Project Management (5 cr)

Learning outcomes

Student is able to:
- Plan, evaluate, and develop organization-related, and individual skills in project management
- Utilize different methods in R&D activities, and in project management
- Manage a project's finances, communication, and impact

Materials

Wells, K. & Kloppenborg, T. 2018. Project Management Essentials. Business Expert Press. Ebook Central (LAUREAn kirjasto)
Chapters 1 – 7 (Introduction, Initiating a Project, Engaging Team & Stakeholders, Determining Project, Scheduling, Budgeting, Directing Performance)

Articles from the following journals:
-Knardal, P. S. & Pettersen, I. J. 2015. Creativity and management control: the diversity of festival budgets. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 679-695.
-Zerjav, V. 2021. Why Do Business Organizations Participate in Projects? Toward a Typology of Project Value Domains, Project Management Journal, Vol 52(3), 287-297.
-Esther R. Maier, Oana Branzei.. 2014.On time and on budget”: Harnessing creativity in large scale projects International Journal of Project Management 32 (2014) 1123-1133
-U. Zaman, L. M. Naemi, N. ul Huda, M. Ghani Khwaja. 2023. Time flies when you are having fun. The mediating effects of project opportunity management in the relationship between project leaders’ self-efficacy and multidimensional project success. Project Management Journal 2023, Vol. 54(2) 132-148
- Nuno A. Gil. 2023. Cracking the megaproject puzzle: A stakeholder perspective?
International Journal of Project Management 41 2023
- A. Hartmann, J. Vinke-de Kruijf, R. van Weesep. 2023.‘Asking the right questions: the role of reflection for learning in and between projects’
International Journal of Project Management 41 (2023) 102494
-How Does Hierarchy Steepness Affect Coordination in Project-Based Organizations? A Social Network Analysis by Jinying Xu and Weisheng Lu
Project Management Journal 2023, Vol. 54(3) 306–321
-Ziyao Zhang and Guodong Ni, Han Lin, Zongbo Li, Zhipeng Zhou. 2021. Linking empowering leadership to work-related well-being and project citizenship behavior in the construction context: a self-determination perspective.
International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, Vol. 16 No. 2, 2023 pp. 232-257

Teaching methods

The course will be implemented digitally. Students will complete the course assignments individually via Canvas platform by the end of December 2023.

Exam schedules

Start date 1 November 2023 - the course closes 31 January 2024 when all assignments must be submitted in Canvas platform.

International connections

International literature

Completion alternatives

Competence demonstration; se instructions in Student intranet.

Student workload

5 credits = 135 hrs of student's work

Content scheduling

Basics of project management

Evaluation scale

Approved/Failed

Further information

EQF7 Master-level course