<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Background: The project manager choice is one of the most important, complicated and multi-layered decisions in project management. Although the competence of a project manager is the subject of numerous studies, mostly in the field of economic sciences, there are still relatively few studies dealing with project manager selection.Objectives: The aim of this paper is to provide a useful overview of research on approaches, models, techniques, and competencies during the process of selecting project managers, in order to improve understanding an effective process of selecting project managers from academic researchers and practitioners’ point of view.Methods/Approach: This article is a scientific review of previously published studies that are linked to competencies of a project manager and the process of project manager selection according to the traditional and the modern approach.Results: The process of selecting project managers is not sufficiently investigated in Croatia, while most of the research is focused to traditional approach.Conclusions: In this work, we propose a combination of the traditional and the modern approach to the selection of project managers, which would be based on the multicriteria decision making.</abstract>

Background: The project manager choice is one of the most important, complicated and multi-layered decisions in project management. Although the competence of a project manager is the subject of numerous studies, mostly in the field of economic sciences, there are still relatively few studies dealing with project manager selection.Objectives: The aim of this paper is to provide a useful overview of research on approaches, models, techniques, and competencies during the process of selecting project managers, in order to improve understanding an effective process of selecting project managers from academic researchers and practitioners’ point of view.Methods/Approach: This article is a scientific review of previously published studies that are linked to competencies of a project manager and the process of project manager selection according to the traditional and the modern approach.Results: The process of selecting project managers is not sufficiently investigated in Croatia, while most of the research is focused to traditional approach.Conclusions: In this work, we propose a combination of the traditional and the modern approach to the selection of project managers, which would be based on the multicriteria decision making.

Selection of Project Managers: An Overview

Business Systems Research Journal

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Background: The project manager choice is one of the most important, complicated and multi-layered decisions in project management. Although the competence of...

Selection of Project Managers: An Overview

Online veröffentlicht: 29. Okt. 2020

Seitenbereich: 99 - 116

Eingereicht: 05. Aug. 2020

Akzeptiert: 10. Sept. 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bsrj-2020-0018

Schlüsselwörter
manager, project, approach, competence, model, criterion

© 2020 Marija Šiško Kuliš, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Selection of Project Managers: An Overview

Online veröffentlicht: 29. Okt. 2020

Seitenbereich: 99 - 116

Eingereicht: 05. Aug. 2020

Akzeptiert: 10. Sept. 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bsrj-2020-0018

Schlüsselwörtermanager, project, approach, competence, model, criterion

© 2020 Marija Šiško Kuliš, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Schlüsselwörter
manager, project, approach, competence, model, criterion