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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:

Business (Business School)

Study level Postgraduate
Academic unit Management Education
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
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None
Corequisites:
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SMBA6001
Prohibitions:
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None
Assumed knowledge:
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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 MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Session 2 Early Census 2024
Block mode Castlereagh St, Sydney
Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
MBA Session 1 2020
Normal day Castlereagh St, Sydney
Outline unavailable
MBA Session 1 2022
Block mode Castlereagh St, Sydney
MBA Session 1 2022
Block mode Remote

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