BE750-6-AU-SO:
Global Project Management
2020/21
Essex Business School
Southend Campus
Autumn
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Thursday 08 October 2020
Friday 18 December 2020
15
08 October 2020
Requisites for this module
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This module offers the opportunity to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to manage product development projects in international business environment, with particular focus on product design methodologies and project management techniques.
The module focuses both on the hard side of managing global product development projects, referring to time/resource management and business/marketing analytics with spreadsheet modelling, as well as the soft issues such as idea generation/selection and teamwork that must be dealt with in order to ensure success of the product development projects. The module covers the core principles of global managing product design and development and the key elements required to bring projects to successful fruition.
The focus of Global Project Management is the integration of the marketing, design, engineering, and manufacturing functions of the firm in creating a new product. The module is intended to provide you with the following benefits:
1. Competence with a set of tools and methods for global project management
2. Confidence in your own abilities to create a new project for the international business
3. Awareness of the role of multiple functions in creating a new product (e.g. strategy, marketing, finance, industrial design, engineering, operations, environmental safety)
4. Reinforcement of specific knowledge from other courses through practice and reflection in an action-oriented setting
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Obtain a critical understanding of principal theoretical approaches to and concepts of managing global product development projects in businesses and organisations
2. Critically evaluate possible operational challenges faced by managers, professionals, and stakeholders in business organisations
3. Obtain a critical understanding of the impact of project management and product development processes in everyday life, and develop a critical understanding of applying project management and product development principles in the light of wider issues in contemporary business and management practice
4. To be able to communicate concepts and research to different communities and stakeholder groups
5. Develop a critical understanding of project management and product development principles for managing and developing business processes effectively in different organisational contexts (
No additional information available.
The lectures introduce the students to project management techniques, project systems thinking, quantitative analysis, and relevant theory discussion.
Class activities are aimed at demonstrating the application of the concepts in contemporary business practices, often by means of computer software application in project decision making.
Students are required to complete exercises, sometimes individually, sometimes in groups, prepare in class presentations, and actively participate in and contribute to the class discussions. Experience shows that students who have a good understanding of the class material perform significantly better
in assessment.
In addition to these contact sessions, student learning will be supported through Moodle and other media links.
- Pinto, Jeffrey K. (no date) Project management : achieving competitive advantage / Jeffrey K. Pinto..
The above list is indicative of the essential reading for the course. The library makes provision for all reading list items, with digital provision where possible, and these resources are shared between students. Further reading can be obtained from this module's reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
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Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Individual Essay |
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100% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Prof Niraj Kumar, email: n.kumar@essex.ac.uk.
Prof. Niraj Kumar
n.kumar@essex.ac.uk
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No external examiner information available for this module.
Available via Moodle
Of 39 hours, 0 (0%) hours available to students:
39 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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