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38 Paper Abstracts—In Alphabetical Order of Presenters
BRINGING MARITIME ENGINEERING EDUCATION TO ANGOLA
– THE CASE OF THE NAMIBE FISHERY ACADEMY
ABSTRACT
ROMUALD CWILEWICZ, PIOTR JEDRZEJOWICZ
Gdynia Maritime University, Gdynia, Poland
The paper discusses experiences and draws conclusions from the
first stage of the project aiming at establishing the Namibe Fishery
Academy in Angola. In the paper we outline barriers and problems
that have been encountered so far and discuss milestones that
need to be reached before project goals can be reached in full. The
first stage of the project has been recently completed. The construction
works in Namibe are being carried-out according to schedule. A
substantial part of laboratory equipment including ship handling and
ship engine simulators has been delivered. Detailed curricula and
laboratory manuals covering all the subjects at several specializations
taught at the Bachelor of Science level have been prepared
and accepted by Angola Ministry of Fisheries.
In the following sections we discuss economical and political context
of the project, provide an outline of the project history and goals,
present the project scope and its results at the completion of the first
stage, evaluate project future and draw final conclusions. The main
final conclusion is that government – business – academia partnership
is a necessary but not sufficient requirement for building and
implementing an engineering higher education institution in a developing
country.
CRITICAL PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR FUNCTIONS; A SURVEY
OF REQUIRED COMPETENCIES FOR EFFECTIVE PROJECT
ADMINISTRATION
LARRY E. JOWAH
Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town,South Africa
ABSTRACT
The growth of management-by-projects as a way of business in the
manufacturing industry and the increase in infrastructure development
in South Africa attracts a relook at the way projects are managed.
There is an unprecedented demand for qualified project managers
across the industries in South Africa, this has attracted the
academia to provide short courses in project management. Numerous
Project Management Associations have been established to
define standards and expectations for a qualified project manager,
but no such association is in existence for project administrators.
One critical element of projectification is hitherto ignored, and this
has not been considered of importance enough to be given a focused
treatise. The research findings establish that Project Administration
is different from other forms of administration, and needs a
focus that relates closely to the expectations of the job. Whilst it is
part of project management, it is not project management and is the
support service from which the wheel of project management turns
from. The day to day operations of the practitioners were interrogated,
and a list of critical subjects are proposed for the offering of a
three year National Diploma in project administration as entry qualification
into the field of project management. Of particular interest is
the need to write a book specifically in generic project administration,
which is not in existence at the present moment.