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BMGT45540

Academic Year 2024/2025

Managing Innovative Projects (BMGT45540)

Subject:
Business Management
College:
Business
School:
Business
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
8
Module Coordinator:
Dr Kostas Stouras
Trimester:
Summer
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

The key focus of project management is to plan, develop, and execute projects to achieve specific objectives within given time and cost constraints as projects. Project-based activities are a major tool for implementing and achieving strategic goals and supporting innovation across business areas, industries, and organisations. This module aims to provide students with knowledge and skills that are relevant for management of projects over their life-cycle as well as for management of project-based organisations. The module covers concepts, tools and techniques required by managers to propose, plan, organise and lead project teams to successful completion of projects. It also emphasizes the application of these principles to real life business situations, with a focus of innovation- and technology-driven industries. On completion of the module, students will be able to identify, critically assess, and apply various project management concepts, tools, and frameworks to analyse and address the challenges encountered in the management of projects as well as in the management of project-based organisations.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of key characteristics of projects as well as the knowledge and concepts that are relevant for management of projects over their life-cycle.
2. Be able to apply variety of project management tools, practices, and frameworks to solve complex practical management challenges encountered in the project context.
3. Analyse, compare, and contrast alternative courses of action in management of projects and project-based organizations
4. Appreciate the myriad skills required of an effective Project Manager.
5. Demonstrate skills of critical thinking as well as high level of communications skills and team work skills.

Indicative Module Content:

This module introduces students from any discipline to the project management life-cycle, with a focus on innovation- and technology-driven industries. By the end of this module you will understand and be able to execute the key activities required to ensure that a project is initiated, planned, managed and implemented successfully. You will be also become familiar with various project management tools and techniques that are relevant to commercial projects and their applications.

Indicative content will include the following:

1. What is Project Management
2. Project Teams and Leadership
3. Project Ethics
4. Project Feasibility & Stakeholder Management
5. Risk Management & Testing
6. Closing projects and why they might fail

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Specified Learning Activities

62
Autonomous Student Learning

64
Total

150

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Module approaches to teaching and learning include: lectures, industry expert guest speakers, individual and group work, reflective learning, case-based learning, critical writing, blog posting, critical review of peers work, simulation.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Participation in Learning Activities: Class contributions and participation Week 4, Week 5 Graded No

10

 No
Individual Project: Blog post Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7, Week 8, Week 9, Week 10, Week 11, Week 12 Graded No

20

 No
Individual Project: Others Blog Assessment Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7, Week 8, Week 9, Week 10, Week 11, Week 12 Graded No

20

 No
Practical Skills Assessment: Simulation Week 4, Week 5 Graded No

30

 No
Assignment(Including Essay): Exercises on PM Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7 Graded No

20

 No

Carry forward of passed components
No
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn Yes - 2 Hour
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback
• Peer review activities
• Self-assessment activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Project Management: The Managerial Process by Clifford F. Gray & Erik W. Larson, 7th Edition, 2017, McGraw Hill, 978-1259666094
Project Management: The Managerial Process by Clifford F. Gray & Erik W. Larson, 8th Edition, 2020, McGraw Hill, 978-1260238860
Project Management: A Socio-Technical Approach by Clifford F. Gray, Erik W. Larson and P. Sirisomboonsuk, 9th Edition, 2024, McGraw Hill, 9781265060886, https://www.mheducation.com/highered/product/project-management-socio-technical-approach-2024-release-larson-gray/M9781265060886.htm

Other Recommended Books:
Critical Chain: A Business Novel by Eli Goldratt. Publisher: The North River Press, 1997.
Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In, by Roger Fisher and William
Ury.
Influence Without Authority (3rd Edition), by Allan Cohen and David Bradford.
Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, by Keith Ferrazzi.
Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time, by Jeff Sutherland
PMBOK Guide 7th Edition (2021), by Project Management Institute.
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