PRIVATE SECURITY AND PROTECTION (TURKISH) | |||||
Associate | TR-NQF-HE: Level 5 | QF-EHEA: Short Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 5 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
ADV3631 | Project Management | Spring Fall |
3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
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Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Associate (Short 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) | Upon the completion of the program, the students will be able to; Utilize the theoretical information they have acquired in private security sector | |
2) | Develop the skill of working in a team cooperatively | |
3) | Develop the skill of identifying and analyzing the vocational problems of private security and resolving them effectively. | |
4) | Develop the behavioral consciousness of occupational ethics and sense of responsibility | |
5) | Develop an awareness for life long learning and physical progress | |
6) | Develop the skill of having information about daily problems and developments about private security. | |
7) | Comprehend the laws and regulations of the sector. | |
8) | Develop the skill of effective communication. | |
9) | Develop the skill of adopting the security technologies. | |
10) | Develop the skill of planning and practicing vocational processes. | |
11) | Develop the skill of having entrepreneurship personality | |
12) | Develop the skill of communicating in the private security sector in a foreign language. |