DESCRIPTION:

The success of your project depends on your ability to use time, money, and human resources effectively. Your challenge is to work with others to bring a variety of disciplines and skills together to achieve an articulated goal. In all kinds of organizational settings - from construction sites to biotechnology labs - professionals at every level are facing such challenges daily.

Nineveh Business School center recognizes the increasing complexity of tasks managers face as organizations reorganize to meet the challenges of the new century. In response to the growing demand for managers who are professionally trained in project management, we have developed a certificate program that provides you with a thorough background in the theories of project management and the practical experience you need to apply what you have learned on the job.

This program provides the tools for full scope project management from conception to completion, including cost control, optimizing human resources, management information systems, project performance, and reviewuation. Ideal for business analysts, development executives, and project management professionals.

  REQUIREMENTS:

The curriculum for this certificate consists of the Foundation Module (6 required courses listed below) and the Advanced Module of specific Case Studies  All coursework must be completed within 18 months (including up to 12 months for Module 1).

  REQUIRED COURSES:

MG001 Principles of Management

PM005 Human Factors and Team Dynamics for Quality Management

PM001 Project Management Basics

PM002 Project Planning and Control

PM003 Project Risk Management

PM004 Quality Management

   PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT

  COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course introduces students to the theory and practice of management with emphasis on individual and small group behavior, the design and structure of organizations, the relationship between the organization and its environment, and the statistical and quantitative skills used in the examination of management processes. This course also covers interpersonal communications, ethics, and international management.

Prerequisite: No previous study of management theory is assumed.

Unit 1: Introduction: The Challenge of Management. Pioneering Ideas in Management.

Unit 2: Introduction: Social Responsibility and Ethics in Management.

Unit 3: Planning and Decision Making: Establishing Organizational Goals and Plans. Strategic Management.

Unit 4: Planning and Decision Making: Managing Innovation and Change. Managerial Decision Making.

Unit 5: Organizing: Basic Elements of Organizational Structure. Strategic Organization Design.

Unit 6: Organizing: Human Resources Management.

Unit 7: Leading: Motivation and Leadership.

Unit 8: Leading: Managerial Communication. Managing Groups.

Unit 9: Controlling: Controlling the Organization. Managerial Control Methods.

Unit 10: Controlling: Operations Management. Information Systems for Management.

Unit 11: Across All Functions: International Management. Entrepreneurship and Small Business.

   HUMAN FACTORS AND TEAM DYNAMICS

  COURSE DESCRIPTION:

The hardest part of quality management to understand and apply is the most critical part: the creation, nurturing, and sustaining of an organizational climate based on the principles and practices of quality. Without this requisite, teamwork, employee empowerment, and continuous improvement degenerate into buzzwords that increase employee cynicism and decrease responsiveness to organizational goals.

Unless people learn how to formulate and maintain good working relationships, no management or team problem-solving technique, blueprint, or plan can effect real improvement in an organization's quality and business results. In this course you learn the "soft" or human skills necessary to promote and support Total Quality in your organization. The instructor begins with an exploration of individual style in managing, working alone, and working in teams. The instructor then examines the roles of managers, teams, and individuals along with approaches to conflict resolution, team building, and using teams for continuous improvement.

Companies that have been successful in implementing TQM have instilled a certain set of values and beliefs in their operating cultures. The course details these elements and discusses the benefits to companies that adopt them. Wherever your organization is in its efforts to improve customer satisfaction and competitiveness, this course provides line and staff managers with useful information and techniques they can take back to work and apply. Supervised final examination.

Prerequisite: No previous study of marketing and its components is assumed.

Unit 1: Human Factors for Quality Management: Introduction and Procedures

Unit 2: Basics of Team Dinamics for Quality Management

Unit 3: Learning about Style

Unit 4: Teams and Continuous Improvement Midterm

Unit 5: Motivation and Style

Unit 6: Conflict Management

Unit 7: Summary and Presentations

    PROJECT MANAGEMENT BASICS

   Course description:

Proper management plays a crucial role in the efficient execution and completion of projects. In this introductory course, discussion of the characteristics and evolution of a project leads to a step-by-step explanation of the project management process and a review of the difference between theory and practice. The process described is applicable to programs and projects in a variaty of businesses and in the organization of complex tasks for firms of professionals.

Emphasis is on quantitative tools such as networking, PERT/CPM, barcharting, manpower loading, computerized scheduling, and resource allocation. Discussion includes the environment in which project managers work and its organizational structures: functional, project, and matrix organizations. Case studies and problem solving provide insight into practical applications of project management techniques.

   COURSE OUTLINE:

Unit 1. Introduction to Project Management

Unit 2. Project Definition

Unit 3. Planning Work Breakdown Structures

Unit 4. Planning Continued - Assigning Resources

Unit 5. Planning Continued - Precedence

Unit 6. Planning Continued - Project Scheduling

Unit 7. Planning Continued - Resource Availability

Unit 8. Monitoring and Control - Project Budget and Risk Management

Unit 9. Monitoring and Control

Unit 10. Project Close

Unit 12: Ethical Issues in Sales and sales Management. Sales Promotion.

Unit 13: Summary and General Overview.

   PROJECT PLANNING AND CONTROL

  Course description:

A successful project manager relies on an effective management plan to complete a project satisfactorily. The plan provides a baseline for monitoring projects, identifying variances,and taking timely corrective action to mitigate the impact of problems. This course can help practising and future project managers plan and meet project goals.

This course provides an overview of advanced concepts and techniques associated with project management. You explore in greater detail the tools and techniques presented in Project Management Basics. It covers developing the plan from the initial idea through stakeholder analysis, the conceptual phase, and the final, completed project plan. It also covers the implementation stages, controlling and managing costs, management information systems, project performance, and reviewuation.

   COURSE OUTLINE:

The course is organized into five main sections:

Section I. Course Introduction

Section II. Organizations and Cultures

Section III. Management Functions

Section IV. Project Planning

Section V. Project Control

    PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT

  Course description:

How are projects concieved and analyzed for feasibility and profitability? In this course for business analysts, development executives, and project management professionals, you learn how to come up with a good project idea, how to determine whether the idea is worth pursuing, and how to persuade your client or manager to accept your project. The concepts of innovation management, strategic market analysis, feasibility analysis, estimation, preliminary project planning and return on investment, risk analysis, decision trees, and project proposals are covered in depth.

In addition to helping you understand the concepts and the requisite tools and techniques for project analysis, the course explores how to work with others to obtain reliable and accurate data. By the end of the course, you will have completed a thorough analysis of a project of your own choosing, which may be an actual project developed in your current position.

   COURSE OUTLINE:

Unit 1. Introduction to Project Risk Management

Unit 2. Risk Identification

Unit 3. Risk Quantifacation - Basics of Probability and Statistics

Unit 4. Risk Quantification - Decision Analysis

Unit 5. Risk Quantification - Probability Distributions

Unit 6. Risk Quantification - Monte Carlo Simulation

Unit 7. Risk Response Development

Unit 8. Risk Response Control

Unit 9. Special Topic in Risk Management: Procurement Risks and Summary

   QUALITY MANAGEMENT

  Course description:

The statements "total quality" (TQ) and "total quality management" (TQM) are becoming an important part of the business vocabulary as U.S. service and manufacturing industries strive to meet the pressures of global competition. TQM has been defined as "the continuous improvement of business processes to satisfy and exceed customers' requirements and expectations."

Working with case studies and real-world applications, this course provides a comprehensive foundation for understanding tqm - what it is and how to implement it throughout your organization or the organization you choose to study. The strategies of TQM experts are covered, along with key elements of a TQ plan. Topics include implementation, organizational development, group communication, human resources, group dynamics, and analytical tools.

   COURSE OUTLINE:

Unit 1. What is TQM?

Unit 2. TQM and Management

Unit 3. Organizational Development

Unit 4. Communication

Unit 5. Human Resources

Unit 6. Group Dynamics

Unit 7. Tools and Techniques

Unit 8. Data Analysis