Job Competencies for Consultant Project Managers

摘要

Architects, civil engineers and quantity surveyors are among the main players in construction. Coming from different training and professional background, these professionals bring in their own respective styles and methods of project management practices. There is now a body of opinion among industry people and academics alike that the industry needs to establish competency standard especially for project managers. Irrespective of their professional background, competent project managers should hypothetically deliver high quality services to the clients. A study is currently being undertaken at the School of Housing, Building and Planning, USM, to develop a job competence model for Consultant Project Managers (CPMs). It attempts to determine a set of minimum standards of skills and competencies for CPMs. This paper reports the initial findings of the study. It provides an insight into the type of competencies needed by CPMs based on the "Job Competence Model for Consultant Project Managers" developed from the study.