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What the syllabus expects

  • Managing versus leading a project
  • Managing project stakeholders
  • Social network building: mapping dependencies, management by wandering around, managing upward relations, leading by example

Leadership and stakeholder networks

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — Fourth Year

Subject: Project Management (MGT 258)

Unit 5: Leadership and Team management for project

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

After studying this topic, students should be able to:

  • Explain the scope and key elements of leadership and stakeholder networks.
  • Apply the relevant concepts to a defined organizational or venture situation using evidence and stated assumptions.

Curriculum Scope

  • Managing versus leading a project
  • Managing project stakeholders
  • Social network building: mapping dependencies, management by wandering around, managing upward relations, leading by example

Detailed Microsyllabus

  1. Leadership and stakeholders

    1. Distinguish project management functions from leadership behavior.
    2. Identify stakeholder interests and influence.
    3. Develop appropriate engagement approaches.

  2. Network building

    1. Map dependencies and working relationships.
    2. Use purposeful informal contact to understand issues.
    3. Manage upward communication with sponsors and decision makers.

  3. Leading by example

    1. Demonstrate reliable conduct and clear commitments.
    2. Resolve coordination problems respectfully.
    3. Assess the limits of informal networks and preserve accountability.

Curriculum reference: Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Management, revised four-year BBS curriculum, PDF pages 124–125.

Source note: The curriculum scope above is retained from the existing TU syllabus breakdown. The numbered study subtopics are editorial elaborations for teaching and study, rather than a separately issued TU syllabus. Unit or component allocations apply at their stated level; no separate topic hours or marks are assigned here. Examples involving current laws, rates, institutional products or Nepalese status must identify the relevant period and official materials; no changing numerical or legal requirements are invented here.