Artificial Intelligence in Projects and Organisations

Module overview

This module examines artificial intelligence through contemporary approaches to the management of projects and project-based organisations, drawing on multidisciplinary and multi-perspective viewpoints to understand how AI influences governance, decision-making, and performance across varied organisational and delivery contexts. It introduces a wider range of concepts that support critical engagement with AI-enabled change, enabling students to compare alternative approaches, recognise their benefits and limitations, and evaluate implications for organisations and stakeholders. The module develops students’ ability to critically evaluate approaches and formulate recommendations for professional practice. It also considers the wider roles that managers/leaders, and executives play in shaping responsible adoption, value realisation, and supports students in communicating conclusions to diverse stakeholders.

Aims and Objectives

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

Apply further tools and techniques for a more comprehensive and more contemporary management of project and project-based organizations beyond managing processes/functions and people sides.
Develop an understanding of the wider roles project professionals, managers/leaders and executives could play in advancement of projects and project-based organizations.
Analyse effectiveness of a more comprehensive management of project and project-based organizations beyond managing the essential aspects of processes/functions and people sides.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

Learning new knowledge areas and linking to previous learnings.
Report and present ideas in various forms for a diverse range of audience.
Extend your analytical tool set for solving a wider range of problems.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

The multidisciplinary and multi-perspective nature of the contemporary PM and their benefits in the management of projects and project-based organizations.
The wider focus of the contemporary approaches to the management of projects and project-based organizations, beyond managing fundamental processes/functions and people sides.

Learning and Teaching

Teaching and learning methods

This module uses a wide range of delivery and self-study methods including but not limited to: lectures and supplemented with directed self-study, class discussions, case studies, teamwork and short presentations. Practical aspects of the theories might be explored further by inviting guest lectures from industry or academia where possible.

Study time
Type	Hours
Independent Study	126
Teaching	24
Total study time	150

Resources & Reading list

Journal Articles

Dacre, N., Baxter, D., Dong, H., Al-Mhdawi, M. K. S., Abeysooriya, R., & Shen, Y. (2025). Digital transformation and the AI imperative in public and private sector projects: Methods and skills for project management. Association for Project Management.

Textbooks

Pinto, J.K. (2019). Project Management - Achieving Competitive Advantage. Essex: Pearson.

APM (2019). APM Body of Knowledge. UK.

Turner, R., Huemann, M., Anbari, F. & Bredillet, C. (2010). Perspectives on Projects. Oxon: Routledge.

Turner, R. (2014). The handbook of project-based management: leading strategic change in organizations. London: McGraw-Hill.

PMI (2017). A Guide to Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide). US: Project Management Institute.

Morris, P.W.G. and Pinto, K. J., Söderlund J. (2012). The Oxford Handbook of Project Management. UK: Oxford Handbooks.

Turner, R.. Gower handbook of project management. Farnham: Gower.

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. Individual and group written exercises. 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.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Portfolio	100%

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Portfolio	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.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Portfolio	100%

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External