I have met some project management professionals in Europe that were promoted to the job of project manager without going through any selection process in their organizations. I have looked at some big multinational organizations and I observed that some of them think that “any professional is valid for the project manager job”. Then they promote senior technical people to the project management position without going through any selection process.
People who have spent some years in the project management profession know that not everyone can be a good project manager. Most of companies worldwide do not spend time informing their people about the meaning of “the project manager job”, the content, the potential issues, challenges and/or difficulties to deal with, to do a good job as project manager. I believe that the main problem is that there is a lack of knowledge about project management in organizations, and then it is not its first priority.
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