Undergraduate - UnitMGX2700 - Project management for small to medium enterprises

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Management
Offered	Malaysia Second semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Professor Amrik Sohal

Synopsis

Project management for small to medium enterprises introduces the essential concepts, tools and techniques relevant to project management. The unit content covers the broad perspectives of managerial skills and knowledge required to initiate, implement, and evaluate successful projects. These perspectives include strategic planning, financial control, human resource management, and project evaluation. Throughout the unit, the application of relevant information technology and the pursuit of quality outcomes underpin and reinforce these perspectives.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

explain the key concepts in project initiation including selection, feasibility, and planning
identify and demonstrate, with examples, the implementation tasks including the preparation of cost estimates, tasks scheduling and project team leadership and coordination
demonstrate methods to control projects and determine the criteria to evaluate projects
describe the project completion process
apply tools and principles to project management through use of information technology, setting quality standards, risk analysis, and identifying obstacles to project success.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 50%
Examination: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Amrik Sohal

Workload requirements

3 hours per week

Prohibitions

MGG2700, MGW2700