PM?
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Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina
Is a matter of style (one of business architwctures variables) the organization where project management is perdormed.
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Feb 16, 2017 1:34 PM
Satish Sharma
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so you mean prevailing organisational styles and behavioural aspects influence a PM to go autocratic, I think its personal style of PM which might recede.
Or in a practice stream, it is relevant and expected trait to make people fall in line of the directives and bring in cohesive action during project execution?
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Satish Sharma Certified SAP S4Hana 1909 Financials Expert| Freelance New Delhi, India
Feb 16, 2017 12:55 PM
Replying to Sergio Luis Conte
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Is a matter of style (one of business architwctures variables) the organization where project management is perdormed.
so you mean prevailing organisational styles and behavioural aspects influence a PM to go autocratic, I think its personal style of PM which might recede.
Or in a practice stream, it is relevant and expected trait to make people fall in line of the directives and bring in cohesive action during project execution?
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Cris Casey Managing Director| Exertus, Inc.
Satish - the short answer is Yes.

I agree with Sergio and would add that it is not only a question of style primarily driven by an organization's culture, but also by the context of the work.

Democratic and collaborative initiative leadership generally work well when things are calm and stable and there is plenty of time to "talk things out" and "get everyone involved". When things are in crisis, and critical decisions must be made quickly and with little information, an autocratic approach can be very effective. This is especially true if leadership has been slow to respond or does not recognize the urgency at hand.

Neither style fits all situations, nor should they be expected to.
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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Yes, there are still plenty of managers out there with Autocratic Behavior and Micromanagement is one of those behaviors.

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