EXPORT-ORIENTED MANAGEMENT - IMC Fachhochschule Krems

� Appraise the essence of how to schedule and manage a project (debate the key
success factors)
Prerequisites / Level
None
Course Description
The following issues will be dealt with:
� basic project management concepts and methods
� turnkey contracts
� project controlling
� risk management
� crisis management
� joint ventures
� payments and penalties
� project completion
� benefits and limitations of project management
� use of project management software
� basics of process management
� continuous improvement processes
� business process reengineering
� benchmarking
� roles in process management
Literature
Lecturer hand-outs.
The references in the lecture will mostly refer to:
Lewis J., Fundamentals of Project Management, 3rd. ed., 2007, AMACOM, New York,
ISBN: 978-0-8144-0879-7 and
Field M. and Keller L., Project Management, 1998, The Open University/Thomson
Learning, ISBN: 1-86152-274-0 (latest reprinted 2007)
Project Management for the 21st century. 2nd edition, B. Lienitz, K. Rea,
ISBN012449966X
Teaching Methods
The course comprises a combination of formal lecture, colleague counselling and case
studies, placing particular emphasis on student participation. To ensure this, working on
projects and cases will play an important role. This will support the ambition to enhance
analytical-, diagnostic-, decision making, and communication skills for students. Each
chapter includes post-test questions to provide students and lecturer with feedback
regarding the understanding of the studied concepts. Additionally two meetings will be
held to discuss concepts and to answer any upcoming questions.
Evaluation
Final exam (written), group assignment
Purchase and Logistics I
Semester Hours per week Subject code ECTS
Fall 1 PLG 2
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