W294 – International Project and Industrial Process Management

Module
International Project and Industrial Process Management
International Project and Industrial Process Management
Module number
W294
Version: 1
Faculty
Business Administration
Level
Master
Duration
1 Semester
Semester
Winter semester
Module supervisor

Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Swen Günther
swen.guenther(at)htw-dresden.de

Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Swen Günther
swen.guenther(at)htw-dresden.de
Lecturer in: "International Project and Industrial Process Management"

Dr.-Ing. Katrin Wieczorek
katrin.wieczorek(at)htw-dresden.de
Lecturer in: "International Project and Industrial Process Management"

Course language(s)

English
in "International Project and Industrial Process Management"

ECTS credits

5.00 credits

Workload

150 hours

Courses

4.00 SCH (2.00 SCH Lecture | 2.00 SCH Seminar)

Self-study time

90.00 hours

Pre-examination(s)
None
Examination(s)

Written examination
Module examination | Examination time: 120 min | Weighting: 100% | tested in English language
in "International Project and Industrial Process Management"

Form of teaching

Lecture with execise, guest speakers

Media type
No information
Instruction content/structure
  • Fundamentals of international project management
  • Planning, organizing, implementing and controlling international projects
  • Global teams, global project leadership and communication
  • Selection of international human ressources
  • Collaborative project management software
  • Managing risk and uncerainty in an international project
  • Industrial process managment from a management perspective
  • Advances tools for industrial process optimization
  • Lean tools for project and process management
Qualification objectives

 The participant of the course can:

  • apply advanced project management tools in companies in terms of planning, organization and controlling
  • set-up and lead international project teams
  • improve industrial processes in a global environment
  • install lean tools in companies
Social and personal skills

negotiation in Englisch with international project partners

Special admission requirements
No information
Recommended prerequisites

Fundamentals of project management (Grundlagen des Projektmanagements)

Continuation options
No information
Literature

Binder, J.: Global Project Management - Communication, Collaboration and Management Across Borders, Gower Publishing Limited, 2007

Köster, K.: International Project Management, SAGE, 2009

Lunau, St.; Meran, R.: Six Sigma + Lean Toolset, Springer, 2013

Aziz, B: Improving Project Management with Lean Thinking: Integrating Lean in Project Processes, LAP LAMPERT, 2012

DeMarco, Tom; Lister, Tim (2013). Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams. Addison Wesley

 

Current teaching resources

opal

Notes
No information