IB382-15 Project Management
Introductory description
N/A.
Module aims
Students to be able to participate in and/or lead project teams and use a variety of project management tools and frameworks to analyse business problems.
Outline syllabus
This is an indicative module outline only to give an indication of the sort of topics that may be covered. Actual sessions held may differ.
Introduction to project management.
Project definition.
Project organization.
Stakeholder management.
Time planning.
Financial planning and control.
Risk management.
Project completion and review.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the module, students should be able to:
- Identify and classify project stakeholders and define strategies for interacting with them.
- Critically appraise the various project management techniques and principles.
- Define the aims and objectives of a project and how they will be evaluated.
- Review the people issues of a project in a structured way, identify and characterise uncertainties and define strategies for managing them.
- Demonstrate implementation of a project in an organisation.
- Explain how to plan resources in the execution of a project.
- Explain how to prepare a project budget.
Indicative reading list
Atkinson, R. (1999) ‘Project Management: Cost, time and quality, two best guesses and a phenomenon, its time to accept other success criteria’ IJoPM,17(6):337-342.
Lilley, S., G. Lightfoot & P. Amaral M. N. (2004) Representing Organization: Knowledge, Management, and the Information Age. Oxford: OUP.
Palmer, C. G. S. (1996) ‘Risk Perception: An Empirical Study of the Relationship Between Worldview and the Risk Construct’ Risk Analysis,16(5):717-723.
Rees-Caldwell, K. & A. H. Pinnington (2013) ‘National culture differences in project management: Comparing British and Arab project managers' perceptions of different planning areas’ IJoPM, 31(2):212-227.
Slack, N., A. Brandon-Jones & R. Johnston (2013) Operations Management (7th edn.) Harlow: Pearson.
Slack, N,. A. Brandon-Jones, R. Johnston & A. Betts (2015) Operations and Process Management (4th edn.) Harlow: Pearson.
Wadell, D. & A. S. Sohal (1998) ‘Resistance: a constructive tool for change management’ Management Decision, 36(8):543-548.
Zwikael, O. & M. Ahn (2011) ‘The Effectiveness of Risk Management: An Analysis of Project Risk Planning Across Industries and Countries’ Risk Analysis, 31(1):25-37.
Subject specific skills
Use a system for planning and control of project progress. And justify their choices.
Carry out a network analysis.
Transferable skills
Demonstrate oral communication skills developed through case study discussion.
Demonstrate problem solving skills developed through analysing business problems.
Demonstrate group working skills through in class case study analysis.
Study time
Type | Required |
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Lectures | 10 sessions of 1 hour (7%) |
Seminars | 9 sessions of 1 hour (6%) |
Other activity | 10 hours (7%) |
Private study | 47 hours (31%) |
Assessment | 74 hours (49%) |
Total | 150 hours |
Private study description
Private Study.
Other activity description
Case related online tasks.
Costs
No further costs have been identified for this module.
You do not need to pass all assessment components to pass the module.
Assessment group D9
Weighting | Study time | Eligible for self-certification | |
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Participation | 10% | 9 hours | No |
Participation in activities on a weekly basis via my.wbs |
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Online Examination | 90% | 65 hours | No |
Exam ~Platforms - AEP
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Assessment group R
Weighting | Study time | Eligible for self-certification | |
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Online Examination - Resit | 100% | No | |
Exam
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Feedback on assessment
Feedback via My.WBS.
Courses
This module is Core optional for:
- Year 3 of UESA-H115 MEng Engineering with Intercalated Year
This module is Optional for:
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UIBA-MN34 Law and Business Four Year (Qualifying Degree)
- Year 3 of MN34 Law and Business Studies Four Year (Qualifying Degree)
- Year 4 of MN34 Law and Business Studies Four Year (Qualifying Degree)
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UECA-3 Undergraduate Economics 3 Year Variants
- Year 3 of L100 Economics
- Year 3 of L116 Economics and Industrial Organization
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UECA-4 Undergraduate Economics 4 Year Variants
- Year 4 of L103 Economics with Study Abroad
- Year 4 of LM1H Economics, Politics & International Studies with Study Abroad
- Year 4 of L114 Industrial Economics with Study in Europe
- Year 3 of UECA-LM1D Undergraduate Economics, Politics and International Studies
- Year 2 of UIPA-L8N1 Undergraduate Global Sustainable Development and Business
- Year 3 of UIBA-MN31 Undergraduate Law and Business Studies
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UIBA-MN32 Undergraduate Law and Business Studies
- Year 3 of MN32 Law and Business Studies (Four-Year)
- Year 4 of MN32 Law and Business Studies (Four-Year)
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UIBA-MN37 Undergraduate Law and Business Studies (Qualifying Degree) with Intercalated Year
- Year 2 of MN37 Law and Business Studies (Qualifying Degree) with Intercalated Year
- Year 5 of MN37 Law and Business Studies (Qualifying Degree) with Intercalated Year
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UIBA-MN35 Undergraduate Law and Business Studies with Intercalated Year (3+1)
- Year 3 of MN35 Law and Business Studies with Intercalated Year (3+1)
- Year 4 of MN35 Law and Business Studies with Intercalated Year (3+1)
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UIBA-MN36 Undergraduate Law and Business Studies with Intercalated Year (4+1)
- Year 2 of MN36 Law and Business Studies with Intercalated Year (4+1)
- Year 5 of MN36 Law and Business Studies with Intercalated Year (4+1)
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USTA-G300 Undergraduate Master of Mathematics,Operational Research,Statistics and Economics
- Year 3 of G300 Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics and Economics
- Year 4 of G300 Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics and Economics
- Year 3 of UMAA-GL11 Undergraduate Mathematics and Economics
- Year 4 of UECA-GL12 Undergraduate Mathematics and Economics (with Intercalated Year)
This module is Unusual option for:
- Year 3 of UPHA-V7ML Undergraduate Philosophy, Politics and Economics
This module is Option list A for:
- Year 3 of UESA-HN12 BEng Engineering Business Management
- Year 3 of UESA-HN15 BEng Engineering Business Management
- Year 4 of UESA-HN13 BEng Engineering Business Management with Intercalated Year
- Year 3 of UESA-H112 BSc Engineering
This module is Option list B for:
- Year 3 of USTA-Y602 Undergraduate Mathematics,Operational Research,Statistics and Economics
This module is Option list G for:
- Year 2 of UPHA-V7ML Undergraduate Philosophy, Politics and Economics