SYLLABUS

2ndSemester, 2014/2015 academic year

Code: / GTVIM2070A
Lecturer: / Dr. Csaba Deák, associate professor
Nature of course: / Lecture and seminar
Hours / Week:: / 2 lectures + 2 seminars
Total hours: / 56 hours/semester
Category: / Compulsory
Language: / English
Assessment: / Midterm written material and oral presentation in teams
Written exam at the end of the semester
Prerequisite: / -
ECTS Credits: / 5 credits

Course Objectives

This course examines project management roles and environments, the project life cycle and various techniques of work planning, and control and evaluation to achieve project objectives. The tools currently available to project managers are discussed throughout this course. Course Objectives:

  • To provide a brief introduction to general issues of project management.
  • To provide insights into problem solving and persuasive presentation of solutions.
  • To increase awareness of how people people work as team members and as individuals.

Course Structure

Week / Topic
1. / Basics of project management (definitions and typology of project management)
2. / Functions of project management (introduction of functions, which need to be deal with by project manager and the project team)
3. / Functions of project management (introduction of functions, which need to be deal with by project manager and the project team)
4. / Phases of projects (definition of project phases and milestones)
5. / Phases of projects (definition of project phases and milestones)
6. / Determination of project goals (defining accurate and measurable objectives)
7. / Determination of project goals (defining accurate and measurable objectives)
8. / Activities of project planning (time planning, planning of communication, risk management
9. / Activities of project planning (time planning, planning of communication, risk management
10. / Phases of implementation (activities in the implementation phase of projects)
11. / Phases of implementation (activities in the implementation phase of projects)
12. / Human resource management in projects (team forming, conditions of efficient team work
13. / Human resource management in projects (team forming, conditions of efficient team work
14. / Project management in practice (case studies, follow up activities)

Required Readings

  • Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage and MS Project. Jeffrey K Pinto, Penn State University-Erie. Publisher: Prentice Hall. ISBN-10: 0132229676. ISBN-13: 9780132229678
  • Lecture notes (in pdf. format)
  • The Portable MBA in Project Management edited by Eric Verzuh John Wiley & Sons, Inc.2003

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