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APMP Section 11-12
Question | Answer |
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Action centred leadership | A leadership model created by John Adair which focuses management on the team, task and individual. |
Belbin Team Inventory | A personality test devised by Meredith Belbin to measure preference for nine team roles. |
Delegation | The practice of giving a person or group the authority to perform the responsibilities of, or act on behalf of, another. |
Leadership | The ability to establish vision and direction, to influence and align others towards a common purpose, and to empower and inspire people to achieve success. |
Motivation-hygiene theory | This theory suggests that certain characteristics of a job are consistently related to job satisfaction, while different factors are associated with job dissatisfaction. |
Margerison-McCann team profile | A psychometric tool (measuring things like aptitude and personality) that has been used in personal and team development |
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs | A theory which describes the needs that motivate human behaviour. |
Myers Briggs type indicator | Commonly known as MBTI, a psychometric designed to measure psychological preferences in how people perceive the world and make decisions. |
Situational leadership | A leadership theory developed by Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard. The underpinning premise is that there is no single "best" style of leadership. |
Human resource management (HRM) | Managing people-related activities within an organisation to meet its strategic goals. |
Teamwork | A team is made up of two or more people working interdependently towards a common goal and a shared reward. |
Tuckman's stages of group development | The Forming – Storming – Norming – Performing model of group. |
Contract | An agreement made between two or more parties that creates legally binding obligations between them. |
Law | The relevant legal duties, rights and processes that should be applied to projects, programmes and portfolios. |
Procurement | The process by which products and services are acquired from an external provider for incorporation into the project, programme or portfolio. |
Subcontract | A contractual document that legally transfers the responsibility and effort of providing goods, services, data or other hardware from one firm to another. |
Provider selection and management | The processes of identifying and selecting management providers through the P3 life cycle. |
Fixed price contracts | A generic category of contracts where the contractor is legally obligated to finish the job, no matter how much it costs to complete. |
Cost plus fixed fee contract | A type of contract where the buyer reimburses the seller for the seller's allowable costs plus a fixed fee. |
Cost plus incentive fee contract | A type of contract where the buyer reimburses the seller for the seller's allowable costs and the seller earns a profit if defined criteria are met. |
Partnering | An arrangement between two or more organisations to manage a contract between them cooperatively, as distinct from a legally established relationship. |
Alliancing | An arrangement whereby two or more organisations agree to manage a contract or range of contracts between them jointly. |
Prime contractor | A main supplier who has a contract for much or all of the work on a contract. |