PROJECT MANAGEMENT

This module involves principle, techniques and managerial issues, which form the process of project management. The area of study will focus in particular on project management in a construction context but will also make considerable reference to the activity in other fields of commercial and business activity to emphasize the broad applicability of the principle.

The objectives by learning this module would be:

1. To appreciate the roles and functions of construction project participants and the organizational structures where they occur.
2. To develop understanding of the form and influence of leadership in the construction project process and the relationships of players to a project’s success.
3. To understand the application of management techniques in the control and direction of construction project resources.
4. To evaluate the dynamic changes which occur during a construction project’s life cycle and the nature of a project’s success.

This module involves an assignment, a group assignment and also a final exam which consists of 50%. The group assignment carries 30% of total marks. The assignment requires students to work as a team and to carry out a case study on a project of improving an existing resort into a green resort. A presentation and report write up is used to present our finding and our suggestion of this study. 

This is a very good opportunity for students to try and learn more about project management. Throughout this module we further understood more on our roles as quantity surveyors in the project team in the future.