Projects play a central role in public policy. It’s important to understand how they impact on organisational objectives, the effect of organisational decisions on project success or failure, the organising principles of project governance, and the project manager’s role in managing stakeholder expectations and delivering project outcomes. This course is about projects as activities that are conducted by people, who make conscious decisions about the types of tools and techniques that are used. Effective policy leadership applies best practice from both public and private sectors in support of these decision. In complex policy networks and systems, policy leaders need to select and match the most suitable strategies. This course expands student awareness of public sector management strategies and encourages them to translate strategies from their previous MBAX studies. The Business of Managing Projects will focus on the key project management concepts to explain the interactions between people and processes in projects, formulate evidence-based solutions to complex challenges that projects face, and develop skills in communicating those solutions to diverse stakeholders.
