TY - CHAP AU - Anabela C. Alves AU - Celina P. Leão AU - Francisco Moreira AU - Senhorinha Teixeira ED - Manuel Otero-Mateo ED - Andres Pastor-Fernandez Y1 - 2017-12-20 PY - 2017 T1 - Project-Based Learning and its Effects on Freshmen Social Skills in an Engineering Program N2 - 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. BT - Human Capital and Competences in Project Management SP - Ch. 2 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.72054 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.72054 SN - 978-953-51-3787-0 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-26 ER -