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The Future of Project Management Education: Rethinking, Learning, and Practice

Join us for the 8th workshop of the PMnetwork for Project Management at Lancaster University. Explore the implications of rethinking project management, evaluate learning and teaching methods, assess professional qualifications, and discuss the role of research and practice in leading PM education.

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The Future of Project Management Education: Rethinking, Learning, and Practice

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  1. PMnetwork forProject ManagementEighth Workshop – Lancaster University

  2. Welcome Dr Roger Atkinson Bournemouth University

  3. Brief Background 4 Bournemouth Conferences – Time, Reflections, Rhythm, Surprise (Lille) Special Issue of IJPM 26(3) 2008

  4. The PMnetwork Bids to BMAF 07 - 11 Objectives of the PMnetwork Identify participants Do something … e.g. run workshops Distribute that something

  5. So far … Workshop 1: Lancaster University 7 April 08, The Implications of Rethinking Project Management  for Learning & Teaching Workshop 2: Aston University 4th July 08, Knowledge and Craft Workshop 3: Leeds 2nd April 09 Assessment Workshop 4: Salford University 19th June 09 Graduating Professional Project Managers Workshop 5: Bournemouth University 18th September 09 Modes of Learning

  6. So far … Workshop 6: University Westminster 3rd March 2010 - Learning Spaces: Building Bridges and Breaking Barriers  Workshop 7: Bedford University June 2010 - The Student Perspective Workshop 8 : Lancaster University 18 May 2011 HEA Conferences in Edinburgh (09) Cardiff (10) Bournemouth (11) Papers at: MPC4 Stockholm 2009 , Euram Ljubljana 2008, NAM Bergen 2008 , Caen 2011

  7. Future Workshops Theme: One more workshop 2011 2nd Special Issue IJPM Editorial call for papers 27(6) 2009 - extended to 2013

  8. Aims of today's Workshops The Future of Project Management Education?

  9. Key Findings from Workshops 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7

  10. Workshop 1- Lancaster • What needs rethinking? • How do we make that happen? • What does it mean for me?

  11. Workshop 2 - Aston • Evaluate against competency, apprentice to master, knowledge and craft • Which types of story best fit each aspect? • Best practice to share?

  12. Workshop 3- Leeds • Assessment • Assessment as learning • Rhythm of learning • What can and what do we want to assess? • Agreed to share cases – workshop just to do this?

  13. Workshop 4 - Salford Mapping professional qualifications within academic project management programmes Understand professionalisation issues in PM Identifying opportunities for the enhancement of project management learning and teaching Sharing project management good practice with regard to professional accreditation.

  14. Workshop 5 - Bournemouth E-learning for Project Management Culture & E-Learning Session 3: Developing a Foundation Degree in Project Management in a distance learning format

  15. Workshop 6 - Westminster • Space to Learn, opportunities and issues • Westminster Spacewalk • Learning Spaces at Bedford • Impact that different spaces for learning and teaching can have on project management education • Better use available learning spaces.

  16. Workshop 7 - Bedford Examine how simulations can impact the learning and teaching process and provide opportunities for effective assessment by sharing good practice Identify types of project simulation; Share good practice with regard to project simulation; and Decide how you can better use project simulation activities in your own practice

  17. This House believes that project management education must be research-led rather than practitioner-led

  18. This House believes that project management has no theory

  19. Debate 1:What are the roles of research and practice in leading PM education?Debate 2:A. Assuming project management needs a theory, are we looking for a deterministic definition or an emerging theory......and is the profession able to achieve either?B. What are the theories?Please capture the output of your group on A4 sheets for publishing on the website.

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