An empirical study of project management in Chinese entrepreneurs
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The purpose of this paper is to study how project management contributes to the improvement of business efficiency in China, since project management apply a series of scientific management theories and methods which can plan and organize the project in advance and ensure the maximization of the value of resource utilization. Through a face-to-face survey or questionnaires of 132 Chinese entrepreneurs, the survey results reveal that most of the entrepreneurs in this study believe that project management is the management model of the future business. In other words, they believe that entrepreneurs have to learn and master the theory and method of project management, because project management can help entrepreneurs better run their enterprises and make business decisions.Our findings show that the application of project management in Chinese enterprises is still in its infancy. The implications of project management capability and policy making are also presented.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.59429/esp.v9i8.2984
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