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Terminated in academic year 2024/2025

Project and Grant Management A

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 120-0566/02
Abbreviation PDMA
Course title Project and Grant Management A
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of International Economic Relations
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Michaela Melecká Staníčková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Basic project management terminology - project management and change management, projects, and operations, project classification, portfolio of projects, projects as a system, project management knowledge strain (PMBOK).
2. Life cycle of the project - phase of the project life cycle, typology of project management processes, PDCA cycle.
3. Funding sources of project financing in the European Union - overview of grant sources/titles for financing projects from the EU Funds.
4. Grant sources of project financing in the Czech Republic - Overview of grant sources/titles for financing projects from public sources of the Czech Republic at the level of municipalities, towns, regions and state.
5. Grant life cycle and project path co-financed from the European Structural and Investment Funds - subsidy cycle from state administration perspective, subsidy cycle from applicant's point of view, project preparation and realization.
6. Project cycle management and project logic framework method - PCM method, logical framework of the project - analysis
and plan, matrix of the logical framework of the project, project intervention logic, and project evaluation.
7. Financial management of projects in EU and CR conditions - general criteria for projects financed from national and European sources, project budget, eligibility of expenditure, management of project changes, and project risk management.
8. People and organizations in project management - organizational groupings in a project, organization in project management, project team, project manager.
9. Initialization of the project - initialization (initiation) of the project, main documents of the initialization phase, project selection, basic project document, project specification.
10. Project Planning - Project Planning Processes, Work Structure Structure (WBS), Organization Structure of the Project (OBS), Ratio Matrix (RAM), Project Timetable, Planning Resources in the Project.
11. Implementation of the project - the start of the project implementation, management and communication in the project, procurement in the project, operational instructions and principles, project implementation control, quality management, project documentation, and closure of the project.
12. Project control - control processes in the project, types of controls, and control of public contracts.
13. Preparation of an application for support for projects co-financed by the EU Funds - Practical procedure for the preparation of the aid application - Case study.
14. Preparation of the application for support for projects co-financed from local, regional, and national sources of the Czech Republic - practical procedure for preparation of the application for support - case study.

Element of practice.

E-learning

E-Learning course is accessible in LMS Moodle system.

Literature

FIELDING, Paul J. How to Manage Projects: Essential Project Management Skills to Deliver On-time, On-budget Results. New York: Kogan Page, 2022. ISBN 9781398606241 .
KERZNER, Harold. Project Management. A Systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling. 13th edition. New Hoboken (NJ): Wiley, 2022. ISBN 978-1119805373.
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. ISBN 978-1-62825-664-2.

Advised literature

BADIRU, Adedeji B. Project Management for Scholarly Researchers: Systems, Innovation, and Technologies. Boca Raton (FL): CRC Press, 2023. ISBN 978-1-032-08096-3 .
HAYDEN, Jack. The Dynamic Project Management Handbook: Your Roadmap to Decoding 8 Fundamental Methodologies and Tools to Effectively Deliver Successful Projects. Copyrighted Material, 2023. ISBN 978-1916726048 .
KOGON, Kory and BLAKEMORE, Suzette. Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager. Updated and Revised Edition. Dallas (TX): Franklin Covey Book. 2024. ISBN 978-1637740507 .