The United States currently has a communications policy in place that does not state clearly its own goals, yet applies regulations that greatly affect outcomes. A better communications policy would substitute markets for regulation as a way to determine both what is sold and what price is paid...

In the information technology industry, projects are often carried out simultaneously and with limited human resources, being of major relevance to adequately allocate consultants (using either the company’s own consultants or outsourcing) to each project. At the company analyzed,...

Turkey producers in Central Utah rely on the Moroni Feed Company, a highly integrated cooperative which replaced a declining sugar beet production of the 1930's. The cooperative's complete services now include everything from breeder flocks to processed turkey products, feed milling, field...

Commitment from all stakeholders is a critical condition for project success, especially for complex and multinational undertakings that involve intricate networks of resource and power sharing. This paper examines the challenges of building and sustaining commitment in culturally diverse global...

The non-repetitive nature of projects, globalization, the growing number of distributed project teams, and the substantial number of high-tech projects in which the human brain is the most important resource are just few of the forces making human resource management in projects a critical...

Greek Small and Medium size Enterprises (SMEs) are an important factor for the socio-economic development of the country. This fact is mirroring in the participation of SMEs in the Greek GDP, but also in terms of employment. The extended relevant literature provides also the significant...

The professional field of project management is widening, across the world. Professional organizations are growing, and so is the need for project management education. Knowledge gain through a blend of theory and practice is of crucial importance in today’s challenging project environment....

The importance of project management as a special organisational form for temporary endeavours and in particular for international collaborations increases steadily. Cooperation in international projects can be improved by the use of existing PM Standards. It is therefore important to be...

After 1990’s and the European integration, Romania faced major changes in the structure and finance of education. There are many decisions regarding the education reform, the decentralization of the public schools, and the curriculum. The education needs to evolve from an abstracted way to a...