Master 2020/2021

Project Seminar

Category 'Best Course for Career Development'

Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'

Category 'Best Course for New Knowledge and Skills'

Type: Compulsory course (Business and Politics in Modern Asia)

Area of studies: Asian and African Studies

Delivered by: Department of Political Science and International Affairs

Where: Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences

When: 2 year, 2 module

Mode of studies: offline

Instructors: Ksenia Maksimovtsova

Master’s programme: Business and Politics in Modern Asia

Language: English

ECTS credits: 3

Contact hours: 12

Course Syllabus

Abstract

Project seminar is designed to set standards and monitor the progress of students’ project activity. The project activity of undergraduates students includes research, analytical, information and practice-oriented projects. Project activity assumes joint activity of a student and a supervisor targeting solution of a specific scientific or practical problem.

Learning Objectives

• In this course, students explore project management with a practical, hands-on approach through case studies and class exercises

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Able to outline the need for resources and plan their use for solving professional problems
• Student is capable of participating in organizing and implementing various management processes, and of achieving the goals set by his/her superiors
• Student is capable of participating in organization and implementation of political campaigns in accordance with the goals set by the management of the campaign / the client
• Student is capable of allocating tasks among project participants as part of planning the political projects; student is also capable of processing the respective paperwork, including the performance specifications for each participant
• Student is capable of taking part in information dissemination through various media and information channels (both mass and individual), as well as in information campaigns

Course Contents

• Block 1. Project Management. Introduction. Project definition, characteristics, life cycle
• Block 1. PM superstructure. Initiation strategy.
• Block 1. Planning. Controlling. Project scope management.
• Block 1. Project communication management. Risk management.
• Block 1. Cross-cultural challenges. Social media & Project management. Ethics.
• Block 2. Projects’ design examples
• Block 3. Projects’ reports & analysis

Assessment Elements

• Attendance and active participation
• Design of the project
  The plan for the implementation of the project, its stages
• Written report and/or oral presentation in the class
  Students are supposed to make presentations about implementation results of their projects

Interim Assessment

• Interim assessment (2 module)
  0.4 * Attendance and active participation + 0.3 * Design of the project + 0.3 * Written report and/or oral presentation in the class

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• M. Daud Alam, & Uwe F. Gühl. (2016). Project-Management in Practice : A Guideline and Toolbox for Successful Projects. Springer.
• Project Management Institute. (2017). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide)–Sixth Edition (Vol. Sixth edition). Newtown Square, PA: Project Management Institute. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1595320

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Richardson, G. L. (2015). Project Management Theory and Practice (Vol. Second edition). Boca Raton, FL: Auerbach Publications. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1910541