
Project Manager Development Paths
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Content
- Cover
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Nature of the Learning Experience
- Context 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
- Results
- Conclusions
- 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
- Appendix B: List of Codes
- Appendix C: Survey
- References
- Author Biographical Sketches and Contact Details
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