Project Management (5cr)

Learning outcomes

Student is able to:
- Plan, evaluate, and develop organization-related, and individual skills in project management
- Utilize different methods in R&D activities, and in project management
- Manage a project's finances, communication, and impact

Teaching methods

The course will be implemented digitally. Students will complete the course assignments individually via Canvas platform by the end of December 2023.

Learning materials and recommended literature

Wells, K. & Kloppenborg, T. 2018. Project Management Essentials. Business Expert Press. Ebook Central (LAUREAn kirjasto)
Chapters 1 – 7 (Introduction, Initiating a Project, Engaging Team & Stakeholders, Determining Project, Scheduling, Budgeting, Directing Performance)

Articles from the following journals:
-Knardal, P. S. & Pettersen, I. J. 2015. Creativity and management control: the diversity of festival budgets. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 679-695.
-Zerjav, V. 2021. Why Do Business Organizations Participate in Projects? Toward a Typology of Project Value Domains, Project Management Journal, Vol 52(3), 287-297.
-Esther R. Maier, Oana Branzei.. 2014.On time and on budget”: Harnessing creativity in large scale projects International Journal of Project Management 32 (2014) 1123-1133
-U. Zaman, L. M. Naemi, N. ul Huda, M. Ghani Khwaja. 2023. Time flies when you are having fun. The mediating effects of project opportunity management in the relationship between project leaders’ self-efficacy and multidimensional project success. Project Management Journal 2023, Vol. 54(2) 132-148
- Nuno A. Gil. 2023. Cracking the megaproject puzzle: A stakeholder perspective?
International Journal of Project Management 41 2023
- A. Hartmann, J. Vinke-de Kruijf, R. van Weesep. 2023.‘Asking the right questions: the role of reflection for learning in and between projects’
International Journal of Project Management 41 (2023) 102494
-How Does Hierarchy Steepness Affect Coordination in Project-Based Organizations? A Social Network Analysis by Jinying Xu and Weisheng Lu
Project Management Journal 2023, Vol. 54(3) 306–321
-Ziyao Zhang and Guodong Ni, Han Lin, Zongbo Li, Zhipeng Zhou. 2021. Linking empowering leadership to work-related well-being and project citizenship behavior in the construction context: a self-determination perspective.
International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, Vol. 16 No. 2, 2023 pp. 232-257

Alternative completion methods of implementation

Competence demonstration; se instructions in Student intranet.

Important dates

Start date 1 November 2023 - the course closes 31 January 2024 when all assignments must be submitted in Canvas platform.

Forms of internationality

International literature

Student workload

5 credits = 135 hrs of student's work

Content and scheduling

Basics of project management

Further information for students

EQF7 Master-level course

Evaluation scale

Approved/Failed

Further information

EQF7 Master-level course