PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND DECISION MAKING THEORY

Course Information
TitleΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΗ ΕΡΓΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΘΕΩΡΙΑ ΤΩΝ ΑΠΟΦΑΣΕΩΝ / PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND DECISION MAKING THEORY
CodeΣΣΕΑ03
FacultyLaw
SchoolLaw
Cycle / Level2nd / Postgraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CoordinatorIason Papathanasiou
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID600022173

Programme of Study: Koinó PMS Stratīgikés Spoudés (2022-sīmera)

Registered students: 112
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
DIOIKĪSĪ ERGOUCompulsory Course117.5
Class Information
Academic Year2025 – 2026
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Instructors from Other Categories
  • Iason Papathanasiou
Weekly Hours3
Total Hours39
Class ID
600289320
Course Type 2021
Specialization / Direction
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
  • Distance learning
Digital Course Content
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge of the basic principles of project management: Students will gain a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental concepts of project management, including knowledge areas and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). Application of project time and cost management techniques: Learners will be able to apply project time and cost management techniques using tools such as Gantt charts, network analysis, arc diagrams and nodal diagrams. Project dependency analysis, including the analysis of project dependencies: Students will analyze simple and complex activity dependencies, identify critical activities, and construct critical schedules, incorporating time constraints for effective project management. Utilizing stochastic analysis in project management: Learners will apply the PERT method for stochastic analysis, ensuring a probabilistic approach to project planning and control. They will also use the earned value analysis method to effectively monitor project progress. Optimize project duration and cost: Participants will gain the ability to optimize project duration and cost using techniques and methods discussed in the course. The use of techniques and techniques and techniques to evaluate the project duration and duration of the project using techniques and techniques from the techniques and techniques used. Planning and decision making under constraints: Students will analyze and synthesize planning under time and resource constraints, exploring strategies for effective project planning. Introduction to multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA): Students will be introduced to the Simos method for finding criterion weights, providing a foundation for understanding and applying MCDA to project decision making. Application of decision making methods: Participants will apply TOPSIS, PROMETHEE and AHP methods in exercises, allowing them to evaluate and select optimal solutions in complex decision-making scenarios.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Make decisions
  • Work in an international context
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Design and manage projects
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
This course includes the following topics: Cognitive Areas of Project Management, Structural Analysis of a Project (WBS), Project Time Management. Gantt Chart, Grid Analysis, Arc Diagrams, Nodal Diagrams. Simple and Complex Dependencies - Time Margins - Critical Schedules. Stochastic Analysis - PERT Method, Project Cost, Project Progress Control: The Earned Value Analysis Method; Project Duration Optimization, Project Cost Optimization, Project Finance. Scheduling the Use of Means of Production, Time-constrained Means Scheduling, Time-constrained Means Scheduling, Time-constrained Means Scheduling. Introduction to Multicriteria Decision Analysis. TOPSIS method. PROMETHEE method. Exercises in TOPSIS and PROMETHEE methods. AHP method. Exercises in the AHP method. Simos method for finding the weights of criteria.
Keywords
project management, decision, earned value, decision theories
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Video lectures
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
Description
- Integrated e-learning management system (elearning.auth) (LMS) which is implemented by the open source software Moodle and allows the creation and hosting of a virtual classroom. - Provide a friendly modern tele-education environment for real-time interaction of the participants that allows to conduct remote lectures for course needs using tools such as Zoom, MS Teams, Google Meet, BigBlueButton - Classrooms with appropriate audio-visual equipment to host a distance learning postgraduate programme. - Creation and hosting of the website of each MSc using the service https://websites.auth.gr/. - Technological support for the creation of multimedia material (podcasts - videocasts) synchronized with the presentation of a speaker in the offered courses through the production infrastructure of educational material of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (https://it.auth.gr/service/studio/) - Support for live and recorded streaming/recording of the courses.
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures391.6✓
Seminars190.8
Reading Assigment502✓
Project301.2✓
Exams30.1✓
Other / Others46.51.9✓
Total187.57.5
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Formative, Summative)
  • Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
  • Q&A during lectures (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
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Additional bibliography for study
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Last Update
07-01-2024