PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Academic year

2020/2021 Syllabus of previous years

Official course title

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Course code

EM3A02 (AF:339984 AR:180810)

Modality

On campus classes

ECTS credits

6

Degree level

Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

Educational sector code

SECS-P/07

Period

1st Term

Course year

1

Moodle

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Contribution of the course to the overall degree programme goals

The course - Project Management (in cultural institutions) - is part of the study path with a program that deals with the following operating systems: strategies, management control and monitoring of projects developed within cultural organizations.

Expected learning outcomes

The course aims at providing a theoretical framework and technical tools concerning the implementation of projects within cultural organizations, by focusing on their link with strategic dimension, management control and variables useful for performance measurement.
The value of learning can be used both in the general planning of large organizations, regardless of their nature, private or public, and in events promoted by institutions, in their specific planning.

Pre-requirements

The course assumes knowledge of subjects such as Business Administration for cultural organizations

Contents

The contents are summarized as follows:
1. Typology of companies and managerial dynamics
2. Approach to strategies and strategic planning in cultural organizations
3. The role of programming and control in the implementation of cultural organizations' projects
4. Budget and cost analysis
5. The main techniques of project management
6. Performance and sustainability management in cultural organizations

Referral texts

The materials, compared to the 6 parts of the program, are proposed and uploaded on moodle .
Alternatively, the reference book is
Project Management: A Strategic Managerial Approach, by Jack R. Meredith (Author), Scott M. Shafer (Author), Samuel J. Mantel Jr. (Author)

Assessment methods

The final test consists of two parts:
1)Elaboration and discussion of a project work (maximum 4 people per group)
2)Test on Moodle with 5 questions (Multiple choice)

Teaching methods

Frontal teaching and problem based

Teaching language

English

Type of exam

written

2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development

Definitive programme.

Last update of the programme: 01/06/2021