Postgraduate Course: Project Management Theory and Practice (Distance Learning) (ARHW11032)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 15 |
| Home subject area | Architecture - Heriot-Watt University |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Construction project management concepts, standards and services, organisational structures for the delivery of project management services, management strategies for clients and stakeholder briefing, issues related to the management of the construction project design process, and budget setting. Tools and techniques available for construction project planning and control of costs, time, risk and quality. Consideration of issues related to TQM and health and safety. Teamwork and leadership roles. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Flexible, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: 1 |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
05/08/2013 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. To provide the student with an understanding of the concepts and practices of construction project management used to provide value added services to clients. The course develops understanding of the issues related to the management of construction clients and other project stakeholders and how their needs can be co-ordinated, managed and delivered from the project¿s design stage through production to occupation and maintenance within the context of client satisfaction and the overarching construction project constraints of time, cost, quality sustainability, health and safety management.
2. Use the relevant construction project management practice standards and bodies of knowledge as detailed in the BS6079, ISO 140001, RICS,
CIOB, APM and PMI BoK to determine appropriate PM services
Understand client and other construction project stakeholders needs & their translation into project success criteria
Understand the key concepts involved in setting up construction project organisational structures so as to promote effective communications between construction project participants
Develop an understanding of the applicability of tools and techniques used to manage the process of project production and control within the key project constraints of time, cost and quality
Develop a knowledge of TQM approaches to construction project management & related health and safety
Develop an ability to work in teams and an understanding of leadership on the processes involved in the production of the built environment.
3. At the end of this Course the learner will be able to
Apply strategies for appropriate selection of relevant information from a wide source and large body of knowledge
Analyse and interpret practice problems to develop creative solutions. |
Assessment Information
50% Examination
50% Coursework |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Remo Pedreschi
Tel: (0131 6)50 2301
Email: R.Pedreschi@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Daniel Emmerson
Tel: 0131 651 5738
Email: daniel.emmerson@ed.ac.uk |
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