MBA (Master of Business Administration)
Project Leadership and Control BUS5016
- Academic Session: 2024-25
- School: Adam Smith Business School
- Credits: 10
- Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
- Typically Offered: Semester 2
- Available to Visiting Students: No
- Collaborative Online International Learning: No
Short Description
This course is concerned with the methods and tools used in businesses and organisation for planning, ramp up, leading and controlling projects. This course will include an UK or European field trip.
Timetable
Taught over 6 half days. One of the sessions is intended to be a field trip in the UK or Europe, or a guest lecture at premises of a hosting organisation.
Excluded Courses
None
Assessment
100% Assignment, 2,500 words
Students will be asked to submit a plan for self-selected project (e.g. entrepreneurial). Marking parameters are: Completeness of the plan pertaining all elements of project leadership, correct application of methods and tools, but also presentation of the plan (e.g. structure, graphics, tables, literature).
Main Assessment In: April/May
Course Aims
The aim of this course is to provide participants with the opportunity to develop skills to apply modern methods and tools of project leadership.
Intended Learning Outcomes of Course
By the end of this course students will be able to (1-7 discipline specific, 8-11 personal skills):
1. Describe the special characteristics of a project.
2. Describe the alternative processes, methods and tools available for planning, leading and controlling a project.
3. Evaluate and select the most appropriate methods and tools for a given project.
4. Apply methods and tools of project leadership and controlling in a holistic approach.
5. Develop plans for time, resource and cost control.
6. Apply methods and tools to achieve the targeted quality objectives of the project.
7. Develop a project team.
8. Develop leadership skills in a project environment.
9. Develop communication skills in a project environment.
10. Develop a sense of risks that may jeopardise an endeavour.
11. Develop writing and presentation skills.
Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits
Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.