ECONOMICS | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
ADV3631 | Project Management | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
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Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi ÖNDER YÖNET |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi ÖNDER YÖNET |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | The objective of this course is, within the concept of "project management", to gain the students the ability of designing many projects in life (and in advertising). Hence, in other words, the objective is from the organization of their weddings to designing advertising campaigs, to teach them the steps, main concepts of project management and mediate in their becoming effective and efficient project managers. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; 1) To clarify what project is 2) To differentiate what project management is 3) To describe the project life cycle 4) To identify the stakeholders of a project 5) To employ project initiation to any given project 6) To develope a project plan 7) To analyse how to execute a project 8) To determine how to control a given project 9) To formulate how to communicate about a project 10)To organise how to close a project 11)To assess any given project 12)To design a project 13)To manage a project |
The course will be held two-sided, on one side the students will learn theoretical knowledge about project management, on the other side, by the same time, they will analyse case studies and practise designing their own real-time projects. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction | |
1) | ||
2) | What is a project? What is project management? The players of projects: Who is who in the project management? | |
3) | Project life cycle | |
4) | scope management | |
5) | stakeholder analysis & management | |
6) | Stakeholder analysis & management | |
7) | WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) and OBS (Organizational Breakdown Structure) The project in the organizational structure | |
8) | Quiz-Review-Improving or Catching Up! past subjects. | |
9) | Risk management | |
10) | Risk management, Project budgeting | |
11) | PERT Diagrams and the Critical Path Method | |
12) | PERT Diagrams and the Critical Path Method and resource allocation Determining the final project topics | |
13) | The Monitoring-Controlling Cycle, Determining how to control a given project - The fundamental purposes of control | |
14) | Organising how to close a project |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Project Management: A Managerial Approach, Jack R. Meredith, Samuel J. Mantel Jr.,2011. Managing Projects Large and Small: The Fundamental Skills to Deliver on budget and on Time by Richard Luecke, Harvard Business School Press (March 31, 2004) / Proje Yönetimi,Richard Luecke, Türkiye İş Bankası Yayınları,2009. |
References: | The Principles of Project Management (SitePoint: Project Management), Mari Williams, 2008. Project Management Case Studies,Harold Kerzner,2009 |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Homework Assignments | 8 | % 40 |
Final | 1 | % 60 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 4 | 56 |
Homework Assignments | 8 | 3 | 24 |
Final | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Total Workload | 125 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | As a world citizen, she is aware of global economic, political, social and ecological developments and trends. | 2 |
2) | He/she is equipped to closely follow the technological progress required by global and local dynamics and to continue learning. | 2 |
3) | Absorbs basic economic principles and analysis methods and uses them to evaluate daily events. | 2 |
4) | Uses quantitative and statistical tools to identify economic problems, analyze them, and share their findings with relevant stakeholders. | 2 |
5) | Understands the decision-making stages of economic units under existing constraints and incentives, examines the interactions and possible future effects of these decisions. | 1 |
6) | Comprehends new ways of doing business using digital technologies. and new market structures. | 2 |
7) | Takes critical approach to economic and social problems and develops analytical solutions. | 1 |
8) | Has the necessary mathematical equipment to produce analytical solutions and use quantitative research methods. | 2 |
9) | In the works he/she contributes, observes individual and social welfare together and with an ethical perspective. | 2 |
10) | Deals with economic problems with an interdisciplinary approach and seeks solutions by making use of different disciplines. | 1 |
11) | Generates original and innovative ideas in the works she/he contributes as part of a team. | 2 |