28/5/2008
Top companies across
the Midlands are set to swap key members of staff in a series of mini
exchanges aimed at boosting business.
Project managers from Land Rover, GKN Driveline, Mouchel and Service
Birmingham are taking part in the pioneering gateway project.
It was organised by the UK’s first Centre for Project Management Practice based at Aston Business School in Birmingham.
The innovative, £200,000 scheme brings together academics and
businesses across the Midlands, in a bid to get participants to share
and benchmark project management knowledge.
There will be five exchanges in the first series, starting with an
employee of GKN Driveline joining Mouchel as a team leader on May 19
and 20.
There will be five exchanges in the first series, starting with a
Project Manager from GKN Driveline joining Mouchel on May 19th – 20th.
The employee will become a key member of the highway design team,
experiencing the running and assisting in the delivery of highway and
infrastructure projects.
They will also participate in the delivery of engineering design
solutions and be responsible for achieving results within the
timescale, to the level of quality and to the budget agreed with the
client.
Dr Naomi Brookes, Centre Director and lecturer at Aston Business
School, said the centre was creating some fantastic links between
project management knowledge and its practice in industry.
“Businesses are finally understanding the importance of project
management and sharing skills in this exchange scheme is a great way to
utilise the expertise available.
“It will help businesses to effectively undertake innovations and it
helps academic researchers to tailor their research to practitioners’
needs.”
Further exchanges are scheduled to take place later in the year.
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