New curriculum on managing projects: Responding to 21st century workforce needs
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Date
2016
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Authors
Kanabar, Vijay K.
Messikomer, Carla
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VK Kanabar, C Messikomer. 2016. "New Curriculum on Managing Projects: Responding to 21st Century Workforce Needs." Proceedings of the 23rd International EDINEB Conference: Innovative Student Engagement in Business and Economics Education. 23rd International EDINEB Conference: Innovative Student Engagement in Business and Economics Education. Haarlem, The Netherlands,
Abstract
Academics in many disciplines are effectively practicing experiential
education to engage students using a project-oriented curriculum. The experience
gained from working with projects is helpful from a career perspective as well since
projects are increasingly viewed as a mechanism to implement organizational strategy
and to manage organizational change. Employers today are seeking competent team
members and individuals who understand the art and science of leading and managing
projects. Business schools can enrich their curriculum with learning outcomes that can
address this growing demand from project-oriented organizations for a “project-ready”
pool of job applicants. To facilitate course design of a “project-oriented” curriculum, the
newly released undergraduate project management curriculum guidelines can be
leveraged. In this paper we describe the architecture of the curriculum guidelines and
illustrate how business faculty can enhance their courses with project management
(PM) principles and concepts.