TEIO50 Industrial Project Management, 6 ECTS-points
/Industriell projektledning/

Advancement level:
D

Aim:
The purpose of the course is to provide a fundamental understanding of industrial project management in its various applications: product development, plant engineering and project sales, civil engineering and infrastructural projects. A key issue is the interaction between a company's projects and its line organization, and in what ways this interaction sustains or impedes long-term organizational learning.

Prerequisites:
TEIO 33 or TEIO 35 Industrial Management Either TEIO 38 Structuring of Organizations or TEIO 39 Leadership and Organizational Change

Course organization:
A basic structure of lectures and seminars presents basic concepts illustrated by various case studies and invited guest speakers. In a parallel activity, groups of students study, analyze and report on selected real-life industrial projects. The course literature has two basic part: one is common for all participants, the other is related to and dependent on the live projects studied by a particular class. This design means that students partially control the choice of literature themselves.

Course content:
1. Various types of industrial projects - from product development to construction. The importance of the project environment, the object and the professions. What is a "a successful project"? 2. The ABC of project management. Basic concepts, project finance, planning and administration. 3. Management and leadership in industrial projects. The various roles of the project team; project planning and control. Field study. 4. Industrial management and project management: permanent versus temporary organizations. The specificity of the project form: Task, time, team and threat. 5. From project to line organization. Feedback and organizational learning.

Course literature:
First part of the course Meredith, J. & Mantel,S. 1992. Project management - a managerial approach. Engwall, M. 1994. Jakten p‘ det effektiva projektet. Sehlin, G., 1985, Praktisk projektledning Clark, K.B, & S.C. Wheelwright,1994, The product development Second part of the course: Thematic literature is to be chosen

TEN1Examination of course literature., 4 p.
PRA1Report on field studies. , 0 p.
UPG1Case studies, 0 p.
Course language is Swedish.