Objectives and competences

In this course students: 1. Enhance their theoretical knowledge in the field of general management with knowledge from the field of project management and are able to apply it. 2. Gain the ability to apply their theoretical knowledge about project management on the practical project cases. 3. Acquire understanding about the role of projects for companies’ development, growth and their competitiveness. 4. Acquire advanced knowledge of basic theoretical approaches in the field of project management.

Content (Syllabus outline)

- the definition and classification of projects, - project’s lifecycle and outcomes, - phases in project’s lifecycle, - project planning – time, resources, costs; optimizing project planes, - organization of projects and project organization of companies and other organizations, - leading through the project’s lifecycle, - monitoring and controlling through the project’s lifecycle, - project information system support, - the structure of the knowledge and competences of the project manager, - procedures of projects preparation for obtaining resources from different development funds, - projects in public sector, - cases of projects and organization of project management from practice.

Learning and teaching methods

- classical lecturing, - AV presentations, - treating up-to-date study and concrete practical cases, - working in computer classroom, - active team work.

Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding

Development of knowledge and understanding Students: 1. Acquire specific knowledge in the field of project preparation, dismembering project organization and its inclusion into holistic organization. 2. Have a detailed knowledge of theories in the field of project management and their importance for successful start-up and implementation of projects. 3. Learn to recognise different project types and understand their connection with company’s success, development and acquiring higher competitiveness. 4. Develop the skills to interpret the gained results in the field of project preparation, project implementation controlling and project closing. 5. Learn how to analyse and synthesise different aspects on the project definition and project life cycle phases. 6. Are able to pursue further analysis regarding problems in multiproject environment and multiproject business operations. 7. Are qualified to control and supervise the processes of projects preparation and implementation. 8. Can demonstrate awareness of wider social and environmental ethical issues, arising from project goals and reached project results. Cognitive/Intellectual skills: Students: 1. Understand and apply critical analysis and theory development and their usability in solving real professional problems, with minimum guidance. 2. Get the ability to search for and synthesize new information from the field of project management in literature and praxis. 3. Synthesize different knowledge and procedures and are aware of importance of use of professional literature. 4. Can select appropriate techniques for problem solving and are able to evaluate the importance and significance of data. 5. Can identify key aspects of problem from different view points.

Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes

Key/Transferable skills Students: 1. Further develop skills and expertise in the use of knowledge in a specific working area. 2. Upgrade the ability to become an autonomous learner. 3. Upgrade the ability to apply information technology. 4. Upgrade the ability to work in pairs and groups. 5. Further develop their communication skills in an effective manner to effectively and professionally communicate. Practical skills: Students: 1. Get practical experience in the field of team work, using IT for project planning, communicating inside project system and presenting and arguing project; on practical cases linking knowledge from technical, economic, organization and other fields (developing interdisciplinary). 2. Are able to act autonomously with defined guidelines and certain level of supervision.

Readings

Obvezna študijska literature (Compulsory textbooks): 1. HAUC, Anton: Projektni management, Ljubljana, GV Založba, 2007. Dodatna študijska literature (Additonal textbooks): 2. Izbrani članki iz revij Projektna mreža Slovenije, International Journal of Project Management, International Journal of Managing Projects in Business ter International Journal of Project Organization and Management 3. LOCK, Dennis: Project Management, Aldershot (UK), Gower, 2008.

Prerequisits