MANGT

Select three of the following: 9

Subject

MANGT

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

graduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

A problem-based course that emphasizes project cost control and teaches students to apply techniques to control projects in business.

Subject

MANGT

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

graduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

Select 3 credits from the following: 3

Subject

MANGT

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

graduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

A problem-based course that addresses elements of commercial law and procurement practices and their implications for project management.

Subject

MANGT

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

graduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

An examination of organizational theories and processs of organizational behavior.

Subject

MANGT

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

graduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

A human relations-based course that identifies the significant challenges that managing individuals on project teams represents. MANGT 535 Interpersonal and Group Behavior (3) Project management has been labeled by Fortune magazine as the number one career choice for the coming decade. Increasingly, organizations are adopting project management techniques and structures within their business framework. Project management offers the twin advantages of allowing organizations to create products and processes efficiently, through optimal use of resources, and rapidly, in order to respond to rapid time- to-market demands. This course serves as an important linkage between the technical demands of project management and the behavioral challenges that await project teams in the form of interpersonal behavior and group interactions. The role of the instructor in this course is to promote student learning of a wide variety of behavioral knowledge and skills required for successful project management. These include understanding the impact of interpersonal behavior and team-based performance on project success as well as recognizing the impact of issues such as motivation and negotiation skills for managing projects.

Subject

MANGT

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

graduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

Prerequisite

prerequisite or concurrent: MANGT510

A problem-based course that focuses on linking projects to overall corporate strategy. MANGT 540 Strategy: Corporate, Business and Project (3) Project management has been labeled by Fortune magazine as the number one career choice for the coming decade. Increasingly, organizations are adopting project management techniques and structures within their business framework. Project management offers the twin advantages of allowing organizations to create products and processes efficiently, through optimal use of resources, and rapidly, in order to respond to rapid time-to-market demands. This course provides a conceptual grounding in the role that projects play in furthering an

Subject

MANGT

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

graduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

This course focuses on development of team leadership skills and the ability to solve team problems related to human interaction. MANGT 545 Project Team Leadership (3) The first half of this course consists of self- paced assigned readings which over basic concepts of team leadership. Students will complete quizzes over each chapter which they read and begin writing a personal case analysis. The second half of the course utilizes case studies of project teams and includes extensive class and small group discussions. In addition, each student will present a case analysis to the class. Students will have the opportunity to develop basic team leadership skills and the ability to solve team problems as they arise.

Subject

MANGT

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

graduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

Prerequisite

MANGT510 and MANGT535

Total Credits 30 The program culminates with a capstone project, which is completed while enrolled in MANGT 575. MANGT 575 is a problem-based capstone course that integrates the themes necessary to appreciate the overall challenge of project management. The course includes a final, integrative and comprehensive project based on the identification and analysis of real project management problems from the students’ work organizations. This written assignment requires the integration of theory from previous courses along with significant library and literature searches to analyze and propose solutions to these problems. MANGT 575 must be taken following completion of at least 18 credits. No more than one of the required courses may be taken concurrently with MANGT 575.

Subject

MANGT

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

graduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

/Maximum of 9 CREATIVE PROJECTS, INCLUDING NONTHESIS RESEARCH, WHICH ARE SUPERVISED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND WHICH FALL OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF FORMAL COURSES.

Subject

MANGT

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

9

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

graduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

/Maximum of 9 FORMAL COURSES GIVEN ON A TOPICAL OR SPECIAL INTEREST SUBJECT WHICH MAY BE OFFERED INFREQUENTLY; SEVERAL DIFFERENT TOPICS MAY BE TAUGHT IN ONE YEAR OR SEMESTER.

Subject

MANGT

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

9

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

graduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

All students must attend a minimum of one online orientation in order to complete the graduation requirements of the program.

Subject

MANGT

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

graduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu

and Service Development Process This is a graduate-level project management elective designed to expose project managers to strategic issues in marketing, opportunity recognition, and new product/service development. Marketing is presented as more than a business function; rather, as a philosophy of doing business. Students will be exposed to marketing management concepts and techniques in both domestic and international markets. This elective is intended to offer a specific context within which a large number of projects are initiated - i.e., new product and service development (NPSD) while broadening the perspective of students to understand how NPSD and project management directly link to marketing. An overview of the field of marketing is presented - from defining marketing and understanding its role in running a successful business to a thorough examination of the marketing mix, holistic marketing, marketing strategies, market opportunities analysis, branding, brand equity, and so on. It presents the marketer's view of product and service development as well as an understanding of stakeholder management and how project managers must work with marketing as a key stakeholder in the NPSD process. Further, the course explores linkages between marketing and project management - e.g., identifying opportunities, developing strategies, building a business case, identifying key performance indicators, and so forth. Identifying opportunities, developing strategies, and designing processes for the creation of new products, are key responsibilities for both entrepreneurs and managers in established firms. Developing new products and services is also fraught with risk, however: an overwhelming majority fail when introduced to the

Subject

MANGT

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

graduate

Source

bulletins.psu.edu