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1 online resource (98 pages) |
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Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Executive Summary; Why Investigate Project Managers' Learning Experiences?; What was Investigated and How?; What are the Main Results?; How can Resource Managers and Project Managers Apply these Results?; Chapter 1: Introduction; This Research Project; Structure of this Report; Chapter 2: Theoretical Background; Introduction; Becoming and Being a Project Manager; Becoming a Project Manager; Information Received About Career Path; Being a Project Manager; Learning Experiences and Development Paths. |
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What Do Project Managers Need to Learn (According to Existing Theory)Categories of Learning and Development; Support for Learning and Development; Individual Differences; The Current Study; Chapter 3: Research Method; General Approach; Sample of Project Managers; Data-Gathering among Project Managers; Interviews; Survey; Personality Inventory; Analysis; Transcription, Coding, and Analysis of the Interviews; Survey Analysis; Personality Survey Analysis; Chapter 4: A Prelude: The Perspective of the Line Manager; Line Managers: Managers of Project Managers; Research Questions; Main Findings. |
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Chapter 5: Why and How do People become Project Managers?Introduction; Results; Becoming a Project Manager; Information Received About Career Path; What Do You Find Attractive in the Job of Project Manager?; What Do You Find Unattractive in the Job of Project Manager?; Conclusion; Chapter 6: What do Project Managers Learn from their Experiences, and When?; Introduction; Analysis of Content of Learning; Lessons Learned, Compiled; Comparison; Conclusions; Chapter 7: How does the Experiential Learning of Project Managers take Place and Who Influences their Learning?; Introduction. |
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Nature of the Learning ExperienceContext of the Learning Experience; Who Influences the Learning from Experiences of Project Managers?; Results and Discussion; Chapter 8: Personality Influences on Project Managers' Learning and Development; Introduction; Results; Type of Situations Project Managers Learn From; Type of Lessons Project Managers Learn; Personality and the Tendency to Engage in Learning and Development; Discussion; Chapter 9: Learning Experiences and Team Culture; Pellerin's Team Building Model; Analysis; Conclusions; Discussion; Chapter 10: Development Paths; Introduction. |
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ResultsConclusions; Chapter 11: Conclusions, Discussion, and Recommendations; Introduction; Perspective of Line Managers; Motivation of Project Managers; What, When, and How Project Managers Learn from their Experiences; Who and What Influenced the Development of Project Managers?; Personality Influences on Project Managers' Learning and Development; Learning Experiences and Team Culture; Common Characteristics of the Development Paths of Project Managers; Summary of Recommendations for Future Research; Summary of Recommendations for Application in Practice; Appendix A: Interview Protocol. |
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Appendix B: List of Codes. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Project management.
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Project management. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Savelsbergh, Chantal.
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Storm, Peter.
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Broekema, Henk.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Liselore Havermans, Henk Broekema. Project Manager Development Paths. Newtown Square, PA : Project Management Institute, ©2014 9781628250664 |
| ISBN |
9781628252286 (electronic book) |
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1628252286 (electronic book) |
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9781628251173 |
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1628251174 |
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