Lead­ing and Man­aging In­ter­cul­tur­al Pro­jects

Course content

This course will take up the leadership tools necessary to design, manage, and evaluate project work by exploring the conceptual foundations for successful project management in today's globalized, complex organizations and societies. We go beyond simple, and simplistic, “how-to” approaches to project management in several respects. 

First, case analysis will offer detailed study and class discussion on leadership and management of projects. Second, the epistemology of project leadership will be developed from case analysis and research literature on project management.  

Third, a historical sense of the project leadership and management literature will offer essential context for further specialization in the Diversity and Change Management Master's program. 

Participants will consider how to manage uncertainty and risk associated with project work. We will explore how the human elements of power, politics, and interrelationships play into the success and / or failure of projects. Curriculum-related themes include culture, complex organizations, strategy, stakeholders, diversity, and geopolitical regional differences. 
  

This course aims to help students become informed project managers and leaders, as reflective consumers of project management situations: able to read material with a proper sense of case literature strengths as well as weaknesses.