MPPPMAA Project Management

School of Business Administration in Karvina
Winter 2013
Extent and Intensity
1/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Werner Bernatík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Werner Bernatík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Department of Business Economics and Management – School of Business Administration in Karvina
Prerequisites
The course can be registered independently on other courses.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of the course is the delineation of the basic concepts in the area of project management, defining differences, and specifications of their implication. Students are being made familiar with essential pieces of information on the process model of project management and overview of the major processes. The aim is the identification of the most common issues in managing projects. The inseparable part of the study is the characteristics of the basic personal prerequisites for performing the profession of the project manager, possibilities of increasing qualification and career growth as well as project manager's ethics of profession performance.
Syllabus
  • 1. The introduction into the problems of project management
    2. Project management
    3. Project cycle and basic attributes of the project
    4. Processes of project management
    5. Initiation and launching a project
    6. Planning a project
    7. Managing project work
    8. Project control
    9. Concluding a project
    10.Specific areas of the integrated management of projects
    11.Specific project environments
    12.Roles of the project manager
    13.The application of personal computers and software support in managing a project
Literature
    required literature
  • KLOPPENBORG, T. J. Project Management: a contemporary approach. Australia: South-Western, 2009. ISBN 978-0-324-65797-5. info
  • GARDINER, P.D. Project Management: a strategic planning approach. New York: Palgrave, 2005. ISBN 978-0-333-98222-8. info
    recommended literature
  • KERZNER, H. Project Management: a systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling.6th ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1998. ISBN 0-471-28835-7. info
  • NORMAN, R. A. Managing Projects and Programs. Boston: Harvard Business School, 1989. ISBN 0-87584-213-5. info
Teaching methods
One-to-One tutorial
Skills demonstration
Seminar classes
Students' self-study
Assessment methods
Credit
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Test (min. average of the 60% successfulness required).
Elaborating the report after the specimen.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2007, Winter 2009, Summer 2010, Winter 2010, Summer 2011, Winter 2011, Summer 2012, Winter 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2014.
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