For the last decade, organizational restructuring, the impact of the computer, the elimination of layers of managers and professional specialists, deregulation and global competition have brought about rapid changes in the way organizations are managed. Many of these changes have contributed to the rise of project management. There has been a rapid growth in the use of project management as a mean by which organizations gain their competitive advantages and achieve objectives. Many managers are now required to take on a dual role as a project manager to handle the growing number of in-house projects.This subject is designed to help students (managers-to-be) to develop a philosophy of project management as well as an understanding of the role that project management plays in contemporary organizations. The philosophy of project management that this subject aims developing, has three key attributes: knowledge, skill and attitudes. There is a vast amount of literatures on project management techniques, theory, skills, processes and methodologies. This subject will help students to build their knowledge on project management theory and practice, to learn the skill in applying these knowledge to project management processes and methodologies, and to develop a set of attitudes- values and aspirations - that facilitates effective professional project management.Despite the fact that project management is a new profession (started just after the Wars), a lot of the tools, techniques and methodology that are published do not work well for contemporary projects such as software application development projects. This is because these tools and techniques were often developed based on construction and engineering projects.This unit overcomes these problems.

Modify prohibitions - remove MBA9007 after consultation with MBA Director Dr Peter Reed.

The School of Business Systems requests approval to change the assessment weighting from 60%/40% (exam/assignments) to 70% exam, 30% assignment portfolio (The number of assignments will be reduced from 3 to 2 in order to provide a better balance, slightly more emphasis of individual assessment and reduce the bias of group assignments). Also a minor administrative change to the unit prohibitions (add MBA9007).Changed prerequisites from BUS4520, BUS5520 and MBA5560 to \"Entry to the Master of Business Systems or equivalent Masters program\". Added corequisite BUS9530 Business Systems B or equivalent and prohibitions BUS4540, BUS5001, MBA5092 and GCO5807.

tutorial rooms for 1 hour per week.

• Software Title:
• Vendor:
• Version:
• OS: MS Windows XP ( ) and/or LINUX ( )
• License Details: (A valid software license certificate/s or Vendor permission must be available upon request if the software is to be installed for teaching)
• Are we currently licensed: Yes ( ) or No ( ) (If unsure, please check with your local IT support )
• If (Yes), who is the contact person for this software?:
• If (No), will the software license be arranged by: Staff member requesting the software ( ) or Technical Services* ( ) ? *If the latter is selected, please discuss your requirement/s with myself ASAP, prior to finalising your request, as there could be financial or resourcing implications.
• Is the software to be installed and accessed from a: Client/Workstation ( ), or Server ( ) ?
• Type of license: Site License ( ), Freeware ( ), FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) ( ), Shareware ( ), Lab based ( ) # of Licenses needed ____
• In what week will you commence using the software in class? Semester 1 (Week ___ ) and/or Semester 2 (Week ___ ):
• Nominated Staff For Acceptance Testing Software: (Name) (Phone) (Email)
• Additional Information: Special Requirements, Software Configuration/Installation Requirements, etc:

Software Title: MS Project

Software Title: MS Visio Pro

Consultation with MBA Director Dr Peter Reed regarding removal of prohibition MBA9007.

Completion of 12 points of postgraduate level Faculty of Information Technology units