Module overview
The specific nature of projects as temporary and unique activities has implications on managing project teams and the human aspects of project-based organisations. The module introduces different aspects and approaches to managing and leading projects and project-based organisations and resolving the potential challenges. The specific issues and challenges of managing large international projects and programmes will inevitably be part of the discussions.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- the roles of project leader and manager and their required competencies.
- the temporary nature, specific dynamics and potential diversities of project environments, characterised as: multinational, multidisciplinary, multi objective and multi stakeholder.
- the impacts of organisational dynamics on project success or failure.
- the value of effective teamwork, participative approach and stakeholders’ management in projects.
- traditional and contemporary approaches to the management of organisational aspects of projects.
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Work effectively in project teams as a team member, manager or leader.
- Report and present ideas in writing or orally.
- Apply an analytical, reflective and critical approach to problem analysis and resolution.
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Critically analyse projects’ contexts, challenges and dynamics considering the pluralistic nature of projects and project organisations - regardless of their industry.
- Analyse the effect of projects’ organisation structures, management and leadership in project success.
Syllabus
- Different project organisation structures
- Governance of project management
- Roles and responsibilities in project organisations
- Leadership and management of projects
- Effective teamwork
- Identification of project stakeholders and management of stakeholders
- Effective communication
- Negotiation and conflict resolution
- Organisational challenges of international projects and programmes
- Strategic project management and project success
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
The key knowledge and theoretical components will be delivered via lectures and supplemented with directed self-study, class discussions, case studies, team work and short presentations. Practical aspects of the theories will be explored further by inviting guest lectures from industry where possible.
Type | Hours |
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Independent Study | 126 |
Teaching | 24 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Frame, J.D. (2002). The New Project Management – Tools for an Age of Rapid Change, Complexity and other Business Realities. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Turner, R. (ed.) (2014). Gower handbook of project management. Farnham: Gower.
PMI (2013). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK guide). Newtown Square, Pa.: Project Management Institute.
APM (2012). APM Body of Knowledge.. UK: Association for Project Management..
Gardiner, P. (2005). Project Management: A Strategic Planning Approach.. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Shenhar, A.J. & Dvir, D. (2007). Reinventing project management – The diamond approach to successful growth and innovation.. Boston: Harvard Business School Press.
Maylor, H (2010). Project Management. Harlow: Financial Times - Prentice Hall.
Pinto, J.K. (2013). Project Management - Achieving Competitive Advantage. Essex: Pearson.
Turner, R., Huemann, M., Anbari, F. & Bredillet, C. (2010). Perspectives on Projects. Oxon: Routledge.
Turner, R. (ed.) (2009). The handbook of project-based management: leading strategic change in organizations. London: McGraw-Hill.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
In-class activities
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: Short student activities in small groups during the lectures will be followed by questions and answers. Students are strongly encouraged to ask questions and engage throughout the lecture to receive feedback. Hence, plenty of opportunities for receiving feedback from lecturer or their peers.
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Group presentation | 20% |
Report | 80% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Report | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Report | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External