Students will complete 60 credits as follows:    

Year 1 Modules:

• MG6810: Project Management (10 credits)
  The five project management process groups:
  i. Initiating
  ii. Planning
  iii. Executing
  iv. Monitoring
  v. Closing.
• MG6811: Strategy, Leadership and Change (10 credits)
  - Contemporary issues and debates in leadership studies
  - The relationship between leadership and effective change strategies and processes.
• MG6812: Innovative Problem Solving and Decision Making (10 credits)
  - Problem solving cycle
  - Decision making
  - Ethics in decision making
  - Evaluating decision outcomes
  - Fostering innovation
  - Tools and techniques for innovation.

Year 2 Modules:

• MG6813: Current Issues in Project Management (10 credits)
  To distinguish between properly managed projects and successful projects; the merits of technological support for project management; project management extrapolated to the organisational context; cultural diversity in virtual teams; the recovery of trouble projects.
• MG6814: Realising Strategy Through Programme Management (5 credits)
  - Program Management lifecycle
  - Relationship between strategy and programme management
  - Benefits management
  - Governance and stakeholders.
• MG6815: Management and Organisation (5 credits)
  - Organisational design
  - Organisational transformation
  - Institutions, power, conflict and politics
  - Contemporary career theories.
• MG6816: Research Methods (5 credits)
  - Usefulness of theory
  - Quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research
  - Research proposals
  - Research design, methods and analysis.
• MG6817: Project Bootcamp (PMP Certification) (5 credits)
  To apply successfully to sit the PMP exam; become familiar with the knowledge areas of the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge; recognise the different types of PMP question; obtain the PMP credential.

On successful completion of the Postgraduate Diploma in Project Management, students should be able to:

1. Demonstrate advanced analytical and problem solving skills associated with effective project management practice.
2. Apply practical tools, techniques and conceptual models in order to maximise the value of the project management process.
3. Critically appraise how projects contribute to an organisation’s ability to realize its strategic goals and business benefits.
4. Appreciate the use of management and leadership skills in the conduct of projects of various size, scope, and complexity.
5. Critically appraise current issues, trends and challenges in Project Management theory and practice.
6. Prepare a viable research proposal for further research.

Classes are scheduled on Fridays 2-6pm and Saturdays 10am-2pm from September to June each year. Full day (9am-6pm) workshops will also be scheduled on occasional Fridays (on average every 6-8 weeks).

This programme is assessed through a variety of continuous assessment methods including individual and group projects, presentations, etc.  

The teaching team on this programme comprises academic experts in the field of project management, as well as a number of highly experienced practitioners.