ME52052: Project and change management
[Page last updated: 23 October 2023]
| Academic Year: | 2023/24 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Credits: | 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 200 |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
| Period: |
- Semester 1
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| Assessment Summary: | CWES 50%, CWSG 25%, CWSI 25% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- MCQ (CWSI 25%)
- Set exercises (CWSG 25%)
- Individual essay (CWES 50%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
- Explain what a project is.
- Describe the importance of project and change management.
- Apply the tools of project and change management to a given project, using an appropriate lifecycle approach.
- Outline alternate models of project management.
- Assess the application of project or change management theories into practice.
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| Synopsis: | Develop your skills in managing projects in engineering and technology organisations, including those that involve organisational change. You will enhance your appreciation of how project management fits into a wider context including strategic management, contemporary engineering practice and organisational factors.
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| Content: | Models of project and change management.
Strategic context.
Project lifecycle and stages.
Time and cost estimation; Critical path methods; probability assessment.
Uncertainty & Risk Management.
Project Monitoring and Control.
Managers, Leaders and Teams.
Organisational Change Management.
Stakeholder and Communications.
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| Course availability: |
ME52052 is Compulsory on the following courses:
Department of Mechanical Engineering
School of Management
- TMMN-AFM68 : MSc Innovation and Technology Management
ME52052 is Optional on the following courses:
Department of Chemistry
- USCH-AFM07 : MSci(Hons) Chemistry with Management (Year 4)
- USCH-AKM07 : MSci(Hons) Chemistry with Management with Industrial Placement (Year 5)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2023/24 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2024/25 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2023/24.
- Courses and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
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