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Course Description
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Course Name
Project Management
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Host University
University of Glasgow
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Location
Glasgow, Scotland
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Area of Study
Management
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Language Level
Taught In English
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Course Level Recommendations
Upper
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SCQF Credits
15 -
Recommended U.S. Semester Credits3.75
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Recommended U.S. Quarter Units6
Hours & Credits
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Overview
Course description
Projects and project management are key elements in many managers? lives. Some organizations, particularly in the areas of consultancy and information technology, use projects as a normal mode of operations and virtually all organizations rely on projects to introduce new initiatives or one-off developments. Even as a student, you are likely to find these techniques useful in managing your own efforts on projects such as assignments and your dissertation. The specialized management techniques developed for managing projects are useful across disciplines and in both public sector and industrial or commercial organizations. A study of project management may provide key management skills that can be very usefully applied early in your professional career.
Learning and teaching methods
20 hours of lectures (10 x 2 hours)
Course texts
K.B. Brown & N.L. Hyer, Managing Projects: A Team-based Approach, McGraw-Hill, 2010
Assessment
Assignment (100%)
Course Disclaimer
Courses and course hours of instruction are subject to change.
Credits earned vary according to the policies of the students' home institutions. According to ISA policy and possible visa requirements, students must maintain full-time enrollment status, as determined by their home institutions, for the duration of the program.
ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) credits are converted to semester credits/quarter units differently among U.S. universities. Students should confirm the conversion scale used at their home university when determining credit transfer.
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