Margaret R. Lee

Margaret R. Lee, PhD, PMP®, has a doctorate in organization and management/project management and master degree in communication. She has taught in the classroom for Blackburn College in Carlinville, Illinois; Benedictine University in Springfield, Illinois; and Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois. Her online teaching experience includes Florida Institute of Technology; Golden Gate University, San Francisco, Ageno School of Business; and the University of Northwestern Ohio. Lee has been guest presenter at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Fluno Center for Executive Education and for Project Management Institute chapters throughout the United States. Lee’s certifications include Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute; Certified Project Manager (CPM), Project Management Leadership Group; American Institute of Banking (AIB) Certification; and Competent Toastmaster (CTM) and Able Toastmaster ( ATM), Toastmasters International.

Lee’s consulting firm was a Registered Education Provider (REP) for the Project Management Institute (PMI). Her practice focused on assisting educational facilities in strategically planning virtual project management and e-leadership development curricula and provided basic project management training and consultation for small businesses to international corporations. Her professional corporate career included trainer, instructional designer, and project manager.

Lee refereed for the International Journal of Project Management, was on the editorial review board for the International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, and was a reviewer for the 2012 PMI’s Research & Education Conference. As a member of the PMI Central Illinois chapter, she was a facilitator for the Springfield, Illinois, division’s PMP Exam Review Course Certification Training. Her presentation experience includes "Using Discussion Forum Rubrics as a Teaching Strategy to Enhance Collaborative Learning in Online Courses" at the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (ACCE) World Conference on Educational Media and Technology; "Stakeholder Management" for the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Business Fluno Center for Executive Education; and as a panel symposium member for "Moving beyond the Ordinary Project Management Curriculum at the Graduate Level" at PMI’s Research and Education Conference.

Lee’s articles can be found in the Journal of Project, Program and Portfolio Management, Special Issue: Project Management Education in the Online World; Roadmap—Project Portfolio Management in Project Management Consulting Journeys, Destinations, and the Best Paths to Take; Training and Management Development Methods; International Journal of Project Management; and International Journal of Aging and Development: A Journal of Psychosocial Gerontology. She has published chapters in the following texts: Project Management; Public Leadership; and Encyclopedia of E-Business Development and Management in the Digital Economy, Volume II. Her PhD dissertation, E-leadership for project managers: A study of situational leadership and virtual project success, is available through ProQuest. Her most recent book is the second edition of Leading Virtual Project Teams: Adapting leadership theories and communications techniques to 21st century organizations for Auerbach/Taylor & Francis Press.

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