Postgraduate Course: Managing Projects in a multi agency environment (NUST11072)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Health in Social Science |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Nursing Studies |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
Project management and leadership skills are key requisites for effective contributions to service improvement. Organisational change initiatives are not always appropriately defined and resourced, and the ongoing monitoring needed to check if the work is delivering the desired outcomes, is not always in place. Individual projects are not always aligned to organisational strategy. Project management is an approach to structuring and managing change initiatives to ensure they deliver appropriate results in proportion to the aims set and resources put in place. It is a way for project staff to define boundaries and responsibilities so that these can be negotiated in situations of conflict or lack of clear expectations. This course will help students to critically appraise the contribution of individual projects to wider organisational change and provide critical insights into the management of change processes, including leading or participating in project teams, planning tools and techniques.
Students will be able to apply their learning from the previous courses 1 and 2 in the running of change management projects. The course will also help them further develop project management skills and provide a critical insight into the management of change processes, including leading or participating in project teams, planning tools and techniques, and the highlights in guiding projects through their start-up, middle and end.
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Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Full Year, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course the students should be able to:
- Understand the processes by which projects are
defined, planned, monitored, controlled, and
implemented
- Understand the use of information to scope,
monitor and evaluate projects
- Appreciate the cultural aspects that may
influence, drive or motivate a project and
understand the leadership skills that are needed
in a lead or team member
- Understand the issues associated with co-
ordinating complex service development projects to
align with organisational strategy
- Evaluate why projects fail and how to review
lessons that can be learnt
- Critically digest, analyse and synthesise a wide
range of literature pertaining to the planning and
implementing of a service improvement project in
multi-agency environments
- Confidently lead, plan, organise and document a
project by using tools that add value to the
management process
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Assessment Information
| An essay of 4000 words. Students present a service improvement project from their workplace and critically reflect on that project with reference to the course material. |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Guro Huby
Tel: (0131 6)51 1425
Email: Guro.Huby@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Lorna Sheal
Tel: (0131 6)50 3890
Email: L.Sheal@ed.ac.uk |
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