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