BSBPMG617 Provide Leadership For The Program

BSBPMG617 Provide Leadership For The Program
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This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to provide leadership for the program. It includes the performance criteria required to demonstrate competency in motivating and inspiring individuals and organisations to work constructively toward attainment of program benefits.

A program is defined as a set of interrelated projects, each of which has a project manager ‘Multiple projects’, or ‘a program of projects’, refers to a number of related projects managed by the same person as a program to achieve organisational objective/s.It applies to individuals who are program managers and those managing a suite of projects (a program).They operate within assigned authority levels, are responsible for their own performance and sometimes the performance of others.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.
1.1 Maintain alignment of the program vision with the sponsoring organisation mission and values
1.2 Conduct ongoing negotiations with stakeholders to maintain program vision
1.3 Demonstrate commitment to the program vision 
2.1 Treat stakeholders fairly and equitably
2.2 Encourage and facilitate open discussion
2.3 Manage differences constructively
2.4 Attend to issues and concerns in a timely manner
2.5 Choose and apply interpersonal and leadership styles based on the circumstances
2.6 Honour realistic personal commitments

3.1 Communicate explicit expectations for socially responsible practice to constituent projects and other pertinent stakeholders
3.2 Design policies and procedures to allow individuals to safely report breaches of socially responsible practice without fear of
retaliation
3.3 Identify and address threats to socially responsible practice within the program

4.1 Establish individual behavioural expectations for constituent project managers
4.2 Define, document and communicate agreed individual program roles
4.3 Encourage desirable behaviours and discourage undesirable behaviours

5.1 View program planning and program plan implementation as a learning process
5.2 Treat errors, mistakes and expressed concerns as learning opportunities
5.3 Develop and maintain plans for identifying, capturing,disseminating and exchanging knowledge
5.4 Implement program knowledge as planned
5.5 Encourage reflection on and review of practice as a basis for learning

Knowledge Evidence
To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:
• compare behavioural models for the role of program manager
• explain communication and negotiating styles and approaches
• describe current ethics, equity and fairness norms, regulations and legislation
• list learning and development methods and strategy
• compare types and formats for program vision.