Project management education: The human skills imperative

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 124-128

  Pant, Ira ^a   Baroudi, Bassam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

PMBOK; Project management; Soft skills; University education

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MANAGERS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

SOFT SKILL; UNIVERSITY EDUCATION;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EDUCATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 38849201878     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2007.05.010     Document Type: Article

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