BU2007 - Project Management

Credit points:	03
Year:	2011
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Administered by:	School of Business

This subject addresses project management from a management perspective. The subject deals with the basic nature of managing projects, the advantages and disadvantages of project management, and covers the problems of selecting projects, initiating them, operating and controlling them. The subject discusses the demands made on project managers and the nature of manager's interaction with stakeholders and the ethical issues faced by project managers. Further, the subject covers the issues associated with terminating a project.

Learning Outcomes

• Develop and demonstrate an understanding of real applications of project management;
• Gain experience in the use of software for project management; and apply project management techniques to real world problems;
• Understand and apply the key concepts, processes, and fundamentals used in project management;
• Understand the benefits and limitations of implementing project management theories in business.

Graduate Qualities

• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to generate, calculate, interpret and communicate numerical information in ways appropriate to a given discipline or discourse;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
• The ability to work individually and independently;
• The ability to select and use appropriate tools and technologies.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

MG2758 MG3758

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 25-Aug-2011
Coord/Lect:	Dr Murray Prideaux, Mr Roy Wybrow.
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 12 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); quizzes or tests (10%); assignments (30% - 40%); project progress assessment (10% - 20%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 25-Aug-2011
Coord/Lect:	Dr Murray Prideaux, Mr Roy Wybrow.
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 12 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); quizzes or tests (10%); assignments (30% - 40%); project progress assessment (10% - 20%).

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