Managing Projects in Africa: Essentials from the Project Management Journal

Project Management Training Curricula at South African Public Universities: Is the Balanced Demand of the Profession Sufficiently Accommodated?

Thelma Louw

University of South Africa, Florida, South Africa

P. D. Rwelamila

University of South Africa, School of Business Leadership, Midrand, South Africa

ABSTRACT

In March 2004, the British Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) commissioned a study that focused on the “rethinking” of project management. The objective of the EPSRC study, commonly known as the EPSRC Network, was first to create a multidisciplinary network of academics, researchers, and practitioners interested in developing project management and the practice thereof in industry and, second, to define and identify ...