Project Management Social Sciences Program Spring 2020 Semester - Budapest

Owing to the turbulent environment, one of the most salient features of an organisation, especially one of a business related in nature, is change. Change in order to avoid disadvantageous impacts and/or to utilise the positive ones. Direction of change is set by the organisational strategy while the means of execution of the strategy are projects and project management. Thus, projects are building blocks in the organisational strategy. The course (bearing in mind the case of single projects) encompasses the profession of project management from the point of view of the three aspects of competency.

Corvinus University of Budapest awards credits based on the ECTS system (2 ECTS credits equals 1 U.S. credit therefore, 6 ECTS credits is equivalent to 3 U.S. credits). At Corvinus University of Budapest, all classes meet for a minimum of 180 minutes per week. Contact hours are calculated through a combination of lecture hours and outside activities which can include (workshops, seminars, fieldwork activities, guest lectures, and independent work) therefore, contact hours may vary on syllabi