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ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT DIPLOMA
Module 1
CORPORATE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
* The effectiveness of project management maturity
* International project management
* Planning for excellence
* Project organizational structures
* Project staffing policies, procedures and problems
* Project management functions
* Inter-personal skills for project managers
* Variables for project success
* Working with executives (the project sponsor)
* Project planning, procedures and documentation
* Cost monitoring and control
* PERT/CPM and precedence networks
* Pricing and estimating
* Project tradeoff analysis
MODULE 2
CORPORATE STRATEGY
* Linking corporate strategy to project management
* Important strategy-making tasks
* Industry and competitive analysis
* Corporate situational analysis
* Strategic and competitive advantage
* Matching strategy to the situation
* Corporate diversification strategies
* Implementation strategies
* Problems encountered during implementation
MODULE 3
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
* Organizational behaviour and project management
* Managing individual and group effectiveness
* Individual behaviour within the organization
* Motivational content and process theories
* Inter-group and intra-group behaviour
* Leadership theories, models and applications
* The impact of organizational design on performance
* Organizational power and politics
* Communication processes
* Developing organizational effectiveness
MODULE 4
THE FINANCING OF PROJECTS
* Methodologies used to finance projects
* Interpreting and analysing financial statements
* The time value of money
* Expected risk and return
* Capital budgeting
* Risk analysis
* Working capital management
* The cost of capital
* Leasing policies and procedures
* Financial planning and control
MODULE 5
DECISION-SUPPORT SYSTEMS
* Decision - support systems used in project management
* The relationship between effective decision-making and project tradeoff
* Developing and using linear programming models (including graphical and Simplex methods)
* Transportation and assignment models
* Goal programming models
* Decision theory
* Queuing models
* Simulation models
MODULE 6
PROJECT NEGOTIATIONS
* National and international negotiating strategies
* Preparing and planning for negotiations
* Understanding inter-cultural negotiations
* Dealing with labour unions
* Crisis bargaining
* Important negotiating phases
* The concept of framing and common ground
* Persuasive communicating techniques
* The effect of body language on perception and reaction
* The role of personality and needs
* Handling conflict and aggression
