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Project Managment
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:29.08.2024 11:14:50
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SVUEK_030 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Management; Public Management | Target Audience: | Medicine; Public Health | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Mārtiņš Menniks | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Institute of Public Health | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 9 Kronvalda boulevard, svek rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67338307 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 1 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 5 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 20 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Management, economics, accounting, business, basics of law | ||||||||
| Objective: | To develop an understanding of project management, techniques, methods, tools, project structure, planning and implementation. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Project idea identification – pre-project situation research. SWOT analysis. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | The concept of the project, the essence of project management and the description of the project life cycle. Concepts and definitions. Project life cycle options. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Identification of the project idea – situation research, preparation of the project justification. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Project stakeholder analysis. Compiling a matrix. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Project results planning. Horizontal priority planning, publicity. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Choice of project strategy. Project problems and project goal setting. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Project development organization. Conditions for project content, horizontal priorities, sustainability, multiplier effect. Project activity planning, alternative possibilities. Project risks. Risk management. Project quality planning. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Basic principles of project development and main tasks to be performed. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Planning of material and human resources necessary for the implementation of activities. Development of project progress plan. Boundaries. Internal control planning. Project cost calculation. Budgeting. Completion and design of the project application form. Test. Defense / presentation of the prepared project application. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Independently evaluated the situation in a specific health area to identify the project topic and justify its necessity. Independently created, submitted and presented to the audience project application. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Regular participation in classes and completion of tasks in group work; created and presented project application, written exam at the end of the course. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | The student will be able to: define the project planning stages and describe the activities to be performed within them; to present the theoretical assumptions related to the project planning and implementation; describe projects according to their characteristics and classify project types. | ||||||||
| Skills: | The student will be able to: independently choose the project topic; identify the problem; to perform the analysis of the problem situation and substantiate the problem with arguments; to construct a project structure corresponding to the problem; to plan the activities included in the project; calculate project costs; to list the possible risks for the implementation of the project and to describe the methods for their prevention. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Purposefully link project management with public health and health care by developing realistic project applications for particular needs. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Uzulāns J.: Projektu vadība. Rīga, Jumava, 2004. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | Forands I.: Projekta menedžments. Rīga, Latvijas izglītības fonds, 2006 (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | Kerzner, H.: Project Management. A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling and Controlling, 10th ed. New York, 2017. | ||||||||
| 4 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students: | ||||||||
| 5 | Kerzner, H.: Project Management. A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling and Controlling, 10th ed. New York, 2017. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Meredith, Jack R., Mantel, Samuel J.: Project Management. A Managerial Approach, John Wiley&Sons, Inc., 2012. | ||||||||
| 2 | Heerkens Gary: Project Management (The Briefcase Book Series) McGraw-Hill, 2013 | ||||||||
| 3 | Lewis James: Fundamentals of Project Management, 3rd ed., American Management Association, 2006 | ||||||||
| 4 | Project Management Institute: A Guide to the Project Management Body Of Knowledge, 6th ed., Project Management Institute, 2021 | ||||||||
| 5 | Starting Out in Project Management, EDITION 3, Association for Project Management, 2018 EBOOK PUB DATE | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Ilmete, Ž.: Projektu vadīšanas nacionālās kompetences vadlīnijas/ Latvijas Nacionālā projektu vadīšanas asociācija, Rīga, 2004. | ||||||||
