PrintBusiness Administration - Project Management Course Descriptions
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Core Courses
570-825/424 Business Foundations
The course will examine material related to the development of one’s understanding of key factors, and functional areas, typically found in a business. These functional areas include finance, personnel, marketing, operations and general management. The environment in which most Canadian businesses operate will also be examined including, the economic, legislative, technological and social contexts. The integration of the topics and concepts provide a framework that aids the students’ understanding of the relationships between the functional factors of a business, with an emphasis placed the application of this understanding to current situations and case studies. (3 units)
Course Number: 570-825 (In-class) or 570-424 (Online)
570-819/419 Introduction to Marketing (3 units)
Marketing impacts every aspect of our lives. Where we shop, what we buy, how we eat, what we drive and even where we live. Marketing 570-819/419 is a survey course that introduces learners to the basic concepts of marketing, viewed within a corporate framework. Topics include the development of new products, identifying market segments and targeting consumer groups, pricing strategies, brand equity, distribution channel and promotional activities. (3 units)
Course Number: 570-819 (In-class) or 570-419 (Online)
Business Finance & Accounting
This course is designed to provide an introduction to the concepts, language and uses of financial and management accounting in business. The course will cover: business financial statements, including basic accounting concepts, financial statements, financial statement analysis, and sources of finance; and business control emphasizing elementary financial management, cost and budgetary control systems, capital budgeting, profit planning and current developments in accounting. (3 units)
Course Number: 570-817 (In-class) or 570-440 (Online)
Organizational Behaviour
The objective of this course is to provide a conceptual and empirical understanding of the structure and function of human behaviour in organizations. Students will study the behavioural influences which affect productivity, organizational effectiveness and efficiency. Topics to be discussed include perception, job and organizational design, decision-making and leadership. Individual and group exercises and the analysis of case material will be used to enhance a practical understanding of theoretical concepts. (3 units)
Course Number: 570-821 (In-class) or 570-421 (Online)
Business Communications
The course focuses on the knowledge and skills associated with clearly receiving, transmitting and communicating information within the business environment. Using communication theory and practical application, students will develop effective writing, speaking, and presentation skills required to convey a business’ communication strategy. Issues such as diversity, ethics and technology will be discussed within the context of business communication. Independent and group work activities will be incorporated to the learning environment in order to apply the students’ communication skills and knowledge to topics of teamwork, customer relations and leadership. (3 units)
Course Number: 570-850 (In-class) or 570-450 (Online)
Project Management Electives
The Project Management concentration courses can be completed through McMaster University or Global Knowledge. Please visit each program’s website for more course details and to register.
Upon completion of either program, students will receive 9 units of elective credit which will fulfill the Project Management concentration requirement.
McMaster Program
Module 1 – Project Management Fundamentals
This course will teach you how to manage effectively all phases of a project. You will learn the project management framework of initiation, planning, execution, control, and formal closing, and discover what it takes to ensure project success. In this skills-building module, you’ll focus on practical tools and techniques as you spend 75% of the course working on a project—from initiation to close. (18 hours of blended study)
Module 2 – Project Leadership and Communication
Managing a successful project involves more than schedules, templates and paperwork—it requires the application of strong interpersonal management skills to work effectively with people in a variety of roles. The skills you’ll learn in this course will enable you to apply effective leadership strategies, improve your interpersonal communication, become more influential, help guide your staff through change, deal with conflict and practice ethical principles during the entire project management process. With the aid of the hands-on case study exercises, you’ll learn to create a motivating team atmosphere and ultimately manage your project successfully. (21 hours of study)
Module 3 – Scheduling and Cost Control
Learn the skills you need to effectively establish and manage a realistic schedule and detailed budget. Through hands-on exercises, you’ll learn to develop a work breakdown schedule, grasp diagramming techniques, identify task relationships, determine the critical path, employ estimating techniques, and analyze resource utilization. Once the project schedule is complete, you’ll create a budget that includes all direct and indirect costs associated with the project. Learn the importance of base lining project schedules and budgets to make reporting and tracking progress easier. Understand how to use earned value analysis and other reporting techniques to ensure your project progress is clearly identified and communicated to stakeholders. Create schedule and cost management plans, and control changes through an integrated change management process. You’ll learn to use a variety of tools that will ensure that your project is delivered on time and within budget. (28 hours of study)
Module 4 – Risk Management
Why be reactive, when you can be proactive? If you are tired of having to pull your team off critical path activities to deal with the crisis of the day, effective risk management is the solution. Risk management, as an integrated component of successful project management, allows you to understand the uncertainty that is part of all project work and plan how to manage effectively that uncertainty. Go from leading your team through crisis after crisis, to effectively planning so you and your team can easily handle any surprise that might arise. Without risk management, projects are subject to surprising, sometimes devastating, events. (21 hours of study)
Module 5 – Contract Management Principles and Practices
This course will teach you how to manage effectively all aspects of project procurement. You'll discover the terms, techniques and tools of how to convert project needs into outsourced goods and services. In this skills-building course, you will spend 70% of class time working on contracting activities from requirements documentation through to contract closure. Exercises include the development of a procurement strategy, contract selection, revising and updating Statements of Work, risk management, negotiated claims settlement and collection of lessons learned. (21 hours of study)
Module 6 – Quality and Project Management
In this course, you will learn how to develop or improve the quality programs at your workplace. You will use systems thinking to plan quality into your project, prioritize requirements to meet customers’ quality needs, select quality assurance and quality control activities that are tailor-fit to your project, and use quality management processes, tools, and metrics to increase the likelihood of project success. You will use a Quality Management Plan to document and structure a thoughtful approach to project quality management. You will gain insight into applying quality planning, quality assurance, and quality control to real-world projects. (21 hours of study)
Global Knowledge Program
The Global Knowledge program offers numerous courses to choose from - please visit the Global Knowledge website for a listing of courses.