Module MELA43715: INTERCULTURAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Department: Modern Languages and Cultures

MELA43715: INTERCULTURAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Prerequisites

• None.

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None.

Aims

• The module aims to provide an introduction to the project management methods and practices of PRINCE2®, PMBOK® and AGILE® exploring the themes, principles and techniques of each.

Content

• The module introduces the complexities of managing projects in a business context with an overview of specific issues of project management of multilingual and multicultural projects (be they translation projects, intercultural mediations, or even international artistic endeavours such as exhibitions, conferences, etc.).

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of this module, students are expected to:
• understand the themes, principles and techniques for each recognised project management method
• understand how these skills can be transferred into the translation context in relation to the specific needs of the target audience(s) of intercultural

• By the end of this module, students are expected to:
• be able to apply the subject-specific knowledge listed above to the translation industry market
• be able to run a translation project from start to conclusion

• By the end of this module, students are expected to be able:
• to locate and coordinate use of resources to contribute to successful and profitable completion of projects;
• to manage personal time and that of a project team;
• to assess the professional skills required to be developed by a project manager working in the translation industry;
• to evaluate appropriately the complexity of business practices in project management.
• to communicate effectively both orally and in writing in a range of scenarios from daily routine to harmonization and implementation of changes in a team;
• to plan, monitor and control all stages of a project through to completion;
• to identify translation problems, propose resolutions and manage risks through project management protocols including quality control during the revision, validation, and final checking of product(s) (translations) stage prior to closing the project;
• to use initiatives to establish work patterns and collaborative models;
• to adopt appropriate software and support (e.g. Gantt charts, planning schemes, etc.). .

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• Teaching methods include lectures and tutorials run by business professionals.
• Lectures will require participation and entail students employing project management protocols to problem-solving and analysing real-world scenarios, carried out as a group.
• The module is taught over one term. Lectures will introduce the key methods, themes, principles and practices of project management in general terms.
• The module will engage in discussion and analysis of real-life scenarios (discussing work organization, workflow, planning techniques, devising schedules in the translation/business context, etc.).
• Seminars will be student-centred and based on problem-solving: the students will be given time to prepare discussion of a particular case requiring project management and they will present the results of their work on the case.
• The work will be based on team-work in preparation for the assessment (see below) and the results will be presented by means of a professional presentation with each group member contributing to the presentation and discussion of the case.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

The seminar format necessarily includes student participation such as in-class presentations, student-led group discussions, ‘real life’ project management cases to analyse and present how the students would apply knowledge from the course to the scenario presented.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University