Project Management in Organisations (724N1)

15 credits, Level 7 (Masters)

Autumn teaching

This module addresses business and project management issues which affect the technological and engineering environment.

Topics include:

  • principles of strategic management
  • project management and planning
  • the business environment
  • auditing and control
  • organisational structure
  • business legislation
  • resource management
  • global markets
  • supply and forecasting.

Teaching

69%: Lecture
31%: Seminar

Assessment

50%: Coursework (Group submission (written))
50%: Written assessment (Report)

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 33 hours of contact time and about 117 hours of independent study. The Â鶹´«Ã½ may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2024/25. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

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