OPF:MPBPPMA Project Management - Course Information

MPBPPMA Project Management

Extent and Intensity

1/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Ing. Werner Bernatík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Pavel Adámek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Werner Bernatík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Ing. Werner Bernatík, Ph.D.
Department of Business Economics and Management – School of Business Administration in Karvina

Prerequisites

The course can be registered independently on the courses.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• European Integration (programme OPF, B_HOSPOL)
• Marketing and Management (programme OPF, B_EKOMAN)
• Logistics Management (programme OPF, B_EKOMAN)
• Accounting and Taxes (programme OPF, B_EKOMAN)

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
• KOPPENBORG, T. J. Project Management: a contemporary appr. Australia: South-Western, 2009. ISBN 978-0-324-65797-5. info
• SVOZILOVÁ, A. Projektový management. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2006. ISBN 80-247-1501-5. info
• NĚMEC, V. Projektový management. 1.vyd. Praha: Grada Publishing, 184 s., 2002. ISBN 80-247-0392-0. info
• DOLANSKÝ, V., MĚKOTA, V., NĚMEC V. Projektový management. . Praha: Grada Publishing, 1996. ISBN 80-7169-287-5. info

recommended literature
• McWHORTER SEMBER, B., MORRIS, R. Project Management that Works. New York, 2008. ISBN 978-0-8144-0988-6. info
• LEWIS, J. P. Fundamentals of project management. 3. vyd. New York: Amacom, 2007. ISBN 0-8144-0879-6. info
• ROSENAU, M. D. Řízení projektů. Brno, 2007. ISBN 80-7226-218-1. info
• TICHÝ, M. Ovládání rizika. Analýza a management. 1. vyd. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2006. ISBN 80-7179-415-5. info
• RAIS, K., SMEJKAL, V. Řízení rizik. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2003. ISBN 80-247-0198-7. info
• KOPČAI, A. Řízení proudu změn 1. vyd. Ostrava: Kopčai - Silma ´90, 1999. ISBN 80-902358-1-6. info

not specified
• APPLEGARTH, M., POSTER, K. Projektový management. Praha, 2006. ISBN 80-7367-141-7. info

Teaching methods

One-to-One tutorial
Skills demonstration
Seminar classes
Students' self-study

Assessment methods

Written test
Credit

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

Ongoing test (min. average of the 60% successfulness required)
Seminar paper
Defense of seminar paper
Final written exam (min. average of the 60% successfulness required).

Activity	Difficulty [h]
Ostatní studijní zátěž	84
Přednáška	13
Seminář	26
Zápočet	30
Summary	153

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