Project Management
6 Credits (ECTS)
Project Management
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Module Description
This module will equip you with the essential skills and techniques required to run successful projects in different organisations, from project inception to business pre-opening stage.
Studying this course will help you hone essential skills to effectively manage projects and staff on time and on budget.
In today’s world, successful businesses are now being run more on a project basis.
Project management skills are therefore essential to achieve success.
The aim of this module is to illustrate ways of leading a project team, and of controlling and coordinating activities to finish the projects on time and with the right budget.
Entry Requirements
Candidates who apply for this course must possess one of the following:
- a Level 6 degree;
OR
- a Level 5 diploma or higher diploma and 5 years’ work experience in a supervisory or managerial role.
Preference is given to applicants having a Level 6 degree in a discipline related to the study programme and a minimum of 3 years’ work experience in management.
Target Audience
This course is targeted at management professionals with supervisory and/or middle management experience such as:
- Operations Manager/ Coordinator
- Financial Manager
- Supply Chain Manager
- Shop Floor Manager/ Supervisor
- Marketing and Sales Manager
- Services Manager/ Supervisor.
- Retail Managers/ Supervisors
- Transport Managers
- Maintenance Managers
- Marketing Managers
The target group focuses primarily on people already employed within supervisory and managerial roles who wish to have a more thorough background in the subject in order to progress further in their careers.
Module / Unit Instructions
The proposed structure comprises a blended approach promoting the building of a community of practice via peer-to-peer learning. The structure uses primarily two dimensions of teaching-learning modes:
1. Face-to-face sessions: 18 hours
2. Online Learning Activities: 12 hours
Face to Face sessions
Face-to-face sessions include lectures, tutorials, discussions, presentations and workshop activities promoting peer-to-peer learning.
Online Learning Activities
Online learning activities incorporate tutorials and asynchronous discussions. These may consist of active interaction, participation and contributions in fora discussions, sharing resources and self-reflection exercises.
Learners also contribute to the building of the community of practice by providing feedback to their peers as critical friends, enhancing the learner’s critical engagement throughout the study period.
The tutor provides continual support during both teaching -learning modes by providing information, readings and tasks relevant to the module in question.
The tutor provides continuous formative feedback as an on-going guidance during the student’s learning experience in preparation for their summative assessment.
How you’ll be assessed
Assessment of each module consists of two assignments, each carrying a weighting as below:
a) One Formative assignment carries 20% of total module mark achieved. b) One Summative assignment carries 80% of total module mark achieved.
For successful completion of a study module the student is required to achieve a minimum of 41% pass mark in both the formative and the summative assignment.
The overall grade achieved for each module is calculated as the sum of: · 20% of the mark achieved for formative assignment; and · 80% of the mark achieved for the summative assignment.
All assignment tasks of both formative and summative assessment aim to provide the learner an opportunity to produce evidence of his/her competences aligned to the learning outcomes of each individual Module.
Assessment
a) Formative assessment tasks are provided in the form of structured online discussions that support learners in their development throughout all of the modules studied.
Such discussions are facilitated and monitored by lecturer who provides students with constructive feedback to help them improve and prepare for summative assignment and dissertation.
For successful completion of a study module the student is required to achieve a minimum of 41% pass mark in the formative assignment.
Formative assessment tasks will contribute to the student’s final mark to acknowledge their work and give chance to improve.
This method allows students to also contribute to the building of the community of practice by providing feedback to their peers as critical friends, enhancing the learner’s critical engagement throughout the study period.
b) Summative assessment is done via one assignment at the end of each module. The mode of assessment varies and may include in-class assignments, and home-based written assignments.
The recommended assessment tool for this module is an essay title or case studies based on relevant real-life scenarios.
Word count range: 3000 ± 10% For successful completion of a study module the student is required to achieve a minimum of 41% pass mark in summative assignment.
Module Intake Dates
October 2024
Additional Info
Reading for the entire Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Management as presented in this brochure costs €9,775.*
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be eligible for a 70% refund of the cost through the ‘Get Qualified’ scheme.**
Due to the modular structure of the course, you may also opt to take individual modules as stand-alone. The entry requirements still apply.***
*Prices are applicable to students who reside in Malta at the time of applying.
**Terms and conditions apply.
*** For the price of individual modules, please contact the IDEA Academy team.
Learning Outcomes
Competences:
At the end of the module/unit the learner will have acquired the responsibility and autonomy to:
- Critically apply Project Management tools and techniques to administer and manage a variety of projects in own organisation.
- Create an action plan indicating targets, objectives, persons responsible and time frames using the appropriate software and tools.
- Build a communication plan to disseminate information relating to actions, responsibilities and deadlines to relevant stakeholders.
- Carry out project risk assessment and costing to ensure that the project is beneficial, successful and within budget.
- Manage resources and budgets in a responsible manner to avoid incurring unnecessary losses.
- Critically analyse potential challenges, obstacles and barriers which could hinder the project process.
- Critically interpret potential impact on internal and external stakeholders.
Knowledge: –
At the end of the module/unit the learner will have been exposed to the following:
- Examine aspects and scopes of Project Management.
- Critically evaluate processes, tools and techniques in Project Management
- Evaluate and critique the Five Functions of Project Management.
- Critique the Management Process
- Critically analyse the Work Breakdown Structure
- Critically analyse and evaluate Mind Mapping as a tool in Project Management
- Critically interpret the concept of Resource Allocations and Costs
- Critically assess the methods of estimating activity duration
- Enumerate Estimated Cost of operations/project § Critically evaluate Cost Budgeting and Management for a Project.
- Critically interpret the Reporting System for the project.
Skills: –
At the end of the module/unit the learner will have acquired the following skills:
- Critically evaluate and apply the four basic -step management process when working on own project plan.
- Critically apply the five functions of project management when working on own project.
- Critically evaluate and apply appropriate software tools and techniques to schedule and track tasks.
- Critically apply the breakdown structure to give a clear description to relevant stakeholders and team members.
- Critically apply tools such as Gantt Charts and PERT Charts to monitor project progress.
Judgment Skills and Critical Abilities:
The learner will be able to:
- Critically analyse a specific standard set of procedures for own project methodology.
- Critically interpret an action plan based on risk assessments.
Module-Specific Learner Skills:
The learner will be able to:
- Improve personal time management and planning skills in relation to project management.
Module-Specific Digital Skills and Competences:
The learner will be able to:
- Navigate through the online learning platform to find assignments, discussion boards, literature, tutorials etc.