Degree | Type | Year |
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2502501 Prevention and Integral Safety and Security | OB | 3 |
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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.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Videoconference with the active participation of the students | 16 | 0.64 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 |
Type: Supervised | |||
RESOLUTION OF DOUBTS ON SUBJECT AND PRACTICES | 24 | 0.96 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Personal study, reading articles and continous evaluation tests | 110 | 4.4 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
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 | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Continuous evaluation tests | 50% | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 |
Written test | 50% | 0 | 0 | 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12 |
CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT
There will be four PECs corresponding to the topics studied in the course. This PECs have a weight of 50% of the final grade of the course. The remaining 50% corresponds to the theoretical exam.
The exam averages with the continuous evaluation subject to the condition of passing the exam (minimum mark 5).
The total weighted average must be 5 points or higher in order to pass.
SINGLE EVALUATION
Students who opt for the single evaluation will take a final synthesis test of all the content of the course (50%) and will hand in a work related to the PECs (50%).
The date for this test and the delivery of the work of the subject will be the same scheduled in the timetable for the last continuous evaluation exam.
The same recovery system will be applied as for the continuous evaluation.
EVALUATION OF THE STUDENTS IN SECOND OR MORE SUMMONS
Students who repeat the course will have to take the scheduled tests and exams and hand in the course work on the dates indicated in the Moodle classroom.
SECOND CHANCE EXAMINATION
The student who does not pass the course, who does not reach 5 (total) out of 10, according to the criteria established in the two previous sections may take a final exam provided that the student has been evaluated in a set of activities, the weight of which is equivalent to a minimum of two thirds of the total grade of the course. If the student has not been evaluated of these two thirds because he/she has not taken the tests, he/she will obtain a grade of Not Presented, without the possibility of taking the final exam.
In this exam the whole of the contents of the subject that have not been passed in the continuous evaluation will be re-evaluated.
In the case of passing the final exam, the course will be approved with a maximum of 5, regardless of the grade obtained in the exam.
CHANGE OF DATE OF A TEST OR EXAMINATION
Students who need to change an evaluation date must submit the request by filling out the document that can be found in the EPSI Tutoring Moodle space.
Once the document has been filled in, it must be sent to the professor of the subject and to the coordination of the Degree.
REVIEW
At the time of each evaluation activity, the faculty will inform the students of the grade review mechanisms.
For single evaluation students, the review process will be the same.
PLAGIARISM
If during the correction there are indications that an activity or work has been carried out with answers assisted by artificial intelligence, the teacher may complement the activity with a personal interview to corroborate the authorship of the text.
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Without prejudice to other disciplinary measures deemed appropriate, and in accordance with current academic regulations, "in the event that the student performs any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade of an act of evaluation, this act of evaluation will be graded with a 0, regardless of the disciplinary process that may be instigated. in the event that several irregularities occur in the acts of evaluation of the same subject, the final grade of this subject will be 0 ".
If during the correction there are indications that an activity or work has been done with answers assisted by artificial intelligence, the teacher may supplement the activity with a personal interview to corroborate the authorship of the text.
If there are unforeseen circumstances that prevent the normal development of the course, the teacher may modify both the methodology and the evaluation of the course.
BASIC BIBLIOGRAPHY
Baca Urbina, Gabriel. Evaluación de proyectos. 2013, 7ª edición. México: Mcgraw-Hill. Enlace Bibliotecas UAB: https://bibcercador.uab.cat/permalink/34CSUC_UAB/1eqfv2p/alma991005497599706709
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 Strategic Design and Implementations. Mcgraw-Hill, 1998.
Cleland, David. Field Guide to Project Management, Second Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2004. Enlace al texto completo: https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.are.uab.cat/doi/book/10.1002/9780470172346
Harvard Business Review (Ed.). (2017). Guías HBR: Gestión de proyectos. Brighton, MA: Harvard Business Publishing. Enlace Bibliotecas UAB: https://csuc-uab.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/34CSUC_UAB/16inrgf/alma991000023889706709
Klastorin, Ted. Gestión de proyectos. Barcelona: Profit Editorial, 2010. Enlace Bibliotecas UAB: https://bibcercador.uab.cat/permalink/34CSUC_UAB/1eqfv2p/alma991006765469706709
Project Management Institute. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge. PMBOK Guide (2017). Enlace Bibliotecas UAB: https://bibcercador.uab.cat/permalink/34CSUC_UAB/1c3utr0/cdi_skillsoft_books24x7_bks000132589
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. Enlace Bibliotecas UAB: https://bibcercador.uab.cat/permalink/34CSUC_UAB/1c3utr0/cdi_crossref_primary_10_1108_01437730510624638
Chowdhury, Subir y otros. Management Siglo XXI. Madrid: Pearson Educación, 2000. Enlace Bibliotecas UAB: https://bibcercador.uab.cat/permalink/34CSUC_UAB/1eqfv2p/alma991008455019706709
Gennett, Dona M. ¡Delega!: Un modelo para crear equipos de alto rendimiento. Madrid. Empresa Activa: 2005.
Kotter, John P. Al frente del cambio: la hoja de ruta del experto mundial en liderazgo del cambio. Madrid: Ediciones Urano. Empresa Activa, 2007.
Maxwell, John C. Las 17 Leyes Incuestionables del Trabajo en Equipo. Grupo Nelson, HarperCollins: 2003.
Vroom, Victor H. Work and motivation. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1964. Enlace Bibliotecas UAB: https://bibcercador.uab.cat/permalink/34CSUC_UAB/1eqfv2p/alma991007237759706709
RECOMMENDED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Escotto, Jorge., Santiago Pedrosa, José. El genio director de proyectos. 2017: Createspace.
Heldman, Kim. Project Management Jump Start. US: Wiley, 2018. Enlace Bibliotecas UAB: https://bibcercador.uab.cat/permalink/34CSUC_UAB/avjcib/alma991010351977706709
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
Furr, N., Kyle, N., y Thomas Zoega Ramsoy. Leading Transformation. Boston, Massachusetts: Harvard Business Review Press, 2018. Enlace Bibliotecas UAB: https://csuc-uab.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/34CSUC_UAB/16inrgf/alma991000023889706709
Ibarra, H. Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader. Boston, Massachusetts. Harvard Business Review: 2015. Enlace Bibliotecas UAB: https://bibcercador.uab.cat/permalink/34CSUC_UAB/1eqfv2p/alma991010432728606709
Koont, H. y Heinz Weihrich. Administración: una perspectiva global. 12ª edición. México: Mcgraw-Hill, 2004. Enlace Bibliotecas UAB: https://bibcercador.uab.cat/permalink/34CSUC_UAB/avjcib/alma991003634439706709
Maslow, Abraham H. Motivación y personalidad. España: Díaz de Santos, 1991.
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. Enlace Bibliotecas UAB: https://bibcercador.uab.cat/permalink/34CSUC_UAB/1c3utr0/cdi_proquest_journals_197138642
Nadler, D. A., y Lawlee, E. “Motivation: A diagnostic approach”. Perspectives on organizational behavior (pp. 67-78). New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983.
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Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
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(TE) Theory | 1 | Spanish | second semester | afternoon |