Assessment of Project Manager’s Competence in the Context of Individual Competence Baseline

Mariusz Sołtysik,Szymon Jarosz,Małgorzata Zakrzewska,Adam Sagan

doi:10.3390/educsci10050146

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Journal: Education sciences	Publication Date: May 21, 2020
Citations: 10	License type: CC BY 4.0

Affiliation: Krakow University of Economics

Abstract

This study’s aim is to determine the consistency of student opinions regarding the importance of individual skills in three areas—people, practice, and perspective—with expert assessment. The study group consisted of five-year students accredited by IPMA Poland. The team of experts was comprised of recruiters, project management lecturers, assessors, and information technology (IT) industry project managers. Our research shows divergences in the approach to key competence that a project manager should have. This is understandable, given the specifics of the comparison. However, the analysis that has been conducted and presented will allow the curricula to be revised. The subsequent evaluation of curricula should address the changes in the labor market. Education should provide key competences, especially as modern project management requires a full spectrum of competences and approaches. Besides experience, project management is the most frequently pursued competence that is required in terms of staff recruitment criteria. The research resulting figures may be useful for recruiters, certification institutions, and universities.

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The growing popularity of project management and the demand for experienced project managers has made a specific contribution to academia
Project management is the most frequently pursued competence that is required in terms of staff recruitment criteria [12,37]
On the basis of the weights and assessments given by the survey experts, the relevance of the competences in the recruitment process for the position of a project manager allowed us to calculate the standardized weight of the individual competences (Zen ) using the formula: Pn i=1 wkn okn where: n—the number of competences included; wkn —significance of the nth competence in the set; okn —assessment of the relevance of the nth competence in the set

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The growing popularity of project management and the demand for experienced project managers has made a specific contribution to academia. Recently project management has become an attractive field of study for students and, is predicted to gain importance and popularity in the future. This prediction stems from the fact that there is and will be a crucial need for agile organizations that are able to react quickly to the opportunities and risks that may encounter in a volatile economic environment. Education program certification schemes account for enriching the education process. A successfully obtained certificate does increase the value of a candidate and increases the level of trust among would-be colleagues, stakeholders, and partners.

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