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Introduction to Project Management
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:15.06.2021 15:09:54
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VPUPK_222 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Management; Business Management | Target Audience: | Psychology | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Jana Duhovska | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Health Psychology and Paedagogy | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 5 J. Asara Street, vppk rsu[pnkts]lv, +37167061587 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 20 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 2 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 4 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Not required. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To further the acquisition of theoretical knowledge and its practical application on the subject of project development and management by developing and presenting a project in a group of students on a topic according to their interest for submission to one of their chosen national or international calls for project proposals. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Development of the project idea, aspects of innovation and creativity. Target audience and stakeholders of the project. Project mission, tasks and aims. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Types of projects and funding sources: national and international project tenders. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Project team (team and management, the importance of planning in teamwork, the stages of team development, the development of communication in the team). Attraction of specialists and sub-contractors. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Project planning, management, supervision and control. Evaluation of the project risk factors. Development of the project structural plan, the project progress plan and the project work schedule. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Planning and control of the project finances. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Presentation of the project idea to various target audiences, the dissemination of the project progress and results, involvement of traditional and social media. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Development of the project idea, aspects of innovation and creativity. Target audience and stakeholders of the project. Project mission, tasks and aims. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Types of projects and funding sources: national and international project tenders. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Project team (team and management, the importance of planning in teamwork, the stages of team development, the development of communication in the team). Attraction of specialists and sub-contractors. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Project planning, management, supervision and control. Evaluation of the project risk factors. Development of the project structural plan, the project progress plan and the project work schedule. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Planning and control of the project finances. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Presentation of the project idea to various target audiences, the dissemination of the project progress and results, involvement of traditional and social media. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | To independently consolidate the lecture material by reading the indicated sources systematically. Working in groups of four to five students, develop a project that complies with their professional interests to submit to any of the self-chosen national or international project tenders. To present the project. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | According to the criteria and structure, laid down by the self-chosen national or international project tender, prepare in writing and present the application for the project. The final evaluation, based on the outline of the project in the form of a presentation, consists of: 1) assessment of the course lecturer (50%), 2) motivated evaluation of the project presentation by peers (25%), 3) motivated project evaluation of the presentation group itself (25%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students explain the concept of the project, mention the basic principles for its creation, planning, implementation and management, as well as team formation, attraction of funds and risk assessment. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students select and compile the information about the available project tenders, define a topical and creative project idea, plan the aspects of activities, funding, control, risk management, communication and teamwork, as well as select the collaboration partners. Describe the project according to the criteria and structure, laid down by the chosen project tender. Present their own idea and project. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | During the teamwork, students plan and describe a project which corresponds to the basic principles of project management and present it to the audience. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | De Bono, E. (2011). Kā gūt radošas idejas: 62 vingrinājumi domāšanas attīstīšanai. Rīga: Zvaigzne | ||||||||
| 2 | Jangs, T. (2009). Kā vadīt projektu: zelta padomi veiksmīgai projektu vadīšanai. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC | ||||||||
| 3 | Lock, D. (2012). Project Management (10th ed.). Burlington, V: Routledge. | ||||||||
| 4 | Rokasgrāmata projektu vadīšanā (2013). Izstrādājis SIA "NK Konsultāciju birojs ESF projekta Nr.1DP/1.5.2.2.3/11/APIA/SIF/105 ietvaros. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Programma Erasmus+ : Jaunatne darbībā. Pieejams no: http://jaunatne.gov.lv/lv/erasmus/par-erasmus-jaunatnes-jomu | ||||||||
| 2 | Programma Nordplus. Pieejams no: http://www.nordplusonline.org/ | ||||||||
| 3 | Programma Norden. Pieejams no: http://www.norden.lv/lv/grantu-programmas | ||||||||
| 4 | Borisa un Ināras Teterevu fonda projektu konkurss. Pieejams no: http://www.teterevufonds.lv/ | ||||||||
| 5 | Sabiedrības Integrācijas fonda projektu konkurss. Pieejams no: http://www.sif.gov.lv | ||||||||
| 6 | Valsts Kultūrkapitāla fonda projektu konkurss. Pieejams no: http://www.kkf.lv | ||||||||
| 7 | Rīgas domes Izglītības, kultūras un sporta departamenta projektu konkursi. Pieejams no: http://www.iksd.riga.lv | ||||||||
