The development of the requisite knowledge and
skills needed to perform this expanding role have tra-
ditionally relied on engineering degree programmes
that are pursued in academic institutions. Construction
and engineering degree programmes for educating pro-
ject managers traditionally re¯ect a technological con-
tent. To ensure their continued relevance in an
industry, Construction Project Managers often rely on
various learning activities that help them to ful®l for
the project, both the construction speci®c and the non-
construction functions demanded of them. Identifying
the routes and mechanisms by which these construc-
tion project managers acquire such requisite skills
should provide options for addressing the training of
future construction project managers ( [13]). A more
signi®cant aspect of the study however, is identifying
potential lessons for management development policy
that construction organisations may adopt.