A Study on Shaping Engineers to Be Effective Project Managers : Teaching Models

Shaping Engineers with technological background to be mangers with creative leadership qualities has always been an onerous task. Most engineers aspire to become managers. The transition has to take place from engineering skills to managerial skills. This is possible when there is creativity, envisioning and innovations in training them. With input costs going higher, the challenge is to keep the cost of processes and methods low for the cost of output to be competitive and at desired limits. Hence, there is paradigm shift in the ways the projects are envisioned and conducted. The existing engineering curriculum at universities does not meet this need. The change in curriculum has not kept pace with the advances and needs of the corporate world. Imagineering is yet to find inroads as a requirement of the industry. Organizations will have to strategize in current economic situations to build capacities. Multiple tasking through increased skill and competency is a one of the options in the pipeline. There are several initiatives in training by companies; this study looks at the parameters driving creating training models for construction organizations to deliver projects effectively