Project Leadership and Control BUS5016

  • Academic Session: 2024-25
  • School: Adam Smith Business School
  • Credits: 10
  • Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
  • Typically Offered: Semester 2
  • Available to Visiting Students: No
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No

Short Description

This course is concerned with the methods and tools used in businesses and organisation for planning, ramp up, leading and controlling projects. This course will include an UK or European field trip.

Timetable

Taught over 6 half days. One of the sessions is intended to be a field trip in the UK or Europe, or a guest lecture at premises of a hosting organisation.

Requirements of Entry

Please refer to the current postgraduate prospectus at: http://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/ 

Excluded Courses

None

Assessment

100% Assignment, 2,500 words

Students will be asked to submit a plan for self-selected project (e.g. entrepreneurial). Marking parameters are: Completeness of the plan pertaining all elements of project leadership, correct application of methods and tools, but also presentation of the plan (e.g. structure, graphics, tables, literature).

Main Assessment In: April/May

Course Aims

The aim of this course is to provide participants with the opportunity to develop skills to apply modern methods and tools of project leadership. 

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

By the end of this course students will be able to (1-7 discipline specific, 8-11 personal skills):

1. Describe the special characteristics of a project.

2. Describe the alternative processes, methods and tools available for planning, leading and controlling a project.

3. Evaluate and select the most appropriate methods and tools for a given project.

4. Apply methods and tools of project leadership and controlling in a holistic approach.

5. Develop plans for time, resource and cost control.

6. Apply methods and tools to achieve the targeted quality objectives of the project.

7. Develop a project team.

8. Develop leadership skills in a project environment.

9. Develop communication skills in a project environment.

10. Develop a sense of risks that may jeopardise an endeavour.

11. Develop writing and presentation skills.

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.