Creative Project Management

2024/2025

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

6

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент менеджмента

Статус:

Курс обязательный

Когда читается:

1-й курс, 1, 2 модуль

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course "Creative Project Management" trains specialists in the field of management of cultural projects and creative economy. The project management competencies are going to be developed as well as teamwork competencies. How to organize project work with team and how to lead it. The creative projects for the real customers will be realized during the course, but the focus will be on planning and organization processes, and reflexing them, as well as on the result itself.

Learning Objectives

• To create and develop students’ knowledge and skills of planning and development creative projects.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Define projects. Consider features of arts and culture projects.
• Apply methods of gathering and analyzing information for specific tasks.
• Organize interaction with the client (projects’ stakeholders).
• Analyze and develop project documentation.
• Plan and organize project realization
• Consider features of teamwork
• Organization of teamwork for project.
• Report (present) project results.

Course Contents

• Basics of the Project Approach
• Applied project documentation
• Project management.
• Project teamwork.
• Organization of project activity.

Assessment Elements

• Group project
  Students are united in groups of 4-5 people to carry out a project related to activities in the field of arts and culture (for example, planning an event). The defense of a group project includes the presentation (report) of the results of the project using the specific structure and the analytical note (Word document of 5-6 pages). Faculty assessment and customer assessment of the results are expected. The Score is the sum of faculty score*0.6 + customer score*0,4. The whole group have to participate in the defense.
• Test
  An individual solution of test tasks. The test is written and contain multiple choice questions and open-ended questions. The test focus on the material discussed during the classes. To prepare for it, students must attend lectures and workshops and be familiar with all course materials.
• Initiating and planning the project
  Students are united in groups of 4-5 people to carry out a project related to activities in the field of culture, art, tourism (for example, organizing an event). This activity is connected with start of the project and development of 2 documents. Done in a written form: 2 Word documents 1-2 pages each - Statement of Work (SOW) and plan of the project chosen. + Presentation.
• Analysis of project group work organization
  Describe and analyse the organization of the processes of group work on the implementation of the project and make a presentation.

Interim Assessment

• 2024/2025 2nd module
  0.2 * Analysis of project group work organization + 0.3 * Group project + 0.2 * Initiating and planning the project + 0.3 * Test

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Hans Mikkelsen, & Jens O. Riis. (2017). Project Management : A Multi-Perspective Leadership Framework: Vol. First edition. Emerald Publishing Limited.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Anna Kurzydłowska. (2016). Leadership in Project Management. Humanities and Social Sciences, 23 (2), 103. https://doi.org/10.7862/rz.2016.hss.22
• Collins, R. J. (2011). Project Management. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
• Crowder, J. A., & Friess, S. (2014). Agile Project Management: Managing for Success. Cham: Springer. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=835428
• Dragan Z. Milosevic, Peerasit Patanakul, & Sabin Srivannaboon. (2010). Case Studies in Project, Program, and Organizational Project Management. Wiley.
• Harvard Business Review Press. (2013). HBR Guide to Project Management (HBR Guide Series). Harvard Business Review Press.
• 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
• Zasa, F. P., Patrucco, A., & Pellizzoni, E. (2021). Managing the Hybrid Organization: How Can Agile and Traditional Project Management Coexist? Research Technology Management, 64(1), 54–63. https://doi.org/10.1080/08956308.2021.1843331

Authors

• Borovskaia IRINA LEONIDOVNA
• BUDKO VIKTORIYA ALEKSANDROVNA