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2016/2017 BA-BHAAV1186U Project Management
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| Project Management |
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| Language | English |
| Course ECTS | 7.5 ECTS |
| Type | Elective |
| Level | Bachelor |
| Duration | One Quarter |
| Start time of the course | Spring, Third Quarter |
| Timetable | Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk |
| Max. participants | 60 |
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Study Board for BSc in Economics and Business
Administration
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| Contact information: https://e-campus.dk/studium/kontakt/student-hub | |
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| Last updated on 23-02-2016 | |
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To achieve the grade 12, students
should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor
mistakes or errors:
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| It is advantageous, but no prerequisite, to have some basic social science knowledge, especially in organization theory, sociology and managerial economics. Students enrolled at BA-Information management programme are not allowed to take this elective due to overlap. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The course consists of three interrelated building bricks. The first brick consists of theories and theoretical models that enable us to analyse and answer the question of what the project is and what it can do. Here we also focus on the link between the project and its main constituencies, such as the project and the project stakeholders. The second brick consists of particular project-related topics such as project planning, project risk management and evaluating project success or failure. The third brick consists of analysis and discussions of concrete cases based on the course reading, like the Turning Torso (the construction of a Swedish skyscraper) or the major event, the Eurovision Song Contest. Students will be introduced to the project and its particular organizational form. What are the important project management tasks? What does the project require in terms of managerial actions and dispositions? What are the ‘tools of the trade’? This course addresses these questions, and more, and provides the students with an ability to reflect on as well project management tools, but also their assumptions and practical relevance.
In addition to developing a professional competence as a project manager, the course further seeks to develop your personal competences in analysing real-life projects, presenting in front of a class, and to solve group assignments. These more personal competences are important for any (project) management position. |
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| The method of teaching will be a combination of traditional class lectures subject to small exercises; group presentations followed by class discussion; and an extensive workshop session. The group presentations will be held by 4-6 students and there will be approx. two presentations per session (with a few exceptions). The presentations will be based on examinations of real-life projects. It is the aspiration of this course that all students will present at least once. In the middle of the course, there will also be an extensive workshop session, where we will go in-depth with one particular case and apply the readings of the course. This course will also make use of a student panel discussion, elevator speeches, brainstorm sessions, and more. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The course literature consists of a textbook, research articles and book chapters.
Book
Articles
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