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Project Management in the Built Environment Institution: Oxford Brookes University Faculty: Design, Technology and the Environment Department: Real Estate and Construction Level: Postgraduate Study modes: Part time Course content: Students develop a whole range of management skills and important knowledge including project finance, technology, law and contract; students work on real-life or realistic problems as experienced by the industry, consultants and clients; students are also exposed to behavioural aspects of managing projects, which is an opportunity most project managers only have when their careers are well-advanced; the course develops knowledge of current practice and issues as well as skills in relating it to situations which simulate real life as much as possible; the emphasis is on interdisciplinary problems; issues covered are: Technology; sustainability and risk factors in design; emerging procurement methods to meet new demands to collaborate and new competitive challenges; personal skills such as leading teams, negotiation and communication in all its guises; handling uncertainty and paradox; responding to risk and opportunity; responding to constantly changing demands in areas such as environmental change, law and regulation, and international flux of people and competition. Contact name: Senior Postgraduate Administrator Contact telephone: 01865 483684 Contact e-mail: pgadmin.be@brookes.ac.uk Web: www.brookes.ac.uk |