IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNICATION IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY OF COMMUNICATION & WORKS DEPARTMENT PESHAWAR.
Keywords:
Communication, project management, communication and works DepartmentAbstract
Project management is a growing concept in public and private organizations of Pakistan. There are many obstacles in way of a successful project completion. The problem of Communication is of great importance in project management. A qualitative investigation was used to explore the importance of communication in project management. The interviews were conducted to explore the phenomena of communication among the ten project team members of Communications & Work department Peshawar. The data were collected and analyzed. The results shows that communication plays an important role in project management. Communication combines and coordinates different areas of project management phases. The findings of the study also illustrate that the communication skills of project managers and team members has a great impact on the project completion and its successReferences
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