Abstract
The work was aimed at studying the personal characteristics of project managers that affect the effectiveness of their professional activities. The study involved project managers working in construction companies, with different work experience. In the course of the research, the questionnaire "Satisfaction with the work of manager" was used to assess the level of satisfaction of project managers with their professional activities, the following methods were used to study personal qualities: the COS technique (communicative and organizational propensities), the technique of diagnosing a personality for motivating success and avoiding failures of T. Ehlers, "Big Five" test, multi-level personal questionnaire "Adaptability". To effectively perform their professional activities, the project manager should have a number of social and psychological knowledge and skills, knowledge of the industry's activities and the market in which the company specializes. According to the results of the research, such personal qualities as communicative and organizational abilities, motivational orientation of the person, consciousness, emotional stability, extraversion, openness, tendency to work in a team contribute to increase of the efficiency of the project manager's work.
Highlights
In each large company, the profession of project manager is demanded and economically viable
Summarizing the data obtained, one can come to the conclusion that among the personal qualities of project Managers, it is possible to allocate unconditionally significant: motivational, communicative and organizational groups of qualities that include a professional orientation, discipline, commitment, honesty, organizational skills, emotional stability, combined with extraversion, openness, ability to work in a team
Based on the foregoing, the hypothesis was put forward that such personal qualities as communicative and organizational abilities, motivational orientation of a person, consciousness, emotional stability, extraversion, openness, ability to work in a team contribute to the increase in the efficiency of the project manager's work
Summary
The profession of project manager is demanded and economically viable. The issues of revealing the social and psychological factors of the professional effectiveness of project managers are closely related to the assessment of their professionally important qualities, as well as the problem of psychological assessment of staff and special abilities. A number of authors attribute leadership qualities, the ability to listen, delegation of authority, the ability to motivate staff effectively, initiative, creativity, flexibility (adaptability) to the number of professionally important qualities of a project manager. M. Cheng et al, analyzing the literature on this issue, showed the connection of such personal qualities as attitude to work, level of knowledge, professional experience, openness, ability to work in a team, focus on results with the effectiveness of project managers [1, 2]
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