Learning and teaching challenges in project management

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 268-278

  Ojiako, Udechukwu ^a   Ashleigh, Melanie ^a   Chipulu, Max ^a   Maguire, Stuart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Customers; Pedagogy; Project management education; Students

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION; CRITICAL THINKING; CUSTOMERS; INTERPERSONAL SKILLS; KEY COMPONENT; LEARNING EXPERIENCES; PEDAGOGY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT EDUCATION; TEACHING AND LEARNING; TEACHING CHALLENGES; TIME MANAGEMENT; TRANSFERABLE SKILLS; VIRTUAL LEARNING; VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS;

CURRICULA; E-LEARNING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STUDENTS;

TEACHING;

LEARNING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STUDENT; TEACHING;

EID: 79651470668     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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