Quality of project management education and training programmes》.pdf

Quality of Project Management Education and Training Programmes Constanta-Nicoleta Bodea, Maria Dascalu, and Melania Coman The Academy of Economic Studies, Calea Dorobanţi, no.15-17, Cladirea Centrului de Calcul, Bucharest, Romania bodea@ase.ro, cosmicondina@, mcoman@ Abstract. The paper refers to the factors which influence the quality of training and education on project management. A survey was made and the main results are presented. 81 % of the responses came from China. The rest were profes- sionals of different EU nationalities. The percentage of Project Managers who answered the questions is rather low – 8%. In the “Others” category, we have software developers, financial managers and professors, who are involved in both training on project management, but also as team members or team managers in projects, thus ensuring a balanced overview of both theory and practical issues. Keywords: Quality, Project management, training and education, competences. 1 Introduction Project management has become widely known, as the main form of organization in knowledge economy [1]. Project management isnt about quick fixes: the key to suc- cess here, as everywhere else, lies in preparation. A good project manager knows the project management principles, methods and techniques and applies them, always looking for the best outcome of a situation. Some project managers don’t need too much training to do that, but others, on the other hand, need tons of training and they never really quite figure out what’s the best solution to be applied. Whatever the scope of the work, training and education is a key