Project Management

Study:	Local Self-Government - 4. semester State Administration - 4. semester
Code:	128007
ECTS:	5.0
Course coordinators:	prof. dr. sc. Ivana Bajakić prof. dr. sc. Nenad Rančić
Lecturers:	dr. sc. Sanja Tišma , pred. - Lectures
Exam dates:	30. 01. 2024. 13. 02. 2024. 16. 04. 2024. 11. 06. 2024. 25. 06. 2024. 09. 07. 2024. 27. 08. 2024. 10. 09. 2024. Exam registration: Studomat

Literature:
PMI, Vodič kroz znanje o upravljanju projektima (Vodič kroz PMBOK); Mate d.o.o., Zagreb (2011), str
Optional literature:
Omazić. M. A., Baljkas; Projektni menadžment; Sinergija, Zagreb (2005), str Bilješke s predavanja; , str A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge; Project Management Institute, Inc (2004), str 2. European Commission; Europe Aid Co-operation Office, General Affairs Evaluation, Manual Project cycle Management,; (2001), str

Description:

Definition and characteristics of project and project management. Strategy, planning and project management. The significance of project management for public administration. What makes project management? (Time Management; Cost Management; Project Team-Human Resources Management; Interest Groups and Project Environment). What makes project management? (Risk Management; Contract Management; Goal Management). What is project cycle management? (Identification, Preparation, Analysis of the Project). What is project cycle management? (Financing and Implementation of the Project; Project Results Evaluation). Computer support to project management (Gantt diagram). Exercises - preparation and implementation of simulated project. Thematic workshop - project cycle management. Closing lecture - students fill in an evaluation survey.

Cognitive Skills:

On the cognitive level, students acquire knowledge about project management as amodern tool for planning and management in the public sector, and the manners of planning and managing through the project cycle in the European Union. Specific knowledge is connected with indivbidual areas of management which are included in project management as a whole (time management, cost management, project team management - human resources management, interest groups and project environment, risk management, contract management, aims management).

Practical and Generic Skills:

1. Define andf explain concepts of project and project management;

2. Explain and connect the strategic and operational planning with project management and the significance of project management for public administration;

3. Analyse and distinguish between elements of project management - time, costs, project team, environment, risks, contracts, aims and describe manners of integration of these elements into a simple and cogherent management mechanism;

4. Analyse stages of project management cycle - identification, preparation, analysis, financing and implementation of project and evaluation of project results;

5. Present simulated project cycle in a Gannt diagram.

Matching Assessments to Learning Outcomes:

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Consultations schedule:

prof. dr. sc. Ivana Bajakić:
Tuesday from 1.00 pm
Location: Tkalčićeva 48-50
prof. dr. sc. Nenad Rančić:
Tuesday 1 PM
Location: Tkalčićeva 48-50, room xx

Lecturer in charge	Consultations	Location
prof. dr. sc. Ivana Bajakić	Tuesday from 1.00 pm	Tkalčićeva 48-50
prof. dr. sc. Nenad Rančić	Tuesday 1 PM	Tkalčićeva 48-50, room xx