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Project Management in Intercultural Context

2024/2025
Academic Year
ENG
Instruction in English
3
ECTS credits
Course type:
Compulsory course
When:
4 year, 1 module

Instructor


Stefanova, Anastasia

Course Syllabus

Abstract

Project Management in Intercultural Contexts’ provides students with fundamentals of project management with application to multicultural contexts. Over the past 20 years, project management has proven to help modern organizations maintain a competitive edge. We consider intercultural contexts together with complex organizational communications most influential factors in project management. The aspect covers major project management concepts, which are reinforced by cases from various business spheres. Students will learn about methods and tools a successful project manager needs to initiate, plan, execute, monitor, control, and close a project. The aspect guides the student through technical, interpersonal and cultural skills necessary to manage a project efficiently.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • to identify the essential skills required to manage a project
  • to implement project management body of knowledge
  • to apply project management principles effectively
  • to engage and lead project management teams in intercultural context
  • to demonstrate a good understanding of a project life cycle
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • apply the knowledge and skills they get to analyze and assess complex project management situations
  • apply the knowledge and skills they get to relate a project to the intercultural environment that influences it
  • develop technical, interpersonal and cultural skills necessary for a successful project manager
  • develop the ability to use project management strategies and methods to manage a project from start to finish
  • know fundamental concepts of project management
  • know Project Management Institute’s (PMI’s) project model
  • know project process groups
  • know the definition of a project and its characteristics
  • understand how to manage project cost, quality, and delivery
  • apply the knowledge and skills they get to analyze major factors influencing project management outcomes
  • apply the knowledge and skills they get to use project management tools and techniques
  • understand the role of a project manager
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Conceptual overview of project management
  • Project management process groups
  • Project management knowledge and skills
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Test 1
    Short written form of control conducted during the seminar based on the materials covered during the previous seminar
  • non-blocking Group Project
    Project plans are delivered in groups including written documentation and oral presentation.
  • non-blocking Final Test
    Final test is conducted on the last seminar in the 1st module covering all the materials from the previous seminars.
  • non-blocking Test 2
    Short written form of control conducted during the seminar based on the materials covered during the previous seminar
  • non-blocking Test 3
    Short written form of control conducted during the seminar based on the materials covered during the previous seminar
  • non-blocking Test 4
    Short written form of control conducted during the seminar based on the materials covered during the previous seminar
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2024/2025 1st module
    0.2 * Final Test + 0.4 * Group Project + 0.1 * Test 1 + 0.1 * Test 2 + 0.1 * Test 3 + 0.1 * Test 4
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), Sixth Edition, 2017. Режим доступа: http://library.books24x7.com/bookshelf.asp
  • Heagney, J. (2012). Fundamentals of Project Management (Vol. 4th ed). New York: AMACOM. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=388987

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Anna Kurzydłowska. (2016). Leadership in Project Management. Humanities and Social Sciences, 23 (2), 103. https://doi.org/10.7862/rz.2016.hss.22
  • Association, I. R. M. (2016). Project Management : Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications. [Place of publication not identified]: Business Science Reference. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1253153
  • Binder, J. (2007). Global Project Management : Communication, Collaboration and Management Across Borders. Aldershot, England: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=269279

Authors

  • VRADIY NADEZHDA VALENTINOVNA
  • STEFANOVA ANASTASIYA STEFANOVNA