Main Field of Study and progress level:
Business Administration: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail
Responsible department: Business Administration
Contents
Management is dependent upon general organizational characteristics and circumstances, rendering organizational forms and structures of major importance. The focus of this course is on projects and project management. The course will also cover multi-project-portfolio issues, thus providing an insight into general management concerns in a project-intensive organization. The course attends thus to the present trend towards projectification in both business and public organizations, which calls for in-depth knowledge on the nature of projects and how to manage particular projects as well as a portfolio of projects in an organization. Students will deal with established planning and organizing techniques, examine the relationship between projects and between the project and the surrounding organisation, and critically reflect upon the role of projects in wider society.
Expected learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student should be able to:
understand the nature of projects in an organizational and industrial context
collaborate in and manage project work.
In addition, the course has the following generic learning outcomes:
work effectively in teams and as team leaders
integrate managerial expertise from different knowledge areas in order to identify, analyze and solve organizational problems
plan, conduct, and present managerial investigations, both orally and in writing.
Required Knowledge
Admission to the course requires that the student is registered on one of the master programs at Umeå School of Business, and has passed at least 45 ECTS credits at their master program.
Students are also required to have English B from Swedish gymnasium or the equivalent.
Form of instruction
The course is based on lectures that outline general theories related to the course topics. Seminars will be utilized to examine the details of the theories and the practice of the topics under study. In some cases more advanced simulation processes will be used. Students are expected to be well prepared and to participate actively in discussions during the seminars and different project activities. Moreover, group or individual assignments with both oral and written presentations will be used throughout the entire course,
Examination modes
The examination consists of active participation in seminars and successful completion of group or individual assignments and a written comprehensive examination (tentamen). Individual assignments will amount to no less than 60 percent of the total course credits.
The following grading system is used:
Pass with distinction (Väl godkänd, Vg, 75% or more),
Pass (Godkänd, G, 50% or more)
and Fail (Underkänd U, less than 50%).
To receive the grade Pass with distinction on the course, the student must have achieved at least 75% of the total of points on the separate modules or the equivalent
In case of failure on seminar participation or individual and group assignments, compensating assignments must be completed in accordance with instructions given on each occasion.
Students who do not pass the written examination will be offered a re-examination opportunity within 2-3 weeks. Beyond that, additional opportunities to complete the written examination normally arise every academic year one-week prior to the start of the autumn term.
When a student has failed an examination on two occasions, he or she has a right to have another grading teacher. A written request for an alternative examiner should be handed to the director of studies no later than two weeks before the next examination opportunity.
Rules and regulations concerning the production of academic texts and correct referencing will be applicable to all written assignments.
Lectures are normally not obligatory. However attendance is expected because the lectures are designed to facilitate students towards achieving course specific learning objectives. In addition lectures often provide insightful explanations of, and can supplement and provide contrast to, the course litterateur and other relevant course materials.
Student who has passed an examination can not redo the examination to get a higher grading.
Grades on the course are awarded when students have passed all examinations and compulsory course elements.
Academic credit transfer.
Academic credit transfers are according to the University credit transfer regulations.
Other regulations
This is a course at the D-level in a MSc-degree at Umeå University. The course is included in the Master programs in Business Administration and Economics at Umeå School of Business.
Literature
Valid from:
2012 week 35
Blomquist, T. & Müller Middle Managers in Program and Portfolio Management: Practice, Rolers and Responsibilities Newton Square: Project Management Institute : 2006 : Mandatory
Maylor Harvey Project management 4. ed. : Harlow, England : Financial Times Prentice Hall : 2010 : xxiv, 414 s. : ISBN: 978-0-273-70432-4 (pbk.) Mandatory Search the University Library catalogue
