W294 – International Project and Industrial Process Management

Module
International Project and Industrial Process Management
International Project and Industrial Process Management
Module number
W294
Version: 2
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"

Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Anne-Katrin Haubold
anne-katrin.haubold(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 execises, project learning, and 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
  • Advanced tools for industrial process optimization
  • Six Sigma project management approach (DMAIC)
  • Lean tools for project and process management
Qualification objectives

Knowledge and understanding
(professional competence)

Graduates possess core management and engineering skills to manage international projects to optimize value-added processes.

Use, application and generation of knowledge
(methodological competence)

Graduates are able to apply the knowledge acquired during their studies in a targeted and practical manner in order to solve conflicting goals. This includes working in presence as well as in virtual space.

The graduates possess the ability to generate the necessary information for making well-founded (strategic) decisions with extensive data sets.

Graduates have learned to independently break down complex operational tasks into subtasks and solve them in a company-related manner.

Communication and cooperation
(Social competence)

Graduates are able to organize themselves and demonstrate strong teamwork and leadership skills. This applies to situations in reality as well as in the virtual environment (online meeting, social media).

The subject-related further development of the English language was specifically promoted among the graduates.

Graduates are able to identify stakeholders in the business environment and analyze their goals/requirements.

The values and norms taught in the program enable graduates to demonstrate a high degree of empathy towards employees.

Scientific self-understanding / Professionalism
(Self-competence and personal development)

Graduates are able to evaluate the (new) knowledge and derive correct scientific conclusions for the often interdisciplinary questions.

Graduates have acquired interdisciplinary competence and recognized its importance for entrepreneurial action.

Graduates have recognized the need for lifelong learning and have acquired appropriate skills and strategies to help them meet new challenges, e.g. digitalization and climate change.

The graduates demonstrate a high degree of assertiveness, especially in connection with resistance that arises in the company.

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

Breyfogle, F.W.: Implementing Six Sigma: Smarter Solutions Using Statistical Methods (Industrial Engineering, Wiley; 2. Ed., 2003

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 1: https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/10800037889/CourseNode/92361471106811

OPAL 2: https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/41420849153/CourseNode/1694745064086590007?37

Notes
No information