PROJECT MANAGEMENT

This course contributes to the overall learning objectives of the degree in Economics and Administration of Arts and Culture, by training students to look at arts organizations and projects with a strong case-based and critical approach. It provides students with some conceptual tools to familiarize with the managerial dimension of project management, inviting them to acknowledge the specificity and complexity of cultural settings which require careful managerial approaches.

Students are expected to appreciate the strategic, managerial and critical aspects of project management in arts and cultural organizations. In particular, students are expected to:

- Identify the context in which cultural organizations operate.
- Learn and discuss the steps involved in realizing a project for artistic and cultural organizations, including planning, implementation, and evaluation.
- Address potential issues and risks in project development.
- Identify and discuss challenges related to attracting, assigning, and managing resources, considering the trade-off between available resources and final objectives.
- Effectively use project management tools.
- Understand the role of the project manager in cultural organizations.
- Develop a critical perspective on project management, appreciating its virtues and shortfalls.

There are no specific pre-requisites. Students will be expected to actively participate to seminar discussion.

This module provides an introduction to Project Management in the context of artistic and cultural organisations. Through the analysis of case studies, it examines the fundamentals of project management as a discipline and as a practice, as well as the challenges associated with the particular organisational and institutional context of art and culture and its more recent transformations. Students will learn to think like a project manager, but also to appreciate limitations, unintended consequences and critical aspects of project management and its specific tools and techniques. Topics covered include:

- Introduction to project management practices.
- Project management in the creative industries.
- The planning phase, GANTT, elements of budgeting, costing and fund raising.
- Implementation and monitoring.
- Risk management.
- The project manager.
- Critical perspectives on project management.

Readings will be confirmed closer to the start of the module. Some useful references from previous editions of the module include:

Meredith, J.R. & Mantel S.J., Project Management: A Managerial Approach, Wiley, New York. (Chapter 1-6-8)

Addis, M., & Rurale, A. (Eds.). (2020). Managing the Cultural Business: Avoiding Mistakes, Finding Success. Routledge. (Chapters 3-4-5); pp. 78 – 183

European Commission (2016), Managing Art Projects with Societal Impact. Study Book for Students, Stakeholders and Researchers; Sybellius Accademy research

Case Studies, chapters and selected papers will be communicated throughout the course, in class and on Moodle, and will be made available on Moodle.

The final mark will be a number out of 30. It will be computed as follows:

50% coursework
50% written exam

Details about the coursework will be provided during the first week of the course.

written

The lecturer has a duty to ensure that the rules regarding the authenticity and originality of exam tests and papers are respected. Therefore, if there is suspicion of irregular conduct, an additional assessment may be conducted, which could differ from the original exam description.

Insufficient
≤17 – Inadequate, fragmentary, and incomplete knowledge of the content, which is either not understood or only partially understood and reworked. Inadequate ability to reflect and present.

Sufficient
18 – Very uncertain knowledge of the content, which requires consolidation, and which is understood and reworked in a highly uncertain manner. Barely sufficient ability to reflect and present.
19 – Uncertain knowledge of the content, which requires consolidation, and which is understood and reworked in an uncertain manner. Sufficient ability to reflect and present.
20 – Sufficient knowledge of the content, which still partially requires consolidation, and which is understood and reworked in an uncertain manner. Sufficient ability to reflect and present.

Fair
21 – More than sufficient knowledge of the content, which is understood and reworked with some uncertainty. Substantial ability to reflect and present.
22 – Fair knowledge of the content, which is understood and reworked with some uncertainty. Fair ability to reflect and present.
23 – More than fair knowledge of the content, which is understood and reworked with some uncertainty. Fair ability to reflect and present.

Good
24 – Correct knowledge of the content, which is understood and reworked with some uncertainty. Good ability to reflect and present.
25 – Correct knowledge of the content, which is understood and reworked with fairly good confidence. Good ability to reflect and present.
26 – Complete knowledge of the content, which is understood and reworked with fairly good confidence. Good ability to reflect and present.

Distinguished
27 – Complete knowledge of the content, which is understood and reworked securely. Remarkable ability to reflect and present.
28 – Complete and in-depth knowledge of the content, which is understood and reworked securely. Remarkable ability to reflect and present.

Excellent
29 – Broad and in-depth knowledge of the content, understood and reworked securely, with full autonomy and personal insights. Excellent ability to reflect and present, despite minimal imperfections.
30 – Broad and in-depth knowledge of the content, understood and reworked securely, with full autonomy and personal insights. Excellent ability to reflect and present.

Outstanding
30 e lode (30 with honors) – Very in-depth and wide-ranging knowledge of the content, understood and reworked autonomously and with personal insights, displaying complete command of terminology and an excellent capacity for interdisciplinary connections. Full ability to reflect and present.

The course combines ordinary lectures, groupwork and seminars in which students will apply theoretical perspectives (as presented during the lectures) to real-world cases.

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Circular economy, innovation, work" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development