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dc.contributor.convenorCurtin University
dc.contributor.authorPanuwatwanich, Kriengsak
dc.contributor.authorStewart, Rodney
dc.contributor.authorNepal, Kali Prasad
dc.contributor.editorA/Prof Euan Lindsay and Dr Yasir M. Al-Abdeli
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:02:19Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:02:19Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2012-03-14T05:22:09Z
dc.identifier.refuriwww.aaee.com.au/
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/43563
dc.description.abstractIt is well established that projects play an important part in all engineering sectors and successful projects require effective project management (PM). For professional engineers in Australia, PM forms part of a standard competency specified by Engineers Australia. It has also become a standard component of engineering programs offered at most Australian universities. Nonetheless, there are not enough studies on specific project management skills, which engineering graduates are expected to learn and effectively apply in a project work environment, to help deliver a better targeted and more relevant project management course. The main aim of this research is thus to identify essential PM knowledge areas that engineering graduates require in their early career, with the outcomes expected to provide implications on the design of engineering project management (EPM) courses. The research was achieved through an online survey, which seeks input from industry practitioners and was partly developed using the details of PM knowledge areas provided in the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge. The results from the survey of 30 practitioners showed that project scope management, project time management and project cost management were the three most critical areas and perceived as the areas where aduate engineers may require more improvement. The results further highlighted that such PM knowledge areas should require more emphasis within EPM courses taught to undergraduate engineering students.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.format.extent107117 bytes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCausal Productions
dc.publisher.placePerth, Australia
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.aaee.com.au/
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.aaee.com.au/conferences/2011/
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofconferencenameAustralasian Association of Engineering Education (AAEE) 2011 Conference
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitleProceedings of the 2011 AAEE Conference
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom2011-01-05
dc.relation.ispartofdateto2011-01-07
dc.relation.ispartoflocationFremantle, Western Australia
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchScience, Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogy
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode130212
dc.titleProject management skills for engineers: industry perceptions and implications for engineering project management course
dc.typeConference output
dc.type.descriptionE1 - Conferences
dc.type.codeE - Conference Publications
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Engineering
gro.rights.copyright© The Author(s) 2011. The attached file is posted here with permission of the copyright owner[s] for your personal use only. No further distribution permitted. For information about this conference please refer to the publisher’s website or contact the authors.
gro.date.issued2011
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gro.griffith.authorStewart, Rodney A.
gro.griffith.authorPanuwatwanich, Kriengsak


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