Project Management

Course Code:: 15PFFH005
Unit value:: 0.5
Taught in:: Term 2

The Project Management course will equip students with the skills, aptitudes and knowledge required of project professionals. With work in the corporate, not-for-profit and, increasingly, the public sectors routinely being organised in terms of projects, demand for project professionals continues to fast outstrip supply, with over a million new jobs estimated to need filling globally each year over the next decade. The course will teach a core set of project skills, including managing scope, cost, time, risk, resources and communication. The training is based on the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), an international standard published by the Project Management Institute. The course will also address the key factors that impact on project success and project management success, as well as the relations between project management and change management.

This course is compulsory for MA Globalisation and Multinational Corporations students and will not be open to other CISD students. Please note that the lectures for this course are run at 6pm.

Objectives and learning outcomes of the course

Excellent project management skills i.e. to be able to design and critically evaluate project plans in terms of cost, time and scope metrics, identify and manage project risks, design and implement effective project communication processes
Excellent knowledge of project management theory
Excellent understanding of how project management contributes to project success, and of the relations between project management and change management

Workload

The course will be taught over 10 weeks with one 90 minute lecture and one 2 hour seminar per week.

Method of assessment

3000 word essay; 20%
Project design dossier; 40%
Unseen written examination; 40%

SOAS, University of London (The School of Oriental and African Studies)

Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy