Olof Hörberg (13 June 1921 – 23 Nov 1988) was a Swedish engineer from Stockholm, known as co-founder of the International Project Management Association, and its first president from 1972 to 1976.Association française pour la cybernétique économique et technique. Project management in the seventies: congress book ..., 1974. p. 10
Hörberg had obtained his MSc in engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology,Hörberg (1962, 929). and had published a manual on FM radio technology in the 1964.Hörberg (1964) In cooperation with the European International Management Systems Association/INTERNET, in 1968, Hörberg initiated and founded the Network Planning Association in Sweden, nowadays the Svenskt Projektforum.
In 1972 he became the first president of the European umbrella organization, the European International Management Systems Association/INTERNET, later the International Project Management Association.Klaus Pannenbaecker and Sebastian Dworatschek (2005). "History of IPMA International Project Management Association (1965- 2005) and its National Associations. " at ipma.world. p. 3. Accessed 26-06-2017. Jan Pries-Heje. Project Management Multiplicity. 2013. p. 12 In 1976 he was succeeded by Roland GutschIPMA, IPMA, 50 years - Building Bridges Worldwide, Panama Edition, 2015. p. 110
Selected publications Olof Hörberg. FM-teknik radioteknikerns handbok. Bok, 1964
Articles, a selection Olof Hörberg. "Stril 60," in: Teknisk Tidskrift, Vol 92. 1962. p. 929.
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