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SMBA6108: Leading Project Management
2024 unit information
The Leading Project Management unit of study equips students with the knowledge and skills to affect successful organisational change by leading efforts to improve project management practice in their organisations. The unit provides an understanding of project management methodologies that are deployed by organisations (including PMBOK) - their body of knowledge and their management. The effective leadership of projects and of the organisational change that ensues from their implementation is the focus of this unit. Through a number of key industry speakers, the unit develops an understanding of the complexities of managing projects and programs (groups of projects) - with particular attention on why projects frequently fail. Successful project outcomes that are critical to the survival and growth of todays businesses depends on good project leadership. The Leading Project Management unit of study equips students with the knowledge and skills to affect successful organisational change by leading efforts to improve project management practice in their organisations. The unit provides an understanding of project management methodologies that are deployed by organisations (including PMBOK) - their body of knowledge and their management. The effective leadership of projects and of the organisational change that ensues from their implementation is the focus of this unit. Through a number of key industry speakers, the unit develops an understanding of the complexities of managing projects and programs (groups of projects) - with particular attention on why projects frequently fail. Successful project outcomes that are critical to the survival and growth of todays businesses depends on good project leadership.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Management Education
| Code | SMBA6108 |
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| Academic unit | Management Education |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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None |
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Corequisites:
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SMBA6001 |
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None |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. apply project management principles to any organisation or firm
- LO2. examine the supporting structures of projects within an organisation, and understand the opportunities and constraints those structures enable
- LO3. negotiate the human elements of project management, and develop an appreciation of the complex inter-relationships between competing stakeholder interests.
Unit availability
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Session 2 Early Census 2024
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Block mode | Castlereagh St, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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