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Course Descriptions
There is no average course within our M.Sc. in Project Management programme. We aim to provide an outstanding learning experience and there no better way to achieve this aim than with outstanding courses.
These been carefully crafted by professors graduated from the best business schools (like Oxford University, Harvard Business School, New York University and Wharton, just to name a few) and they are all meant to make you a more successful and efficient manager.
There are also no old-fashioned exams in our courses but real-life case studies and essays which let you think critically about your company and your own career.
All this might seem too glossy but there is one catch: we don't accept average candidates and only individuals as outstanding as our values can find their way toward admission at the Robert Kennedy College.
Power Learning For Managers
(not-for-credit module)
The prelude to your M.Sc. programme is our Power Learning for Managers module. As a roadmap to your journey, this module provides you with the essential skills to success in the M.Sc. with a wide array of power learning tools for today's business managers. This module differs slightly from the others because, in preparation for the first core module, you have more flexibility with regard to your assignment and schedule: this course starts every month and lasts four to six weeks.
Among the unique set of outcomes provided during this module we can count writing for business, managing your time and career effectively, becoming a successful manager, solving business problems, and achieving superior performance in a virtual team.
In addition to these managerial concepts we will also gently introduce you to the assessment system and the case method. You will have access to sample assignments with clear DOs and DO NOTs to ensure your personal success in the M.Sc.
Contemporary Project Management
The aim of the module is to develop an understanding of the evolution of contemporary project management, and to offer a theoretical and practical perspective on critical factors for the successful management of projects, providing participants with a comprehensive insight into the realities of project management processes in a variety of contemporary organisational settings.
Project Planning and Control
The principles of project management are applicable at all levels of the project hierarchy, ranging from individual work packages through to the provision of a single point of responsibility on behalf of the client. Different techniques and skills are applicable at different levels. At the work package level, the emphasis will lie in ensuring on-site production within specified constraints of time, cost and quality. At the strategic level, the emphasis will lie in managing the evolving interface between the client and the project. Irrespective of the level of application, effective project management depends upon a blend of the appropriate techniques and advanced behavioural skills. The aim of the module is to provide students with the ability to select the appropriate methodologies to structure problems on the conceptual level.
The Strategic Context of Project Management
The aim of the module is to offer a theoretical and practical perspective on critical factors for successful strategic management of projects and to provide participants with a comprehensive insight into the realities of project management, enabling participants to identify best practices to provide a source of competitive advantage.
People Leadership and Management
The role of the modern manager is demanding and significant. People leadership and management requires a new management perspective, where the use of a special range of skills, distinctive attitudes and behaviour need to be developed. This module attempts to identify the main elements and realities of a manager’s role for a turbulent organisational environment. The study area of People Leadership and Management seeks to explore “hard and soft” organisational issues at a variety of levels. In process terms, one of the key areas of concern is how to understand the operation of business and management and the required prerequisites for organisational development.
Strategic Leadership and Business Transformation
Modern organisations exist within an increasingly complex environment over much of which they exercise little or no control. Successful leaders are expected to anticipate and respond to environmental turbulence - capitalising on emerging opportunities, minimising the impact of adversity and actively managing the process of realignment and transformational change. This module explores the interplay between strategic and effective leadership and an organisation's ability to continually transform itself, in order to respond to the dynamic and complex nature of the environment in which it operates. In brief, it explains the complex relationships between leaders, organisations and their environment. It provides students with the tools and techniques with which to analyse and better understand the environment at a regional, national and supra-national level.
Project Futures
Successful project managers require a broader range of abilities than mastery of the usually acknowledged project management techniques. This module therefore explores new and emerging methodologies for project management. This module represents an opportunity for students to gain practical insights into project management principles in the field of international development and cooperation. The module sets out to develop a student’s understanding and awareness of project management principles and methods in line with development policies and strategies, and introduces students to key project management tools and participatory methods used in practical development work.