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Social Projects Management - course description

General information
Course name Social Projects Management
Course ID 05.5-WP-SocP-SPM-23
Faculty Faculty of Social Sciences
Field of study WNS - oferta ERASMUS / Sociology
Education profile -
Level of studies Second-cycle Erasmus programme
Beginning semester winter term 2023/2024
Course information
Semester 1
ECTS credits to win 6
Course type obligatory
Teaching language english
Author of syllabus
  • dr Dorota Bazuń
Classes forms
The class form Hours per semester (full-time) Hours per week (full-time) Hours per semester (part-time) Hours per week (part-time) Form of assignment
Class 15 1 - - Credit with grade

Aim of the course

The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the principles of preparing and implementing social projects.

Prerequisites

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Scope

What is the project and what characterizes it?

2. Project types

3. Social projects and their specificity

4.  Examples of implementing social projects

5.  Project management: Project planning and organization, Stakeholders in the project, Risk in social projects. Risk estimation, Project management methodologies, Time management in the implementation of social projects, Managing people in projects and moderating group processes, Teamwork techniques with elements of self-presentation, Project conflict management, Controlling processes during the implementation of social projects, Techniques of monitoring and evaluating project progress

6. Legal framework for project implementation

7. Case studies - analysis of selected examples of social projects

Teaching methods

Lecture, discussion, use of multimedia presentations and film materials. Workshop classes. Mobile learning methods. Individual student work (e.g. reading and analysis) according to the teacher's instructions.

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description Outcome symbols Methods of verification The class form

Assignment conditions

Preparation of the project (individually or in teams of up to 4 people) and presenting it to the group (Project: compliance with the topic, correct work structure, language, reliability, independent work, appropriate selection of literature on the subject. Presentation: correct presentation, ability to answer for questions about the presented material) The average grade for the project (50%) and presentation (50%).

Recommended reading

Young, Trevor Leonard, The handbook of project management : a practical guide to effective policies and procedures, 1996, London: Kogan Page Ltd.

Further reading

  • Pielichaty, Hanya; Els, Georgiana; Reed, Ian; Mawer, Vanessa, Events project management, 2017, London; New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group,
  • Wirick, David W, Public-sector project management: meeting the challenges and achieving results, 2009, Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons.
  • Baca-Tavira, Norma; Francisco Herrera-Tapia Social projects. Notes on their design and management in rural territories, https://www.scielo.org.mx/pdf/conver/v23n72/1405-1435-conver-23-72-00069-en.pdf

 

Notes


Modified by dr Magdalena Pokrzyńska (last modification: 19-04-2023 15:38)