Course: Project Management

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Course title Project Management
Course code UTM/PV087
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Vysloužilová Daniela, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Sellner Karel, doc. Ing. CSc.
Course content
Visiting Company. Present Simple Active&Passive, Necessity: must, have to Useful nouns&expressions Letter of Introduction When Dream Became a Business. Past Simple Active&Passive, Regular&Irregular Verbs Useful verbs, Linking words CV, Cover Letter Feeling Changes. Future Simple, to be going to do smth. Giving advice: should Expressing opinions, agreement&disagreement, reasoning Complaint Letter Money Talks. Present Perfect Basic financial vocabulary (nouns, expressions, verbs) Response to a Complaint Letter Business Communication. Mixed Tenses Business contract basic vocabulary Useful expressions for business socializing Draft contract

Learning activities and teaching methods
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Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to gain knowledge of methods and basic skills of applying these methods in the management of project activities. Graduates can use the knowledge gained by studying the subject in their business practice as a member of the project team or as a manager of the project team. Course contents 1. What tasks can be solved in the company using project management. 2. Project and project management. 3. Project preparation and project planning. 4. Structural decomposition of the project, time implementation plan and resource plan. 5. Cost plan and risk plan. 6. Methods applicable to project planning. 7. Project organization and management, leadership in team project management. 8. Relationships, communication, motivation and conflicts in leading a project team. 9. Project implementation management, EVA method, critical chain method.

Prerequisites
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Recommended literature
  • Dolanský, V. a kol. Projektový management. Grada Publishing, 1996. 1996.
  • KERZNER, H. Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1119165354.
  • Němec, V. Projektový management, 2002, Grada Publishing, Praha (www.grada.cz/content/priklady.php ).
  • Rosenau, M. Řízení projektů. Computer Press Brno, 2003.


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