TJTSM53 Project and Change Management (5 op)
Kuvaus
Sisältö
Project management is planning, supervision, monitoring and controlling for all project areas. Project management and implementation of information systems are the means to implement organizational changes. This course focuses on the socio-technical change of organizations. During the course, we define the different perspectives to change and its management, will solve practical problems in project and change management, and plan for an organizational change using technology as the means. The course provides an overview to project management practices, change from different perspectives, planning projects and change, and the role and tasks of the change agent. Students apply the principles of project and change management to a course project and to solving practical problems that might occur in projects.
Suoritustavat
The course consists of lectures and student's
independent work in the form of an exam and weekly tasks. Students work on a group
assignment to create a project plan. Workload is 135 hours (5 ECTS), which is
distributed as follows: Lectures 15 h, Exam 15h (home exam option provided),
Independent study: Reading materials 30 h, Independent study: Weekly
assignments 30 h, Group assignment: 45 h.
Arviointiperusteet
The course grading is based on the exam and
team work. Passing the course requires taking an exam, active participation in class
and delivering the team work results. Home
exam (provided as an alternative exam) is assessed on the basis of content, quality of the argumentation and
appropriate use of the course material. Team work is assessed based on the
completeness, the feasibility and innovativeness.
Osaamistavoitteet
Esitietojen kuvaus
Kirjallisuus
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- Markus, M. L. (2004). Technochange management: using IT to drive organizational change. Journal of Information Technology, 19(1), 4-17.
- Cadle, J. & Yeates, D. (2007) Project Management for Information Systems (5th ed.). Prentice Hall Press.
- Iveroth E. (2010), Inside Ericsson: A framework for the practice of leading global IT-enabled change, California Management Review 53(1), 136-153.
- Keen, P. G. (1981). Information systems and organizational change. Communications of the ACM, 24(1), 24-33.
- Wiener, M., Mähring, M., Remus, U., & Saunders, C. (2016). Control Configuration and Control Enactment in Information Systems Projects: Review and Expanded Theoretical Framework. MIS Quarterly 40(2), 741-774.
- Kettinger W.J., J.T.C. Teng and S. Guha (1997). Business process change: A study of methodologies, techniques, and tools, MIS Quarterly 21, No 1, 55-80.