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The Profile of the Project Manager in Academia

In: Organizations and Performance in a Complex World

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  • Stanislav Percic

    (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, Development Projects Office)

  • Irina Teodora Manolescu

    (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi)

Abstract

The universities are the organizations that use projects to a great extent as instruments of change. The literature highlights a direct link between the project manager’s competences and the success of the project. This paper aims at identifying the main characteristics of the project managers from universities, starting from an extensive documentation of all development projects implemented within a representative university of the Romanian academic environment, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi. In this context, characteristics related to gender, occupation, and level of academic career were analyzed. This study, through a focus group, captures the particular aspects of the appointment of the project managers by project category, and highlights the difficulties encountered and the adequacy of the held competences to overcome these. The conclusions focus on the synthesis of the main features of the project managers’ competences, as well as the recommendations for improving their appointment in the university environment.

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  • Stanislav Percic & Irina Teodora Manolescu, 2021. "The Profile of the Project Manager in Academia," Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics, in: Ramona Orăștean & Claudia Ogrean & Silvia Cristina Mărginean (ed.), Organizations and Performance in a Complex World, pages 229-244, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:prbchp:978-3-030-50676-6_18
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-50676-6_18
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