Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2502501 Prevention and Integral Safety and Security | OB | 3 | 2 |
There are no special requirements to take this course.
BLOCK 1 - PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Topic 1. Project direction and orientation
Definition of Project. Determinants of success and the failure of projects. The difficult decisions: previous steps. The life cycle of the projects. Selection and orientation strategies.
Topic 2. The decision to start a project
Elements of project analysis. Methodology of projects analysis: quantitative and classification methods. The portfolio perspective. An alternative perspective: The Game Theory applied to projects analysis and selection.
Topic 3. Planning the project
The previous planning: the Project Charter. The Budget and the Schedule. Risk Management. Communication Plan. Quality Assessment. Project delivery and closing.
Topic 4. Project execution and control
Main challenges. The Agile meethods for execution. Change management. Monitoring and control.
BLOCK 2 - TEAM MANAGEMENT
Topic 5. Team Leadership
Definition of leadership in project management. Theories about leadership. Contemporary perspectives on leadership.
Topic 6. Team Motivation
Motivation as a process. Understanding human needs. Theories about motivation. Managing expectations.
Topic 7. Change management
The need for change in modern organizations. The process of change. The main challenge for change: managing resistance. Vision and direction of the change. Leadership to change.
Topic 9. High performance teams
Introduction to group and team concepts. The process of transforming groups into teams. The integration of effective teams. Responsibility and Delegation.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Videoconference with the active participation of the students | 6 | 0.24 | 2, 4 |
Type: Supervised | |||
RESOLUTION OF DOUBTS ON SUBJECT AND PRACTICES | 24 | 0.96 | 1, 2, 5, 3, 4, 7, 6 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Personal study, reading articles and continous evaluation tests | 120 | 4.8 | 1, 2, 5, 3, 4, 7, 6 |
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Continuous evaluation tests I and II | 50% | 0 | 0 | 2, 5, 3, 4, 7, 6 |
Participation in the forums | 10% | 0 | 0 | 1, 3, 6 |
Written test | 40% | 0 | 0 | 2, 4, 7 |
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Baca Urbina, Gabriel. Evaluación de proyectos. 2001. México: Mcgraw-Hill.
Brojt, David. Project Management: un enfoque de liderazgo y ejecución de proyectos en la empresa para aplicar el lunes por la mañana. Buenos Aires: Granica, 2013.
Cleland, David. Project Management Strateig Design and Implementation. Mcgraw-Hill, 1990.
Escotto, Jorge., Santiago Pedrosa, José. El genio director de proyectos. 2017: Createspace.
Harvard Business Review (Ed.). (2017). Guías HBR: Gestión de proyectos. Brighton, MA: Harvard Business Publishing.
Heldman, Kim. Project Management Jump Start. US: Wiley, 2018
Klastorin, Ted. Gestión de proyectos. Barcelona: Profit Editorial, 2010.
Project Management Institute. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge. PMBOK Guide (2017).
Raftery, J. Risk Analysis in Project Management. Taylor & Francis, 2003.
Toppenberg, G. “Game Theory and Project Management” (20 de enero de 2020). Silicon Valley Project Management: disponible en https://svprojectmanagement.com/game-theory-project-management
TEAM MANAGEMENT
Burke, R. J. y Cooper, C. Leading in turbulent times. Oxford: Blackwell, 2006.
Cameron, E., y Mike Green. Making sense of change management. London: Kogan Page, 2019.
Chowdhury, Subir y otros. Management Siglo XXI. Madrid: Pearson Educación, 2000.
Furr, N., Kyle, N., y Thomas Zoega Ramsoy. Leading Transformation. Boston, Massachusetts: Harvard Business Review Press, 2018.
Gennett, Dona M. ¡Delega!: Un modelo para crear equipos de alto rendimiento. Madrid. Empresa Activa: 2005.
Ibarra, H. Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader. Boston, Massachusetts. Harvard Business Review: 2015.
Koont, H. y Heinz Weihrich. Administración: una perspectiva global. 12ª edición. México: Mcgraw-Hill, 2003.
Kotter, John P. Al frente del cambio: la hoja de ruta del experto mundial en liderazgo del cambio. Madrid: Ediciones Urano. Empresa Activa, 2007.
Maslow, Abraham H. Motivación y personalidad. España: Díaz de Santos, 1991.
Maxwell, John C. Las 17 Leyes Incuestionables del Trabajo en Equipo. Grupo Nelson, HarperCollins: 2003.
Morgeson, Frederick, Scott de Rue, D., y Karam, Elizabeth P. Leadership in Teams: A Functional Approach to Understanding Leadership Structures and Processes. Journal of Management, vol. 36, núm. 1 (January 2010): 5-39.
Nadler, D. A., y Lawlee, E. “Motivation: A diagnostic approach”. Perspectives on organizational behavior (pp. 67-78). New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983.
Vroom, Victor H. Work and motivation. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1964.
Microsoft Office, OpenOffice or similar.