"Introduction to Project Management" Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI
Graduate and Undergraduate Students, Seidman College of Business
Course Description: Independent Study Course for Graduate and Undergraduate students that I teach how to plan and manage projects of any type. Students will learn and apply principles, techniques, and tools for taking a project from inception to the delivery of business value. Special emphasis is placed on understanding the interplay between project requirements, such as scope, quality, productivity, budget, resources, and schedule. It is designed to complement and guide the students as they prepare to compete to win the Western Michigan Project Management Institute Collegiate Project Management Competition.
"International Business" DeVry University, Lincolnshire, IL
Master of Business Administration, Keller Graduate School of Management
Course Description: International Business presents key concepts and skills needed to identify international opportunities/threats, analyze their impact, formulate appropriate strategies and implement applicable action plans to achieve company goals. The course helps students understand today's competitive global environment, marketing, finance, and policy. In addition, students examine legal, logistical, organizational and cultural issues.
"Career Success Strategies" DeVry University, Lincolnshire, IL
Master of Business Administration, Keller Graduate School of Management
Course Description: This interdisciplinary survey course introduces new students to key strategies for success and is designed to help them achieve both academic and career success. Coursework includes assessments and research into understanding oneself, the external business environment in which successful careers can be achieved and the School's expectations of students. Topics include self-assessment, program and course objectives, practitioner-oriented instruction, business and professional competencies, and career planning.
"Project Management Systems" DeVry University, Lincolnshire, IL
Master of Project Mangement, Keller Graduate School of Management
Course Description: With an emphasis on planning, this course introduces project management fundamentals and principles from the standpoint of the manager who must organize, plan, implement and control non-routine activities to achieve schedule, budget and performance objectives. Topics include project life cycles, organization and charters; work breakdown structures; responsibility matrixes; as well as planning, budgeting and scheduling systems. Planning and control methods such as PERT/CPM, Gantt charts, earned value systems, project management software applications and project audits are introduced.
"Advanced Program Management" DeVry University, Lincolnshire, IL
Master of Project Mangement, Keller Graduate School of Management
Course Description: This course examines how managers plan, budget, schedule, and control multi-project programs within an organizational context. The importance of project teams and human resource management in the process is addressed. Topics include the role of projects in organizations; alternative organizational systems; program planning, budgeting, monitoring, control and management methodologies; team management and leadership; legal and ethical issues; conflict identification and resolution; and advanced applications of project management software.
"Contract and Procurement Management" DeVry University, Gurnee, IL
Bachelor of Science in Management, College of Business Management
Course Description: This course examines processes required to acquire goods and services from outside the organization to meet project requirements. Planning, solicitation, source selection, contract administration and closeout are covered. Contract law and types, invitation to bid, bid evaluation and contract negotiations are addressed. Current approaches to determining what to procure, documenting requirements and bid evaluation criteria are included.
"Project Management" National Louis University, Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Science in Management, College of Management and Business
Course Description: This course covers how to plan and manage projects of any type. Students will learn and apply principles, techniques, and tools for taking a project from inception to the delivery of business value. Special emphasis is placed on understanding the interplay between project requirements, such as scope, quality, productivity, budget, resources, and schedule.
"Management" Webster University, Great Lakes Naval Base, IL
Master of Business Administration, College of Business Management
Course Description: In this course, the student is introduced to the basic concepts of management and organizations. Primary emphasis is given to three primary functions: planning, organizing and controlling. Additional topics include organization theory, the global environment, ethics, and decision-making.