Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2016, 64(4), 1325-1335 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201664041325

Survey on the Level of Knowledge and Skills of Project Managers in Regional Development

Martina Kopečková, Pavel Máchal
Department of Project Management, Faculty of Regional Development and International Studies, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic

The level of knowledge and skills of project managers in the field of regional development shows a high level of differentiation, which has an impact on management of (non)investment projects in the given region. For effective addressing problems of regional development is crucial that projects will be processed, handled and managed at a professional level. The paper aims to confirm or disprove the given hypothesis and to identify the knowledge areas affected by the ignorance the most. For this purpose the survey on the level of knowledge and skills of project managers in regional development in NUTS III region in the Czech Republic was conducted. The survey results has allowed identifying the level of knowledge and skills of project managers in regional development in project management knowledge areas and thereby has enabled to identify the knowledge areas affected by the ignorance the most. Among these knowledge areas belong mainly Risk management, Scope management and Quality management. The results have also enabled to present the level of differentiation of the level of knowledge and skills of project managers from the mean and to compare findings in the particular NUTS III region of the Czech Republic among each other. The findings show a high level of differentiation of the knowledge and skills of project managers.

Keywords: Project management, regional development, NUTS III regions, knowledge and skills
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This paper was published under the support of Internal Grant Agency of Faculty of Regional Development and International Studies No. SP3151351.

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Kopečková, M., & Máchal, P. (2016). Survey on the Level of Knowledge and Skills of Project Managers in Regional Development. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 64(4), 1325-1335. doi: 10.11118/actaun201664041325
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