Effectiveness of the MCAA's Project Management Course

Abstract

This study was conducted on current practicing construction industry employees who were volunteer students in the Mechanical Contractors Association of America's Institute for Project Management's Managing for Profit two-week intensive project management course. The goal was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Institute for Project Management course and to determine the usefulness and value of an actual ongoing construction continuing education course for practicing construction industry employees. Since there are no published papers on construction continuing education, hopefully, this paper will serve to initiate more studies. Administrators of the Institute for Project Management course extrapolated data on the students' opinion of this construction continuing education program. The results indicated that the students were satisfied with the course and would attend an advanced project management course, if one were offered.