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The Possibilities of Using English Language Teaching for Developing Project Management Competences

Modern business systems are continually trying to find new solutions which would enable them to keep the existing or to create new competitive advantages. Having in mind the fast and constant changes which are the main characteristic of the current times, it is not possible to create a competitive advantage only through continuous business. It is also necessary to use the processes which are unique, time limited, target oriented and bring something new, namely projects. If we want to manage projects successfully we must constantly work on developing project competencies, not only of the project leaders but also of all those in any way involved in any of the project stages. The current educational system in the Republic of Croatia is still primarily oriented towards developing professional skills, while project competencies development is often neglected. It is, however, possible to develop project competencies through the existing educational system in several ways, and one is the use of so-called project-based learning. Some methods for developing project competencies are being used in the Specialist graduate professional study of Project Management at the “B. A. Krčelić” Accredited College of Business and Management in Zaprešić. Project competencies have so far been developed mostly within professional courses while in general courses, such as foreign languages, this has not been the case. This is why the authors will use this paper to present the possibilities of using foreign languages classes (in this particular case ELT ) to develop project competencies. The approach presented by this paper will serve as the theoretical starting point for later implementation.

project management ; project competencies development ; project-based learning ; interdisciplinary teaching ; ELT

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