Course Paper. Project Development and Financial Management

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved

Course Description Version:5.00

Study Course Accepted:05.10.2022 09:03:25

Study Course Information
Course Code:		MDAK_343			LQF level:		Level 6
Credit Points:		2.00			ECTS:		3.00
Branch of Science:		Management; Public Management			Target Audience:		Nursing Science; Medicine
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:		Zane Tauriņa
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:		Department of Nursing and Obstetric Care
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:		Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, mdakrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061568
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)		6	Lecture Length (academic hours)			2	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		12
Classes (count)		10	Class Length (academic hours)			2	Total Contact Hours of Classes		20
Total Contact Hours									32
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Not required.
Objective:
Promote students' ability to participate in health and social welfare projects.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.	Topic				Type of Implementation		Number	Venue
1	Types of projects, idea, aims, relation to the sector				Lectures		1.00	E-Studies platform
					Classes		1.00	E-Studies platform
2	Analysis of a project				Classes		1.00	E-Studies platform
3	SWOT analysis, identifying risks and project risk management				Lectures		1.00	E-Studies platform
					Classes		2.00	E-Studies platform
4	Project team, responsibilities, obligations, project manager				Lectures		1.00	E-Studies platform
					Classes		2.00	E-Studies platform
5	Project structure, time and activities planning				Lectures		1.00	E-Studies platform
					Classes		2.00	E-Studies platform
6	Project budget planning and management				Lectures		1.00	E-Studies platform
					Classes		1.00	E-Studies platform
7	Project evaluation criteria, closing process				Lectures		1.00	E-Studies platform
					Classes		1.00	E-Studies platform
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Analysis of a project. The student writes a project application, describes the project idea, sets the project goal, project duration, funding sources and main expenses, plans the project activities and the project team, draws up a job description for one of the team members, sets the project evaluation criteria and the result to be achieved, identifies project risks, and analyses them, and sets actions for risk management. Presents the project application.
Assessment Criteria:
Analyses a project in health care, indicating its title, time, goals, sources of funding, activities, staff involved, results to be achieved.
Final Examination (Full-Time):		Defence (Semester paper)
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:		Knowledge of the basic principles of drawing up a project and project management, project team management, SWOT analysis and risk management, project financial management and project evaluation criteria.
Skills:		Ability to apply the basic principles of drawing up a project and project management, to plan the project activities and manage the project finances and to set the project quality criteria. Ability to do SWOT analysis, identify, manage and analyse risks.
Competencies:		Ability to get involved and participate in projects related to health care and social welfare, using the basic principles of project management.
Bibliography
No.	Reference
Required Reading
1	Forands, I. Projekta menedžments - Rīga: Latvijas Izglītības fonds, 2006. - 258 lpp. (akceptējams izdevums)
2	A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) 6th edition – USA: Foundational Standards, 2017. EBSCO. Resurss pieejams RSU tīklā
3	Uzulāns, J. Risku vadība projektu kontekstā - Rīga: Drukātava, 2010. - 136 lpp. (akceptējams izdevums)
4	NCB - Projektu vadīšanas nacionālās kompetences vadlīnijas, versija 3.1. LNPVA, 2012. (akceptējams izdevums)
5	Ārvalstu studentiem/ For international students:
6	A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) 6th edition – USA: Foundational Standards, 2017. EBSCO.
7	Doenges, Marilynn E., Moorhouse, Mary Frances, Murr, Alice C. 2019. Nursing Care Plans: Guidelines for Individualizing Client Care Across the Life Span. Philadelphia: F.A.Davis, EBSCOhost
8	Kraszewski, Sarah. 2010. Communication Skills for Adult Nurses. EBSCOhost  (akceptējams izdevums)
Additional Reading
1	Kerzner, H. Project management: a systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling / Harold Kerzner. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, 2017. xxvii, 1264 p.
2	Larson, Erik W., Project Management : the managerial process / Erik W. Larson, Clifford F. Gray. 8th edition, international student edition. New York : McGraw-Hill Education, 2021, xxii, 682 lpp. (brošēts).
3	Huemann, M., Eskerod, P. and Ringhofer, C. Rethink! Project Stakeholder Management. Newtown Square, Pennsylvania: Project Management Institute, 2016. eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost)
4	Bissonette, M. Project Risk Management: A Practical Implementation Approach. Newtown Square, Pennsylvania: Project Management Institute, 2016. eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost)
Other Information Sources
1	EBSCOhost Online Research Databases
2	Latvijas Nacionālās projektu vadīšanas asociācijas mājas lapa
3	International Project Management Association (Starptautiskās Projektu vadības asociācijas) mājas lapa
4	Project Management Institute (Projektu vadības institūts) mājaslapa
5	LR Finanšu ministrijas interneta vietne par ES Struktūrfondiem
6	Ārvalstu studentiem/ For international students:
7	EBSCOhost Online Research Databases
8	International Project Management Association homepage
9	Project Management Institute homepage