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PMGT3857: International Project Management
2025 unit information
This unit provides specific guidelines for achieving greater international project success. It addresses the need for modern techniques in project management geared and suited to international projects. It provides opportunity to students to have orientation towards lessons learned from failures and problems in international projects, and suggest alternative solutions for project issues. The critical success factors for managing international projects together with management issues related to vendors and outsourcing across national boundaries are also discussed. It further deals with managing businesses effectively address cross- cultural, social, and political issues.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Engineering
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Project Management |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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30cp of 1000 level units of study |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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None |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Understand the international project environment
- LO2. Evaluate the contextual factors of international projects and determine the actions to take in response to issues that arise
- LO3. Identify stakeholders, the relevance these play in international projects, and develop knowledge of stakeholders management
- LO4. Appreciate the diversity of international projects
- LO5. Develop cross-cultural awareness, integrity and professionalism
- LO6. Lead International Projects:considerations on cross-culture, power, communication, ethics, and sustainability when managing international projects
- LO7. Assess potential reasons for international project success or failure
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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