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Study Course Description

Project Managment

Main Study Course Information

Course Code
SVUEK_030
Branch of Science
-
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Medicine; Public Health
LQF
Level 7
Study Type And Form
Full-Time

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor
Structure Unit Manager
Structural Unit
Institute of Public Health
Contacts

Riga, 9 Kronvalda boulevard, svek@rsu.lv, +371 67338307

About Study Course

Objective

To develop an understanding of project management, techniques, methods, tools, project structure, planning and implementation.

Preliminary Knowledge

Management, economics, accounting, business, basics of law

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.The student will be able to: define the project planning stages and describe the activities to be performed within them; to present the theoretical assumptions related to the project planning and implementation; describe projects according to their characteristics and classify project types.

Skills

1.The student will be able to: independently choose the project topic; identify the problem; to perform the analysis of the problem situation and substantiate the problem with arguments; to construct a project structure corresponding to the problem; to plan the activities included in the project; calculate project costs; to list the possible risks for the implementation of the project and to describe the methods for their prevention.

Competences

1.Purposefully link project management with public health and health care by developing realistic project applications for particular needs.

Assessment

Individual work

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.

Individual work

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Independently evaluated the situation in a specific health area to identify the project topic and justify its necessity. Independently created, submitted and presented to the audience project application.

Examination

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.

Examination

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Regular participation in classes and completion of tasks in group work; created and presented project application, written exam at the end of the course.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME
Part 1
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
4

Topics

Project idea identification – pre-project situation research. SWOT analysis.
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
1

Topics

The concept of the project, the essence of project management and the description of the project life cycle. Concepts and definitions. Project life cycle options.
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
1

Topics

Identification of the project idea – situation research, preparation of the project justification.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
4

Topics

Project stakeholder analysis. Compiling a matrix.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
4

Topics

Project results planning. Horizontal priority planning, publicity.
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
1

Topics

Choice of project strategy. Project problems and project goal setting.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
4

Topics

Project development organization. Conditions for project content, horizontal priorities, sustainability, multiplier effect. Project activity planning, alternative possibilities. Project risks. Risk management. Project quality planning.
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
1

Topics

Basic principles of project development and main tasks to be performed.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Auditorium
4

Topics

Planning of material and human resources necessary for the implementation of activities. Development of project progress plan. Boundaries. Internal control planning. Project cost calculation. Budgeting. Completion and design of the project application form. Test. Defense / presentation of the prepared project application.
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
24 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

Uzulāns J.: Projektu vadība. Rīga, Jumava, 2004. (akceptējams izdevums)

2.

Forands I.: Projekta menedžments. Rīga, Latvijas izglītības fonds, 2006 (akceptējams izdevums)

3.

Kerzner, H.: Project Management. A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling and Controlling, 10th ed. New York, 2017.

4.

Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students:

5.

Kerzner, H.: Project Management. A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling and Controlling, 10th ed. New York, 2017.

Additional Reading

1.

Meredith, Jack R., Mantel, Samuel J.: Project Management. A Managerial Approach, John Wiley&Sons, Inc., 2012.

2.

Heerkens Gary: Project Management (The Briefcase Book Series) McGraw-Hill, 2013

3.

Lewis James: Fundamentals of Project Management, 3rd ed., American Management Association, 2006

4.

Project Management Institute: A Guide to the Project Management Body Of Knowledge, 6th ed., Project Management Institute, 2021

5.

Starting Out in Project Management, EDITION 3, Association for Project Management, 2018 EBOOK PUB DATE

Other Information Sources

1.

Ilmete, Ž.: Projektu vadīšanas nacionālās kompetences vadlīnijas/ Latvijas Nacionālā projektu vadīšanas asociācija, Rīga, 2004.