Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Development and Evaluation of Social Projects
Course Code
MRU_017
Target Audience
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ECTS
6.00
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
LQF
Level 7
RSU Unit
Course Supervisor
Irēna Komarova
Structural Unit
Department of Rehabilitation
Structure Unit Manager
Liāna Deklava
Study Course Implementer
Partner Organisation
Mykolas Romeris universitāte
Partner Course Implementer
Daiva Penkauskienė
Partnership Liaison Person
Daiva Penkauskienė
About Study Course
Objective
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Preliminary Knowledge
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Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Will be able to initiate, prepare and implement social projects that will develop personal strengths, professional growth and a sustainable community.
Skills
1.Will be able to be culturally responsible in working with social target groups, diverse by race, socioeconomic, ethnic affiliation; will develop social and cultural communication competences in working with children and young people; will promote interprofessional cooperation in a democratic way in communication and decision-making; will share knowledge and skills with social service providers in the process of developing social services in work with children and young people, which is focused on the use of holistic approaches.
Competences
1.Students will learn to assess the relevance of projects at different levels - personal and communal, organizational and corporate, national and international, cultural and global contexts.
Assessment
Individual work
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Title
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% from total grade
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Grade
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1.
Individual work |
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Case study, social project development.
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Examination
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Title
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% from total grade
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Grade
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1.
Examination |
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-
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Individually prepared social project grounded in the multicultural context and problems
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2.
Examination |
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Case study, social project development.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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Off site
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E-Studies platform
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2
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Topics
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Concept of social projects and management of social projects
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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Off site
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E-Studies platform
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2
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Topics
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Concept of social projects and management of social projects
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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Off site
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E-Studies platform
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2
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Topics
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Project life cycle. Initiation of a project. Analysis of a context and needs
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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Off site
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E-Studies platform
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2
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Topics
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Project life cycle. Initiation of a project. Analysis of a context and needs
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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Off site
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E-Studies platform
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2
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Topics
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Planning and preparation of social projects. Project
manager, team and stakeholders. Logical framework
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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Off site
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E-Studies platform
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2
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Topics
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Planning and preparation of social projects. Project
manager, team and stakeholders. Logical framework
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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Off site
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E-Studies platform
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2
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Topics
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Implementation of social
projects. Monitoring and risk
management
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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Off site
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E-Studies platform
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2
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Topics
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Implementation of social
projects. Monitoring and risk
management
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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Off site
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E-Studies platform
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2
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Topics
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End and closure of social projects
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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Off site
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E-Studies platform
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2
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Topics
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End and closure of social projects
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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Off site
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E-Studies platform
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2
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Topics
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Types of project evaluation:
internal and external
evaluation. The process of
project evaluation
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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Off site
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E-Studies platform
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2
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Topics
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Types of project evaluation:
internal and external
evaluation. The process of
project evaluation
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
6.00
Contact hours:
24 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Kuster, J., Huber, E., Lippmann, R., Schmid, A., Schneider, E., Witschi, U., Wüst, R. (2015). Project Management Handbook. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
2.
Madsen, S. (2019). The power of project leadership: 7 keys to help you transform from project manager to project leader (2nd ed.). London: Kogan Page
3.
Pinto, J. K. (2020). Project management: Achieving competitive advantage (5th ed., Global ed.). Harlow: Pearson Education Limited
4.
Wysocki, Robert K. (2019). Effective project management: Traditional, agile, extreme, hybrid (8th ed.). Indianapolis, Ind.: Wiley.
5.
Zwikael, O., Smyrk, J. R. (2019). Project management. A Benefit Realisation Approach. Springer International Publishing.