Syllabus

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The students will have both theoretical and practical knowledge of consulting and project management. The students learn how to work on a real world assignment and how to manage a small consulting project and present the project results to clients.

Credits: 6

Schedule: 21.10.2024 - 28.11.2024

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Matti Rossi

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Roughly 50 % of the lectures deal with issues in project management and 50 % about consulting. The project management part deals with advanced issues of project work.
  The students are expected to actively participate in classes and assignments during the course. All the assignments will be done in groups. 

• applies in this implementation

  Contents of the course: 

  1. Introduction to project management 

  2. Project selection and initiation 

  3. Project planning 

  4. Executing and controlling projects 

  5. Project quality and risk management 

  6. Introduction to consulting practice 

  7. Problem solving process  

  8. Management and consulting ethics 

  9. Expectation management and disaster recovery 

  10. Special consulting topics  

  
  

Assessment Methods and Criteria

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  The course evaluation is based on a group case assigmnent and learning diaries.
  
  

• applies in this implementation

  The assignment is a combined project management and consulting assignment. Project management assignments include a project plan, consulting assignment report and a self-analysis of the project. The assignment is to be returned by 31.11.2024 at midnight via MyCourses. 

  The learning diary consists of weekly 1-3 page reflections on what has been learned last week. There will be no learning diary for the first week. The diary must be returned by 18:00 on each Friday during the course. The learning diary entries should contain: 

  • Key issues for the week 

  • Reflections on learning that week 

  • The progress of your project that week 

  • The issues with your project and group work that week 

  
  

Workload

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Lectures and mandatory exercises.

• applies in this implementation

  Classroom hours	24 h
  Class preparation	6 h
  Assignments	100 h
  Independent study	20 h
  Learning diary	10 h
  Total	160 h (6 op)

  
  

  
  

DETAILS

Study Material

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Materials on the course home pages in MyCourses.

Substitutes for Courses

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Substitutes for Courses

Prerequisites

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Prerequisites

SDG: Sustainable Development Goals

4 Quality Education

8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Teaching Language: English

  Teaching Period: 2024-2025 Autumn II
  2025-2026 Autumn II

Details on the schedule

• applies in this implementation

  
  
  
  

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