Project Management in MNC's

Master 2023/2024

Type: Elective course (Master in International Management)

Area of studies: Management

Delivered by: Department of Strategic and International Management

Where: Graduate School of Business

When: 2 year, 1 module

Mode of studies: offline

Open to: students of all HSE University campuses

Instructors: Anna Yuryevna Yakovleva

Master’s programme: Международный менеджмент

Language: English

ECTS credits: 3

Contact hours: 24

Full Syllabus

Abstract

Impact of global issues on international companies’ performance is growing due to the open character of business interactions. The aim of the course is to provide the knowledge and expertise about how to initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control a project in MNC’s to ensure its success. Project as tool of company strategies implementation evoke the increasing request for specialists possessing competencies in the area of international project management. Students will be introduced methodologies and practical tools that facilitate and support the management of people, time, costs and resources in projects. 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.

Learning Objectives

Learn how projects are managed in an international context
Distinguish how to manage projects implemented locally and in international context
To study which key knowledge area need to be planned in managing international projects
Understand the issues of standardization of project management in international companies
Understand the key "soft" issues of the international context of project implementation
To study communication issues in international projects
Learn the skills of cooperation and involvement of project team members and stakeholders in international project
Be able to integrate project data into implementation plan taking into account the international context
To study the features of virtual environment operation in international projects

Expected Learning Outcomes

Know how to identify international projects and international programs, know the differences between local projects and programs
Know the key characteristics of international projects and programs
Be aware of the project management standards used in international project management
Know core knowledge areas applied in international project management
Know how to apply methods that improve team collaboration and interaction with stakeholders
Be able to organize and manage project communications in an international company
To know how incorporate skills in trust creation and conflict resolution and how they affect the successful work of an international project
To study project planning methods in an international context
To know the specifics of adapting project methodology to international project management
To know the organizational issues of global project interactions
To be able to create project breakdown structures, adapted to international context
Know how members of virtual project teams can be involved in cooperation
Be able to assess the readiness of organization to launch projects in international context
Manage virtual multicultural project team
Learn how to evaluate the cultural intelligence that determines work in an international environment
Be able to create feedback strategies for managing the team of an international multicultural project

Course Contents

Global aspects of project management in international companies
International project management knowledge areas
Communication in international projects
International Project Management integration processes
Cooperation in virtual teams of international projects

Assessment Elements

Activity and assignments
Individual class and homework: Activity and assignments. Activity on lectures and seminars - comments, answering questions, participation in discussions, inclass discussion of the case studies, working on the class assignments etc.
Case study
Case solution and presentation: reading and case analysis, presentaion of case problems revealed and their solution. Presentation should be uploaded ontime in LMS. After deadline the presentation can not be accepted.
Project
Creation of project plan documents and the presentation of the project information
Exam
Exam includes 2 parts: quiz (multiple choise questions) and open questions or case study (the choice of "open part" will be announced by the lecturer before the exam). It' s "closed-book" type of control.

Interim Assessment

2023/2024 1st module
0.1 * Activity and assignments + 0.2 * Case study + 0.3 * Exam + 0.4 * Project

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

Recommended Additional Bibliography

A. O’Connor. (2010). Managing Economies, Trade and International Business. Palgrave Macmillan.
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
Ben Mahmoud-Jouini, S., Midler, C., & Silberzahn, P. (2016). Contributions of Design Thinking to Project Management in an Innovation Context. Project Management Journal, 47(2), 144–156. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmj.21577
Dumitraşcu-Băldău Iulia, & Dumitraşcu Dănuţ Dumitru. (2019). Intercultural Communication and its Challenges Within the International Virtual Project Team. MATEC Web of Conferences, 07005. https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201929007005
Fossum, K. R., Binder, J. C., Madsen, T. K., Aarseth, W., & Andersen, B. (2019). Success factors in global project management:A study of practices in organizational support and the effects on cost and schedule. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMPB-09-2018-0182
Grant, A., Harvard Business Review Press, Groysberg, B., Katzenbach, J. R., & Meyer, E. (2019). HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Building a Great Culture (with Bonus Article “How to Build a Culture of Originality” by Adam Grant). Harvard Business Review Press.
Horine, G. (2017). Project Management Absolute Beginner’s Guide: Vol. Fourth edition. Que Publishing.
Janine Viol Hacker, Michael Johnson, Carol Saunders, & Amanda L. Thayer. (2019). Trust in Virtual Teams: A Multidisciplinary Review and Integration. https://doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v23i0.1757
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
Khanna, T. (2015). A Case for Contextual Intelligence. Management International Review (MIR), 55(2), 181–190. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-015-0241-z
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
Project Management Institute. (2019). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK(R) Guide-Sixth Edition / Agile Practice Guide Bundle (HINDI). [N.p.]: Project Management Institute. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2240462
Project Management Institute. (2021). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Seventh Edition and The Standard for Project Management (ENGLISH): Vol. Seventh edition. Project Management Institute.
Shankar S., Muller R., Drouin N. Cambridge Handbook of Organizational Project Management, 2017. Режим доступа: http://library.books24x7.com/bookshelf.asp

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