Магистратура 2024/2025

Управление командой проекта

Статус: Курс обязательный (Управление развитием компании)

Направление: 38.04.02. Менеджмент

Кто читает: Кафедра венчурного менеджмента (Нижний Новгород)

Где читается: Факультет менеджмента (Нижний Новгород)

Когда читается: 1-й курс, 4 модуль

Формат изучения: без онлайн-курса

Охват аудитории: для всех кампусов НИУ ВШЭ

Преподаватели: Платонова Юлия Андреевна

Прогр. обучения: Управление развитием компании

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 3

Course Syllabus

Abstract

Studying on the course "Managing a Project Team" you will learn: - what is a project team, what are the principles of its formation and development; - what kind of processes of project team management are distinguished in the standards of project management; - what kind of personal qualities and professional skills should be developed by a project team member for the project to be successful. On the course, students will learn to: - draw up a project team management plan based on the project WBS, - distribute and document the roles of project participants, - draw up a project team development plan,- manage group interaction, use accessible means of communication and exchange of ideas for information and knowledge management in the project.

Learning Objectives

• Mastering the basic instruments for assembling and developing a project team

Expected Learning Outcomes

• A student defines the key terms from PMBOK standard related to the team management issues
• A student develops a project team's knowledge map
• A student documents the team members' roles and responsibilities
• A student creates the structure of the meetings aimed at knowledge sharing and social learning

Course Contents

• 1. Project Human Resource Management: group vs team
• 2. Assembling a Project Team
• 3. Developing a High-Performance Project Team

Assessment Elements

• Test assignment
• Defining functional and team roles
  1. Please, recall you experience of being a member of a team / working group (regardless you being a manager or a worker). Was it a team or a working group? Please, explain why you think this way. 2. What was the goal of a project your team / working group was (or is) executing, what was the WBS (work breakdown structure) and those very tasks the team members were expected to perform? 3. Please, evaluate the distribution of the functional roles within the team / working group members: were they distributed in accordance with the WBS, was it clearly articulated who and why played their functional roles? 4. Please, evaluate the distribution of the team roles within the team members (according to the Belbin's theory about the 9 team roles): which roles were present and which ones missing, were there any conflicting roles or the roles supporting each other? How do you understand that these particular roles were present? 5. Make the final conclusion what has to be improved to make the team perform better.
• Team knowledge audit and mapping
  1. Define knowledge areas related to those functional roles, analyze the risks connected with the knowledge distribution in the team. 2. Using the Team Knowledge Model analyze if your team is in the FLOW area or out of that, make conclusions about the necessity to organize team learning activities to make the team become a more efficient one.
• Team learning
  Please fill the form with your answers for the questions concerning 3 types of learning you'd suggest for your team.

Interim Assessment

• 2024/2025 4th module
  0.25 * Defining functional and team roles + 0.25 * Team knowledge audit and mapping + 0.25 * Team learning + 0.25 * Test assignment

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• A., P., & Hairul. (2018). What Matters in Project Team Management? Polish Journal of Management Studies, 17(2), 211–221. https://doi.org/10.17512/pjms.2018.17.2.18
• Atwood, C. G. (2009). Knowledge Management Basics. Alexandria, Va: American Society for Training & Development. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=516946
• Joan H. Johnston, Henry L. Phillips, Laura M. Milham, Dawn L. Riddle, Lisa N. Townsend, Arwen H. DeCostanza, … Sean M. Fitzhugh. (2019). A Team Training Field Research Study: Extending a Theory of Team Development. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01480
• Project Management Institute. (2021). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Seventh Edition and The Standard for Project Management (ENGLISH): Vol. Seventh edition. Project Management Institute.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Caruso, S. J. (2017). A Foundation for Understanding Knowledge Sharing: Organizational Culture, Informal Workplace Learning, Performance Support, and Knowledge Management. Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 10(1), 45–52. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=eric&AN=EJ1126832
• Chiocchio F., Kelloway E.K., Hobbs B. The Psychology and Management of Project Teams: An Interdisciplinary Perspective, 2015. Oxford Scholarship Online (available: HSE Electronic Resources / Oxford Scholarship online).DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199861378.001.0001
• Harrin, E. (2013). Managing Project Teams : Shortcuts to Success. Swindon: BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=604670
• Hodgetts, R. M., & Cox, J. F. (1995). Business Without Bosses: How Self-Managing Teams Are Building High Performing Companies. Organizational Dynamics, 24(1), 83–84. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=bsu&AN=9508221947
• Lee, M. R. (2014). Leading Virtual Project Teams : Adapting Leadership Theories and Communications Techniques to 21st Century Organizations. Boca Raton: Auerbach Publications. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=611888
• Mudasir Khan. (2018). Virtual Team Management Challenges Mitigation Model: A Systematic Literature Review Protocol. University of Sindh Journal of Information and Communication Technology, (2), 88. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsdoj&AN=edsdoj.8c4a3be47e48462cad6ba3b24117fdad
• Pamela Meyer. (2015). Agility Shift : Creating Agile and Effective Leaders, Teams, and Organizations. Routledge.
• Project Management Institute. (2019). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK(R) Guide-Sixth Edition / Agile Practice Guide Bundle (HINDI). [N.p.]: Project Management Institute. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2240462
• Robert, J. L. P., & You, S. (2018). Are you satisfied yet? Shared leadership, individual trust, autonomy, and satisfaction in virtual teams. Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, 69(4), 503–513. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.23983

Authors

• Platonova Iuliia Andreevna
• Levkina VERONIKA NIKOLAEVNA
• Белохлебова Наталья Александровна