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ME50399: Project and change management in a rapidly evolving sector

[Page last updated: 09 August 2024]

Academic Year: 2024/25
Owning Department/School: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Credits: 5 [equivalent to 10 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 100
Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Period:
Semester 2
Assessment Summary: CWRI 100%
Assessment Detail:
  • Essay: Project and Change Management Report (CWRI 100%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Learning Outcomes: On completion of this unit, you will be able to:
1. Recognise local and global factors which drive change
2. Define the importance of project and change management
3. Apply and adapt the tools of project and change management to a given project, using an appropriate lifecycle approach
4. Outline alternate models of project management
5. Conduct research into an aspect of project and change management linking theory and practice
6. Apply and adapt concepts, models and tools to project management scenarios.


Synopsis: Advance your knowledge of the project management skills that influence industrial competitiveness.
You will review the role of project management in a wider context including strategic management, contemporary engineering practice and organisational factors.
You will investigate project management in automotive technology organisations, including projects that involve local and global infrastructures.

Content:
* Models of project and change management
* Project lifecycle and stages
* Uncertainty & risk management
* Ethics, diversity, and compassion
* Project monitoring and control
* Managers, leaders and teams
* Organisational change management.

Course availability:

ME50399 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:

Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • TEME-AFM35 : MSc Automotive Engineering with Business Management
  • TEME-AFM37 : MSc Automotive Technology with Business Management

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