3 good reasons to study Project Management at Salford
- Project management is a profession operating in all organisational contexts, and this course offers a route into that profession, which is suitable for graduates from a large range of backgrounds
- Gain the necessary knowledge and skills to become a Project Management Practitioner (PMP) of the PMI and/or a member of the APM (MAPM)
- Developed with project management specialists, this course represents ‘cutting-edge’ knowledge for those wishing to become practitioners in a field faced with significant growth and opportunities
This course will provide you with a comprehensive and systematic understanding of project management. You will be exposed to new insights of best practice applications in the field of project management through the most up-to-date academic research and case studies. The skills that you will develop will enable you to manage projects within manufacturing, service, social enterprise, charity or public organisations.
Duration
MSc (Minimum 12 months, maximum three years)
Course Details
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Strategic International Business Management
Gain a thorough grounding in the major issues and perspectives of developing and implementing business strategy both at national and international level.
Indicative Syllabus Outline
- Types of national and international business
- The concept of strategy: strategic context; theories of strategy and making strategy
- Environmental scanning: Politico- Legal, Economic and Socio-Cultural Environment; government policy and industry regulation
- Demographic and social trends: population, employment, family structure
- The external environment: context, positioning, facilitating competitive advantage and capturing economic value
- The internal environment: resources, competences and capability as the source of competitive advantage and economic value- effective communication, delegation and prioritisation
- Strategic options
- Implementing Strategy and Managing Change – lleadership in a global context, motivation, job satisfaction and performance management; rewards and incentive schemes –National and organizational cultures;
- Managing ethnicity, diversity and difference; new forms of organizing globally, cross cultural management and strategies
- Managing in the virtual environment
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Contemporary research
Operations and Information Management
Develop an understanding of different types of operations, information, systems and business approaches, along with knowledge of concepts, techniques and models used for planning, managing and improving operations and management information systems in a global context.
Indicative Syllabus Outline
- Strategic operations management in a global environment
- Principles of quality and environmental management
- Service Quality management
- Understanding, measuring, reducing and preventing quality costs.
- Forecasting demand
- Capacity management
- Inventory management
- Queuing theory
- Planning & control systems and methodologies: (MRP, Just In Time, Lean/Agile)
- Make/Buy/Outsourcing /Off-shoring
- Shared services
- Systems integration strategies
Project Risk and Procurement
Gain the skills and knowledge to manage the probability and consequences of positive events, and minimise the impact of adverse events, on project outcomes. You will also gain useful insights into the management of procurement processes in project environments.
Indicative Syllabus Outline
- Risk management planning
- Risk identification
- Qualitative risk analysis
- Quantitative risk analysis
- Risk response planning
- Risk monitoring and control
- Procurement planning
- Procurement cycle
- Whole Life Cycle Costing (WLC)
- Sourcing/supplier selection
- E-auctions
- Contract administration/Contract Management
- Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)
Project Management, Leadership and Skills: Planning and Control
Develop an understanding of the approaches, skills and methods of project management and the tools and techniques of planning, control, teamwork, leadership and other processes in order to develop your ability to lead complex projects.
Indicative Syllabus Outline
- Project definition, initiation and review
- Business case and project leadership, management and planning.
- Schedule development and control
- Estimation, forecasting and resourcing.
- Project plan execution.
- Leading and managing change
- Change control and configuration management.
- Cost, budgeting, handling financial information and control; quality planning, assurance and control.
- Risk and procurement processes
- Communication, coaching, decision making, problem solving and teamwork planning
- Methodological approaches to planning and control
- Managing multiple projects
Business Innovation Project
Dissertation: a conventional dissertation of 12,000 to 15,000 words, consisting of research question, aims and objectives, rationale for undertaking the study, literature review, research methodology, analysis of findings, conclusions and recommendations.