This interactive course is both theoretically based and hands on. By that it allows insights into the Project Management practice and enables students to reflect benefits and limits of project management as well as of project-orientation and its consequences for HRM.

•    Understanding of projects as temporary organisations developed.

•    Core project management methods were applied.

•    The concept of the project-oriented organisation and examples from practice

•    Specifics of Human Resource Management in project-oriented organisations

•    Trends in project management were identified and described.

•    Workshop form with emphasis on active student participation

•    Inputs, discussions and team-work, role plays

•    E-supported learning with Learn@WU (https://learn.wu.ac.at)

• Homework assignment 1 (individual work) - 25 %

• Homework assignment 2 (includes Project Manual and Vernissage) - 25 %

• Presentation of paper assignment - 20 %

• Finan paper assignment - 30 %

per  e-mail: martina.huemann@wu.ac.at

Organisation rules:

• You are expected to have completed assignments, read the assigned material, and rework class exercises and demonstrations after each workshop.
• PowerPoint lecture and assignments are posted throughout the semester in Learn@WU.
• Emails will be sent to students´ university email accounts.
• An electronic version of the homework should be submitted through Learn@WU, by the date agreed on. Any homework that is late will receive a score of zero. You need to be able to present the homework in class.
• If your expectations for the course are not being met or if you are concerned about your grade or other course related matters, please talk to your instructor as soon as possible during the semester.
• Full attendance and participation in class is expected. You may miss up to 5 hours, but you need to tell the lecturer before.