Abstract:

An indirect aim of our study is to explore and describe a selected research area, i.e. the profession of project managers that undergoes transformation in the Polish small and medium-sized sector – in the context of shared value and applicable Corporate Social Responsibility principles. Therefore, the main objective of this research is, on the one hand, to satisfy curiosity and to better understand the explored role of managers, and on the other hand, to assess the possible scope for designing broader studies and developing tools, which could be used in such studies. It is necessary to describe the diversity of principles and tasks by proposing suitable categorization and describing in detail the specificity of separate groups of project managers. In the absence of basic categories and concepts and without a general outline of this developing profession, undertaking more detailed studies would not be feasible.