Бакалавриат
2020/2021
Управление международными проектами
Статус:
Курс по выбору (Маркетинг и рыночная аналитика)
Направление:
38.03.02. Менеджмент
Где читается:
Высшая школа бизнеса
Когда читается:
3-й курс, 3, 4 модуль
Формат изучения:
без онлайн-курса
Преподаватели:
Яковлева Анна Юрьевна
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
4
Контактные часы:
40
Course Syllabus
Abstract
Impact of global issues on international companies performance is growing due to the open character of business interactions. Project as tool of company strategies implementation evoke the increasing request for specialists possessing competencies in the area of international project management. Studying both aspects of international context and of project management methodology becomes the necessary element of manager career path. Relationship with the diverse stakeholders, their cultural differences, trust to the company and their products, conflict resolution issues as well as relationship inside the international project team, cross-cultural communications, development of collaboration structures are the most meaningful questions of international project management. Consequently learning of international project management methodology is substantially differs from the conventional project and requires special knowledge and skills.
Learning Objectives
- Understanding the key "soft" issues of international context of project implementation
- Learning how to plan an international project in terms of international context
- Training project management techniques in project planning and progress assessment
- Understanding the aspects of collaboration in international projects
- Study the communication features of international projects, including the work of virtual teams
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Understanding differences between operational and project activity
- Knowing the difference between general approaches to project- portfolio and programme management
- Knowing of peculiarities of project management knowledge areas
- Being able to create a project management plan
- Being able to control project management progress
- Knowing specific knowledge areas of international project management
- Learned to evaluate how cultural intelligence define the international performance
- Learned how to use communication plan to construct the relationship with stakeholders
- Knowing how trust and conflict resolution influence the successful project performance
- Knowing of techniques that improve team collaboration, stakeholder engagement
- Learn how leadership and coaching is used for global teams support
- Assess whether the project are ready to become global
- Knowledge of methods that improve international project team collaboration and stakeholder engagement
- Knowing how members of virtual project teams can be involved in collaboration
Course Contents
- Global aspects of project management:Cultural issues, communications, trust, ethical issues and conflicts resolution
- Foundations of project management: project management approach in company performanceHistory of project management as a discipline, project manager role, project/portfolio/programme; project management life cycle; standards of project management
- Project management knowledge areasScheduling, budgeting, stakeholder management, procurement management, communication management, risk management, human resource managment
- Global project collaborationGlobal collaboration structures, regulation of human resources and project manager activity in cultural context and cultural intelligence, leadership and coaching
- Development of communications in international projects within the framework of virtual teamsCreating effective communication within the project team and with project stakeholders. Iinvolvement of stakeholders. Virtual team. Factors of successful virtual communication.
Assessment Elements
- Individual participation in clasesdue to no possibility to retake this part of grade is not taken into account when student do 2d retake
- project presentation
- quizThe exam is taken written form (multiple choice questions) with asynchronous proctoring
- HBR case solution
Interim Assessment
- Interim assessment (4 module)0.15 * HBR case solution + 0.25 * Individual participation in clases + 0.3 * project presentation + 0.3 * quiz
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Binder, J. (2007). Global Project Management : Communication, Collaboration and Management Across Borders. Aldershot, England: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=269279
- Effective virtual project teams: a design science approach to building a strategic momentum. (2019). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22228-4
- Grit, R. (2019). Project Management : A Practical Approach (Vol. Fifth edition). Groningen: Noordhoff Uitgevers BV. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2281726
- Kerzner, H. (2017). Project Management : A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling (Vol. Twelfth edition). Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1472845
- Lee, M. R. (2014). Leading Virtual Project Teams : Adapting Leadership Theories and Communications Techniques to 21st Century Organizations. Boca Raton: Auerbach Publications. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=611888
- Marion, J. W. (2019). Project Management : A Common-Sense Guide to the PMBOK Program, Part Two–Plan and Execution. New York, NY: Momentum Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1918052
- Project Management Institute. (2019). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) —— Sixth Ed. (HINDI). [N.p.]: Project Management Institute. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2240461
- Quackenbos, D., Ettenson, R., Roth, M. S., & Auh, S. (2016). Does Your Company Have What It Takes to Go Global? Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 2–6. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=bsu&AN=118686017
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Agarici Corina, Scarlat Cezar, & Iorga Danuţ. (2020). Turning cross-cultural management conflict into collaboration: Indian and Romanian experiences in Global Project Teams. Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence, 14(1), 1024–1034. https://doi.org/10.2478/picbe-2020-0097
- Hobbs, P. (2015). Project Management (Vol. American edition). New York, New York: DK. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=979507
- Khanna, T. (2014). Contextual Intelligence. Harvard Business Review, 92(9), 58–68. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=bsu&AN=97508941
- Lindner, R., & O’Brien, D. (2019). The Global Virtual Teams Project: Learning to Manage Team Dynamics in Virtual Exchange. Research-publishing.net. Research-publishing.net. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=eric&AN=ED596491
- Pace, M. (2019). A Correlational Study on Project Management Methodology and Project Success. Journal of Engineering, Project & Production Management, 9(2), 56–65. https://doi.org/10.2478/jeppm-2019-0007
- Pinto, J. K. (2015). Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage, Global Edition. [N.p.]: Pearson. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1419628