Scholarship / Changing world - Why did you choose your proposed course and institution*? [6]

To contribute for developing project management standards

The world is changing rapidly. Climate change, technological revolutions, block-chain, fin-tech, AI, worldwide pandemic and many others are affecting the economy, society and even human behavior of the blue planet and requiring everything to be revolved and changed. In short, there is a demand for countless projects in all sectors. Mongolian government approves numbers of programs for global development and economic well-being. Hundreds of projects are being implemented under the approved program. People hope to believe in the spectacular outcome that is described in the feasibility study, but all these projects being implemented across the country will be useless and unsuccessful if they are not approached in an internationally accepted way, and we simply lack the knowledge and human resource in project management.

I was privileged to work in both public and private projects. I started my career in airport free-zone project at the Khushig Valley International Airport funded by a Japanese loan. The airport was scheduled to be completed in 2016 but we still don't have an operating airport and the project I was working on got cancelled. My second job was in medium-sized mining project organized by international management team with rich experience. The tendency in Mongolia for the projects that are considered successful is to hire expatriates to lead which increases the cost and sometimes fail because the expats might be unfamiliar with harsh business and government environment of Mongolia. According to Project Management Institute, population per one professional project manager is 4.5 thousand in China, 3.3 thousand in Japan, 4.5 thousand in South Korea, 1.1 thousand in Hong Kong, 2.1 thousand in Taiwan and 67.8 thousand in Mongolia. You can see from this comparison how far behind we currently are. I believe that training our own human resources in international standards of project management to lead is the most efficient and appropriate approach and it is my ultimate goal to contribute my career for developing project management standards in my home country.

Scholarship / AAS - Why MSc degree in Project management at Queensland University of Technology choice? [3]

Why did you choose your proposed course and institution

I have chosen MSc degree in Project management at Queensland University of Technology. The main reason I chose to develop my career and pursue post graduate education in project management is that excellent scholars who can practice international standards of project management is essential for development of a country but our country truly lack the human resource in this sector which I believe is hindering the success of key development projects. Mongolian government approves numbers of programs for community and economic well-being. Hundreds of projects are being implemented under the approved program. People hope to believe in the spectacular outcome that is described in unsuccessful written, but all these projects being implemented across the country will be useless and if they are not approached in an internationally accepted way. According to Project Management Institute, population per one professional project manager is 4.5 thousand in China, 3.3 thousand in Japan, 4.5 thousand in South Korea, and 67.8 thousand in Mongolia. You can see from this comparison how far behind we currently are. I believe that training our own human resources in international standards of project management to lead is the most efficient and appropriate solution and it is my ultimate goal to contribute my career for developing project management standards in my home country.

The second reason I chose this course is that in the era of technology, we must master a profession that is irreplaceable by AI to be competitive. Project management is crucial for technological revolution itself and is forecasted to be in demand. In fact, the Project Management Institute (PMI) estimates that by 2027, 88 million people worldwide will have position involved in project management.

I have chosen the institution for its reputation of complex program in industrial and technological project management and its international recognition as program cooperated with Australian Institute of Project Management. This particular course and the university were also recommended by my employer who is my mentor.