Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- Gain the knowledge of traditional and contemporary approaches to management of projects.
- Understand the people, organizational and functional aspects of projects and their strategic management and leadership.
- Gain knowledge of tools and techniques for organizing, managing and leading people, organizational and functional aspects of projects.
- Appreciate the specific nature of projects and its implications on managing projects.
- Develop in-depth appreciation of various factors influencing project success and failure.
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Critically analyse projects’ context, potential dynamics and challenges regardless of their industry.
- Appreciate the sources of complexities in actual projects and project environments.
- Analyse project situations and dynamics considering the pluralistic nature of projects and project management.
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Develop analytical and critical approaches to management and leadership.
- Appreciate the complexity of actual business world.
- Organize, present and communicate your professional and academic views in written. C2.communicate effectively (written).
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Independent Study | 126 |
Teaching | 24 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Maylor, H. (2010). Project Management. UK: Prentice Hall.
Turner, R., Huemann, M., Anbari, F. & Bredillet, C. (2010). Perspectives on Projects. Oxon: Routledge.
Pinto, J.K. (2020). Project management - Achieving competitive advantage. Harlow: Pearson.
Gardiner, P. (2005). Project Management: A Strategic Planning Approach. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Class Exercise
- 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: Yes
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 100% |
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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Essay | 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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Essay | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External