Course syllabus

Projektledarskap, fortsättningskurs
Project Leadership, Advanced Course

TMAN30, 7 credits, A (Second Cycle)

Valid for: 2012/13
Decided by: Education Board 3
Date of Decision: 2012-04-23

General Information

Compulsory for: TM5-TEMA
Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish

Aim

The aim of the course is to provide the students with increased knowledge and competence in project leadership and the development of their own as well as colleagues’ project leadership capabilities. This will be based on experience based insights from projects performed in industry i.e. live-cases. The purpose is partly to reflect and discuss different models and techniques, partly to reflect and discuss social and psychological aspects in project leadership context.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

• be able to discuss and explain advanced terms adn aspects of project leadership such as multi-project and situational leadership in different contexts.

Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must

• be able to analyse and evaluate learning outcomes developed by the students them selves , based on theory on project leadership, teamwork and leadership.
• in group be able to self evaluate the group’s development based on criteria set by the group itself.
• be able to present, written and oral, for hosting organisation the realised process and attained result from the accomplished project.
• be able to present, in group, at the course exhibition, the project results and insights gained from teamwork and leadership.

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

• be able to identify, value and choose, in samråd with hosting organisation, an accurate and motivated area or aspect of project leadership and accomplish an improvement project based on these.

Contents

The course deals with central project methods and their possibilities and limitations in practise. Further more the course deals with the psychological and social barriers that can occur during project execution and how these can be handled. How a constructive an creative project situation can be created is especially studied.
To put emphasis on the practical aim and direction of the course it is mainly built on "Live cases". This means that the student works with concrete, practical technical problems in project form in companies and organisations. Reporting is both in writing and viva voce (in groups and individually). To support the work a number of theoretical training sessions are also carried out. In the course there are parts where the students are trained in "team building".

Examination details

Grading scale: UG
Assessment: In group: project plan, status reports, project presentation, analysis report of the group process; individually: learning journals (each month), thesis on project leadership.

Admission

Admission requirements:

• TMA 010 Technology, Strategy and Structure, TMAN15 Teamwork & Leadership, TMAN05 Project leadership

The number of participants is limited to: No
The course overlaps following course/s: TMA037

Reading list

• Project Management Institute: A guide to the project Management Body of Knowledge. PMBOK Guide. Third Edition. American National Standard ANSI/PMI 99-001-2004. ISBN: 1-930699-45-X.
• Briner, W., Hastings, C., Geddes, M.: Project Leadership, second edition, Gover, ISBN 0-566-07785-X.
• Engwall, M.: Jakten på det effektiva projektet, Nerenius & Santérus Förlag AB, Stockholm, 1995, ISBN 91-88384-29-2. Kompendium med artiklar inom ämnesområdet, Avdelningen för byggnadsekonomi, LTH.

Contact and other information

Course coordinator: Fredrik Nilsson, fredrik.nilsson@plog.lth.se
Course coordinator: Gudbjörg Erlingsdottir,
Course homepage: http://www.tm.lu.se
Further information: Admission to Technology Management is required for participation in the course..The course can only be accomplished in teams. The group constellations are determined by the course leader.