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    Gas Industry, Academic Training, and Final Training Report

    Number of Pages: 10

     

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    In ten pages this paper examines a gas industry intern's project planning experience. Three sources are citd in the bibliography.

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    invaluable for the technical knowledge that can be gained from it. Adding the concept of practical experience and the need for on-the-job learning provides a view of the "real  world." The purpose here is to discuss how the opportunity to add that real world perspective enriched my understanding of the fact that my true learning experiences have only  begun. Project Management Training One of the basic components of project management is that the  project be planned according to detailed steps at the outset. The creation of a plan and its implementation creates the basis for project management activity; the existence of a  plan indicates that it should be monitored to ensure that the plan that has been designed also is being followed, keeping the project on schedule. Organizational type can have  a significant influence on whether any project can be labeled as being successful. One of the primary complaints about project management is that  even with the presence of a project manager and a team dedicated to implementing the project at hand, many come in past deadline, over budget and sometimes not even complete.  Those projects that get so far out of hand that they openly fail are worse. These projects run the risk of being terminated before completion, or else continuing  indefinitely as deadline after deadline passes without the prescribed steps having been completed. When it becomes obvious that a project should be abandoned before completion, Hormozi, McMinn and Nzeogwu  (2000) write that "Including project team members in the termination process will increase their loyalty and commitment, not only to the organization but also to the success of future projects 

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