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Exploring the behavioral project management competencies – a pilot study from Croatia

Taking into account the importance of project management in the contemporary business and the emphasis placed on the behavioral competencies of project, program and portfolio managers, the authors of the paper focused on exploring the challenges and specificities of the project management profession in Croatia. Empirical research was conducted in two steps. Firstly, a qualitative research was done using in-depth interviews with a member of the editorial board of a new project management international certification standard and two representatives of the certification body in Croatia: the director and one of the assessors. The collected data were analyzed using grounded theory approach and results in four main areas were obtained: project management and certification challenges, addressing certification body needs, missing link between educational institutions and project management in practice and key project management competencies. In the next step, a quantitative research was conducted among 53 certified project, program and portfolio managers in the country regarding their perception of the importance of the behavioral project management competencies. The data were collected through an online survey and statistically analyzed using SPSS 18.0. The results show that the majority of the certified experts in the field consider leadership to be the most important behavioral project management competency, closely followed by teamwork and self-management, while relations and engagement, conflict and crisis, as well as negotiation and resourcefulness are considered to be of the least importance for conducting the project, program and portfolio successfully.

menadžerske kompetencije, projektni menadžment, certifikacija u projektnom menadžmentu, menadžerske vještine, Hrvatska

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