6 ECTS credits
177 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4014250FNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Studenten die dit opleidingsonderdeel opnemen, moeten geslaagd zijn voor 'Micro-economie' en 'Management'.Students who want to enroll for this course, must have passed Intermediate Micro-economics' and 'Management'. Voor studenten in de master management en bedrijfsleven van de opleiding Biomedische wetenschappen gelden er geen inschrijvingsvereisten.
Taught in
English
Faculty
Faculty of Social Sciences & SolvayBusinessSchool
Department
Business
Educational team
Mychal Langenus (course titular)
Laura Molinari
Activities and contact hours

27 contact hours Lecture
22 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
128 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

This course aims at strengthening the analytical skills, the ability to synthesize and critically analyse information and decision making in and for project management. At the end of this course, students should be able to critically understand the project life cycle, project management and processes, project performance and project governance. Students should also know and be able to apply the skills and methods for project management. Moreover, students should capture, analyse and be able to critically explain the role of the project manager and project teams. Finally, the course aims at strengthening collaboration skills by working in teams, through discussing cases together, formulating solutions and arguing choices. You should together be able to timely hand in qualitative group reports. 

Course material
Handbook (Required) : Project Management, The managerial process, Larson, E. W. and Clifford F. G., 7de, McGraw-Hill, 9781260570434, 2020
Digital course material (Required) : Slides of the lectures, readings and case(s), Canvas
Additional info

The tasks of the case(s) and extra information, as well as the slides of the classes are made available via Canvas and/or the Vub-bookstore. Please note that the slides are just to help you with your notes during the lectures and point at the topics to be known from the book and materials. This is only a small part of the total materials to be studied. 

This course is taught in English and all the materials are in English. 

Teaching Methods

  • Lecture: collective contact-dependent moments during which the lecturer engages with learning materials
  • Seminar, Exercises or Practicals (Practical): collective or individual contact-dependent moments during which the students are guided to actively engage with learning materials
  • Independent or External Form of Study (Self): independent study

This description of the teaching methods is indicative, in order to assess the expected study load.

REGULAR STUDENTS

Lecture:  27 hours

  • lectures theory: 19 hours
  • guest lectures: 8 hours

Practical: 22 hours

  • assignments cases + discussion: 12 hours
  • MS Project workshops (by professional Exerti): 6 hours
  • individual feedback and online help: 4 hours

Self: 128 hours

  • preparation lectures, amounting to 3 hours per chapter: 36 hours (12 x 3 hours)
  • process guest lectures (link theory): 8 hours
  • preparation cases (reading assignments and background of the assignments): 8 hours
  • case assignments: 16 hours
  • MS Project assignment (in PC room): 4 hours
  • preparation different cases: 16 hours
  • preparation exam: 40 hours (5 days of 8 hours)

 

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

This course aims at strengthening the analytical skills, the ability to synthesize and critically analyse information and decision making in and for project management, individually and in group. At the end of this course, students should be able to critically understand the project life cycle, project management and processes, project performance and project governance. Students should also know and be able to apply the skills and methods for project management. Moreover, students should capture, analyse and be able to critically explain the role of the project manager and project teams.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 75% of the final mark.
Practical Exam determines 25% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Written Exam with a relative weight of 75 which comprises 75% of the final mark.

    Note: Written, individual, closed book exam

Within the Practical Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Teamwork with a relative weight of 25 which comprises 25% of the final mark.

    Note: Teamwork: cases, tasks

Additional info regarding evaluation

The evaluation will be on theory and methodology, mostly applied to case(s):

  • 25% of the evaluation is based on written group reports of case assignments during the academic year; and
  • 75% of the evaluation is based on a written, individual, closed book exam.

If problems occur within a team or group, a peer review can be started. A peer review should be requested at the latest 3 weeks before the exam period starts, in written and with a motivation by at least two members of the team, and should be sent to both the course responsible and assistant. In case, a peer review will be conducted, and if it turns out that at least 50% of the team recognizes the failure of participation of one or more group members, this member will obtain 0 as mark for this assignment. The student has – for both exam sessions - passed with an end result of minimum 10/20, even if on one of both parts of the exam a score of less than 10/20 has been obtained.

Second exam session (retake)

Your group assignments result obtained during the academic year (first session) will be transferred to the second exam session, regardless of the mark. There is no retake possible for the group assignments.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Biomedical Sciences: Management and Business (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Business Engineering: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Master of International Business: Standaard traject
Master of Business Engineering: Business and Technology: Standaard traject