MG408 Project Management (3 cr.)

This course emphasizes leadership concepts related to directing and coordinating human and material resources for relatively short-term projects that have been established to complete specific goals and objectives. The skills and procedures needed to take a project from definition through completion are presented.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to be able to do the following:

1. Describe the critical technical competencies in project management.
2. Explain the dynamics of project team development and interpersonal problem solving.
3. Identify strategies for effective team building.
4. Evaluate the critical dimensions of project scope, time, communication, quality, risk, and cost management.
5. Identify strategies for effective project monitoring and controlling.
6. Describe several project management practices that lead to project success.
7. Demonstrate how plan development is integrated into the basic functions of a business organization.