Project management training curricula at South African public universities: Is the balanced demand of the profession sufficiently accommodated?

Project Management Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 70-80

  Louw, Thelma ^a   Rwelamila, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

appropriate and fully fledged project management training curricula; engaged scholarship; project managers as reflective practitioners; South African higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864487713     PISSN: 87569728     EISSN: 19389507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pmj.21276     Document Type: Review

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