Bachelor
2024/2025
Managing International Projects
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 (International Business)
Area of studies:
Management
Delivered by:
Department of Strategic and International Management
When:
3 year, 4 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Sergei Titov
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
30
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course Project Management in International Companies introduces students to the fundamental principles and contemporary practices of project management in multinational environments. It aims to equip students with both conceptual understanding and practical tools for initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, and closing projects that involve multiple countries, partners, and cultures. The course emphasizes the integration of project management methodologies, such as those defined in the PMBOK, ISO 21500, PRINCE2 with the realities of global business and international cooperation. By studying theoretical frameworks and real-life cases, students learn to approach projects as strategic instruments for achieving organizational goals and implementing corporate strategies in dynamic global markets.
The course combines lectures and seminars in a logical sequence that follows the life cycle of a project and the PMBOK knowledge areas. Lectures introduce key concepts, frameworks, and standards, while seminars are focused on case studies, group discussions, and practical exercises that simulate the work of international project teams. The first part of the course addresses the global environment of projects, cultural and organizational factors, and the role of stakeholders in international settings. The central part focuses on integration, scope, schedule, cost, quality, resource, and communication management, demonstrating how these areas interact in real-world project scenarios. The final part examines advanced topics such as risk management, procurement and tendering under international standards (including FIDIC), and value engineering as a means to maximize project effectiveness.
Through the combination of conceptual study and applied exercises, students develop both the analytical and interpersonal skills required for managing global projects. By the end of the course, participants will be able to define project objectives, plan and organize work breakdown structures, allocate resources, coordinate multicultural teams, and apply communication and control mechanisms ensuring effective project delivery. Practical assignments and teamwork serve as continuous assessment tools culminating in the final examination.
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to apply structured project management tools, coordinate multicultural project teams, and deliver outcomes that align with corporate strategies of international organizations.
Learning Objectives
- The objective of the course is to build students’ ability to manage projects in international environments where complexity arises from cultural diversity, geographic dispersion, and differences in organizational practices. The course aims to develop a systematic understanding of how global projects are initiated, planned, executed, and controlled within multinational companies. It focuses on integrating project management methodologies with the realities of international business, strategic alignment, and cross-cultural collaboration. Students will enhance their competence in applying PMBOK-based tools to the context of global projects, designing project structures adapted to international constraints, and leading distributed teams. The course also contributes to the development of analytical, communicative, and leadership skills essential for coordinating stakeholders and achieving strategic objectives in multinational settings.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- can meaningfully imply key terms of project management for practical purposes
- can create project concept and project scope documents
- can manage project scope and time
- can manage project risks
- can manage project resources
- can manager project costs
- can control projects
- can manage project communications
- can coordinate project stakeholders
- can manage several projects at the organizational level
Course Contents
- Project management in global context
- Project conceptualization, analysis and initiation
- Project scope and time management
- Project procurement and risk management
- Project cost management. Project control
- Project communication and stakeholder management
- Organizational project management
Assessment Elements
- Midterm testingMidterm tests cover theoretical and practical studying materials and topics studied a week before the date of the test. There are two tests. Their dates depend on the schedule of the course and are to be announced in advance. Preliminary, the first midterm test is planned for 5th week of the discipline. The second one is planned to be towards the end of the course, through the exact date can be changed based on the actual course timetable. The exact date will be announced by the intructor a week (or longer) before the day of the testing. The testing will be organized with SmartLMS and Safe Exam Browser. It may be process in a totally distant or in-class mode.
- Case exercisesIn teams of 3-4, students prepare the answers to the cases distributed in advance by the intructor. The will be 4 cases in the course, unevenly distributed across the course timetable.
- Team project assignmentStudents form teams of 4-5, chose the idea for their project, prepare several management tools, describe the project management system, deliver report and presentation.
- ExamExam covers all theoretical and practical topics, tools, techniques, frameworks, methods etc. studied in the course. Question types are similar to Midterm testing plus open questions based on micro-cases implying essay-like or other written answers.
Interim Assessment
- 2024/2025 4th module0.15 * Case exercises + 0.5 * Exam + 0.15 * Midterm testing + 0.2 * Team project assignment
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), Sixth Edition, 2017. Режим доступа: http://library.books24x7.com/bookshelf.asp
- Project management : a strategic managerial approach, Meredith, J. R., 2022
- 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
- Project Management Institute. (2017). The Standard for Portfolio Management: Vol. Fourth Edition. Project Management Institute.
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- 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.