Project Seminar "Management Practices in Business"

2025/2026

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

Кто читает:

Департамент организационного развития

Статус:

Курс обязательный

Когда читается:

1-й курс, 1, 2 модуль

Преподаватель

Голубева Анна Романовна

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The project seminar has a practical orientation. During this seminar, the knowledge and skills acquired by students in the field of management, financial management and marketing are applied. As part of the seminar, students learn the basics of organizing and conducting a management project, key practical methodologies and tools used in managment. During the practical part of the seminar, students form small project groups (5-7 people each), where they solve the tasks

Learning Objectives

• The aim of the research seminar «Managing international projects» is mastering competences in the field of modern project management tools and enhancing competence in international project management

Expected Learning Outcomes

• knows the stages of planning academic and consulting projects
• Apply tools and management practices in education, culture and tourism project realization
• Apply tools and management practices in the sphere of product management, user experience research and market analysis
• Able to analyze the specific of North American region for doing business
• Apply tools and management practices in the sphere of product management, user experience research and market analysis
• Define the key characteristics of a project and distinguish it from routine operations in a business context.
• Identify the core responsibilities and competencies of a project manager and explain their role in project success.
• Describe the main phases of the project lifecycle and illustrate how project objectives evolve across each phase.
• Compare major project management methodologies
• Identify the roles within a cross-functional product team and demonstrate effective team structuring for collaboration.

Course Contents

• Fundamentals of Projects and the Role of the Project Manager
• The Project Lifecycle
• Project Management Methodologies and Frameworks
• Product Team Management

Assessment Elements

• In-Class Activity
  In-Class Activity (Participation, Discussions, Case Studies, Exercises). Active participation in class through engagement in discussions, group activities, case analyses, simulations, and feedback sessions. Students are expected to contribute meaningfully and demonstrate preparation. Classroom assessment consists of two components: attendance and in-class activity.
• Group Project
  Each group will select or be assigned a real-world business project. The objective is to conduct a structured analysis of the project using relevant concepts and frameworks from the course. Based on this analysis, a practical and actionable plan should be developed, outlining how the project could be improved or more effectively implemented in the future. The findings and recommendations will be submitted in a concise written report and presented through a brief group presentation.

Interim Assessment

• 2025/2026 2nd module
  0.7 * Group Project + 0.15 * In-Class Activity + 0.15 * In-Class Activity

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Harvard Business Review Press. (2013). HBR Guide to Project Management (HBR Guide Series). Harvard Business Review Press.
• Jürg Kuster, Eugen Huber, Robert Lippmann, Alphons Schmid, Emil Schneider, Urs Witschi, & Roger Wüst. (2015). Project Management Handbook. Springer.
• McLaughlin, D. G. C., & Kennedy, D. W. R. (2016). Innovation Project Management Handbook. Portland: Productivity Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1499807
• Project Management Institute. (2021). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Seventh Edition and The Standard for Project Management (ENGLISH): Vol. Seventh edition. Project Management Institute.
• Wells, K. N., & Kloppenborg, T. J. (2019). Project Management Essentials, Second Edition (Vol. Second edition). New York, NY: Business Expert Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1918577

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• 9781628254587 - Trilling, Bernie; Ginevri, Walter - Project Management for Education : The Bridge to 21st Century Learning - 2017 - Project Management Institute - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1703504 - nlebk - 1703504
• Dragan Z. Milosevic, Peerasit Patanakul, & Sabin Srivannaboon. (2010). Case Studies in Project, Program, and Organizational Project Management. Wiley.
• Kerzner, H. (2013). Project Management Case Studies (Vol. Fourth edition). Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=522942
• Levin, D. G. (2008). Global project management: Communication, collaboration and management across borders. Project Management Journal, 39(4), 115. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmj.20085
• Marcus Gonclaves. (2010). Fundamentals of Agile Project Management: An Overview. American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
• Shankar S., Muller R., Drouin N. Cambridge Handbook of Organizational Project Management, 2017. Режим доступа: http://library.books24x7.com/bookshelf.asp

Authors

• Butriumova Nadezhda Nikolaevna
• Белохлебова Наталья Александровна