School Of BusinessProject ManagementWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 51240.3
Discipline: ORGANISATION MANAGEMENT
Student Contribution Band: 3
Level: 7
Credit Points: 10
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Students must be enrolled in a postgraduate program.
About this Unit
This unit introduces students to the philosophy, tools and techniques for effectively managing projects in an organisation. Learning activities focus particularly on case analysis; cases of success and of failure. Participants will be required to apply lessons from cases to real-world examples in ways that are relevant to their future careers. Topics include organisational strategy and project selection, identification of stakeholder needs, project definition, tools and techniques, human resource issues, team management, project planning ,developing networks, scheduling and control, resource allocation and control, cost analysis and budgetary control, and determinants of project success and project failure.