Business Planning & Project Management

By Dr. Ravi Ahuja | Savitribai Phule Pune University

Learners enrolled: 2895

This Course of Business Planning and Project Management aims to sensitize learners about the concept of planning in general and business planning specifically. The course would also give insights the learners about successfully managing projects.

After the completion of course participants will be able to:

Understand the concept of Planning and its importance for Businesses.
Understand the concept of Project and importance of its management.
Critically examine which project needs to be undertaken using various models.
Understand the importance of human resources for the projects.
Learn the concept of project audit, project life cycle and project termination process.

Summary

Course Status :	Ongoing
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Management Studies
Credit Points :	4
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	15 Jul 2024
End Date :	31 Oct 2024
Enrollment Ends :	31 Aug 2024
Exam Date :	14 Dec 2024 IST
Examination Shift :	2

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 01 : Introduction, Nature and Limitations of Planning

Week 02 : Planning Devices & Obstacles in Planning and Techniques of Forecasting

Week 03 : Introduction and Process of Forecasting, Techniques of Forecasting

Week 04 : Difference between Forecasting and Planning, Introduction to Project Management

Week 05 : Project Management Maturity, Project Selection - Model & Types

Week 06 : Project Management and Project Manager, Organisation Structures for Project Management

Week 07 : Project Organisation and Matrix Organisation, The Nature of Negotiation, Conflict and PLC

Week 08 : PERT and CPM, CPM & Crashing the Project, The Planning - Monitoring - Controlling Cycle

Week 09 : Fundamental Purposes of Project Control, Design of Control Systems

Week 10 : Some Essentials of an Audit, Varieties of Project Termination, Termination Process

Books and references

Production and Operation Management: K. Ashwathappa and Siddharth Bhat, Himalaya Publishing House,2010 editions
Project Management: Samule J Mantel, Jr, Jack R. Meredith, Scott M. Shafer, Margaret M, Sutton with M.R. Gopalan, Wiley India Pvt. Ltd.
Business Administration with G. M. Dumbre: Success Publications, Pune.
Successful Project Management: Milton D. Rosenau, Jr., Cregory D. Githens, Wiley India Pvt. Ltd
Project Management: Vasant Desai, Himalaya Publishing House
Project Management: A Managerial Approach, Jack R. Meredith, Samuel J. Mantel Jr. Wiley India Pvt. Ltd.
Principles of Management: T. Ramasamy, Himalaya Publishing House 8. The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Project Management Course -McGraw-Hill

Instructor bio

Dr. Ravi Ahuja

Savitribai Phule Pune University

Dr. Ravi Ahuja

M. Com, SET (Commerce), MBA (Operations Management), GDC & A, CS, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor- Skill Development Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University
An astute and result oriented professional with nearly nine years of experience in handling all aspects of teaching at undergraduate and post-graduate level, People Management in the service industry
Actively engaged in teaching, research and consultancy
Area of research includes Company Law, GST, Retail Sector, MOOCs

Course certificate

Dear Learners,

For getting the certificate and credits, you are required to attempt a minimum of 5 weekly assessments and appear for the end course proctored examination in person. The announcement of the proctored examination will be done separately in due course of time.

The Swayam Board considers marks for best of 5 assessments. You have to secure a minimum of 40% marks average in all the assessments to be eligible for the end course proctored examination.

The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only). Announcement will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 30% of average of best 5 assessments out of the total assessments given in the course.

Exam score = 70% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=12/30 AND EXAM SCORE >= 28/70. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Note: Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Happy learning.