"Human Capital and Competences in Project Management" ed. by Manuel Otero-Mateo and Andres Pastor-Fernandez

This volume is dedicated to influence on the strategy of human resource management, affecting daily aspects, thought patterns, and behavioral modes of executive management and employees.

People's competence has a strong influence on the strategy of human resource management, affecting daily aspects, thought patterns, and behavioral modes of executive management and employees. From a business perspective, there is a strong relationship between human capital and success and also an integral development of the human factor in all its dimensions, both personal and professional, and social competences must be a key factor to reach it. To help achieve this business excellence, it is necessary to transfer the demands of the labor market into education, and one of the ways is through methodological framework for Project Management and Management, specifically the IPMA Individual Competence Baseline, which is an essential tool for achieving economic growth, corporate development, and competitiveness.

Contents
1 Introductory Chapter: Human Capital, Knowledge Management and Competences in Project Management
2 Project-Based Learning and its Effects on Freshmen Social Skills in an Engineering Program
3 Competences in Project Management: A Case Study in Osaka Institute of Technology
4 Project Management and Learning: The Learning Project
5 Culture and Values Competence in International Investment Projects: HR Management Approach
6 Traceability of Intra- and Interpersonal Skills: From Education to Labor Market