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International project management

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 120-0374/02
Abbreviation MPM
Course title International project management
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of International Economic Relations
Course coordinator Ing. Lukáš Melecký, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Basic terminology of international project management - definition of basic concepts, international project, characteristics and determinants of a successful international project.
2. International projects in terms of organisational strategy and culture - strategy and strategic management, project portfolio management, the corporate culture of the project, cross-cultural leadership.
3. International Professional Project Management Organization - PMI, IPMA, EMA, AMA, AAMO, PACCIOS, SACIOS, NAMCO.
4. Project Management Institute (PMI) standards - PMBOK, OPM3, Project Manager Competency Development Framework.
5. Standards of the International Project Management Association (IPMA) - Individual Competence Baseline (ICB), Project Excellence Baseline (PEB), Organizational Competence Baseline (OCB).
6. National Standards of Selected World Economies - National Standards PRINCE2, APMBOK, BSI BS6079, PM KANON, JPMBOK.
7. Identification of the international project - project initiation, project purpose, project objectives and milestones, project scope, cultural framework, diversity and complexity of the international project.
8. International project planning - planning processes, cultural influences and impact on planning, time planning, resources and costs of the international project.
9. Implementation of the international project - objectives and outputs, cultural influences on outputs/results of the project, responsibility of organisational structures, specifics of responsibilities in the international project.
10. Monitoring and control of the international project - tools and techniques for monitoring and control, analysis of control results, change management.
11. Management of the international project - international project management structure, global project management, international project manager, project manager success factors, international project team.
12. Communication in an international project - intercultural cooperation, motivation, confidence building, conflict resolution, coaching in an international project.
13. Outsourcing in terms of international projects - definition of basic concepts, goals and needs definition, preparation of outsourcing, selection of external suppliers and creation of working relations, case study.

Element of practice.

E-learning

E-Learning course is accessible in LMS Moodle system.

Literature

KUSTER, J., CH.BACHMAN, M. HUBMANN, R. LIPPMANN and P. SCHNEIDER. Project Management Handbook: Agile - Traditional - Hybrid. Berlin: Springer, 2023. 4678 p. ISBN 978-3-662-66210-6 .
LESTER, Albert. Project Management, Planning and Control: Managing Engineering, Construction, and Manufacturing Projects to PMI, APM and BSI Standards. 8th edition. Oxford (UK): Butterworth-Heinemann, 2021. 658 p. ISBN 978-012-824339-8 .
PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) and the Standard for Project Management. 7th edition. Pennsylvania: PMI, 2021. 250 p. ISBN 978-1-62825-664-2.

Advised literature

INTERNATIONAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION. Individual Competence Baseline for Project Management. Amsterdam: IPMA, 2018. 212 p. ISBN 978-94-92338-16-7 .
LANE, Henry, W. and Martha L. MAZNEVSKI. International Management Behaviour. Global and Sustainable Leadership. 8th edition. Cambridge (UK): Cambridge University Press, 2019. 409 p. ISBN 978-1-108-46114-6 .
WYSOCKI, Robert K. Effective Project Management: Traditional, Agile, Extreme, Hybrid. London: Wiley, 2019. 656 p. ISBN 978-1119562801 .