Project Management in the Oil and Gas Industries

  • Graduate School of Business |

Description

This course is aiming to promote an understanding of the key principles, concepts and strategies of project management. To examine the broad project environment and apply project management tools and techniques to a real or case study project. The course is designed especially for professionals who wish to upgrade their knowledge and skills to embark on administrative and managerial careers related to the oil and gas sector.

Program

MBA

Objectives

  • On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to: • Critically review the project life-cycle phases of oil and gas industry, processes, tools and techniques and the broader environment in which projects take place. • Develop a critical awareness of the issues involved in the development of project planning and control activities related to oil and gas industry, including anticipating and assessing business environmental impacts in the earliest stages of project planning. • Critically evaluate the project objectives of cost, quality and time and the trade-offs and interaction between these objectives. • Evaluate the relationship between change management and project management and be able to establish a change management process.

Textbook

To be determined by the lecturer at the beginning of the course.

Course Content

content serial Description
1Overview of the make-up of an oil and gas project and the fundamental activities that take place in project management
2The key activities within the sequential phasee
3The process of defining the project including setting objectives, determining scope, identifying stakeholders and clarifying strategies
4The increasingly critical role of project management within organizations including the underpinning project management processes
5The importance of project organization (the people, the communication and resources) with an emphasis on the provision of adequate leadership. structures and feedback paths through and across the organization that is related to the oil and gas sector

Markets and Career

  • Generation, transmission, distribution and utilization of electrical power for public and private sectors to secure both continuous and emergency demands.
  • Electrical power feeding for civil and military marine and aviation utilities.
  • Electrical works in construction engineering.

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