Project Management

Presidency University
School of Business
Master of Business Administration (MBA) Program
Course: Project Management
Fall 2005

Instructor: Dr. Mahfuzul Hoque Telephone: 9661920-59/ 4656

Assistant Professor (work).
Cell phone: 0171 15 15 15
E-mail: mhoque71@hotmail.com
Class Schedule : Thursday 6:00~9:00

Course Objective: When you finish this course, it is hoped that you will
understand the overall Project Management Process, and will
be able to Apprise potential Projects
Course Description

Introduction: Definition of Project & Project Management – Project Life

Cycle – Capital Budgeting Process.
• Prasanna: chapter 1

Facets of Project Market & Dem& Analysis – Technical Analysis – Financial

Analysis and Analysis – Economic Analysis- Ecological Analysis.
Industrial Fundamentals of Industrial Feasibility Study – Format of
Feasibility Study: Feasibility Study.
• Manual for the Preparation of Industrial Feasibility
Study (UN)
• Prasanna: chapter 1,4,5,6

Project Appraisal Nature of Project Appraisal Criteria – Discounting Criteria –

Criteria: Non-discounting Criteria - Capital Budgeting & Financial
Aspects of Budget
Manual for Evaluation of Industrial Projects (UN): Chapter II
• Prasanna: chapter 7-10
• Garrison and Noreen (10th ed. Managerial
Accounting): chapter

Project Forms of Project Organization – Project Planning & Control –

management Human Aspect of Project Management
organization: • Prasanna: chapter 21
• Gray & Larson: Chapter 8
• Case Analysis

Foreign Direct Theories of FDI – Factors influencing FDI – Political & Country
Investment: Risk Management.
Jeff Madura: Chapter 13, 14 & 16
• Eiteman, Stonehill & Mofett: Chapter 13, 14, & 16
• Case Analysis

First mid-term Examination

Social Cost Benefit Rational of SCBA – UNIDO & LM Approach of SCBA – SCBA in
Analysis (SCBA) of a Bangladesh
Project: UN: Guidelines for Project Evaluation
• Prasanna: chapter 14

Types & Measures Measures of Project Risk – Analysis under Uncertainty –

of Project Risk: Sensitivity Analysis– Scenario Analysis – Monte Carlo
Simulation – Decision Tree Analysis

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• Prasanna: chapter 11
• Case Analysis

Resource Multiple Projects & Constraints.

Allocation: • Prasanna: chapter 15

Network Technique PERT & CPM

for Project • Prasanna: chapter 22
Management: • Case Analysis

Project Problems of Project Management in Bangladesh.

Management in • Skylark Chadha: chapter 2 – 5
Bangladesh:
Second mid-term Test
Final Examination

Books recommended:
(1) Prasanna Ch&ra: Projects – Planning, Analysis, Selection, Implementation &
Review (5th ed).
(2) J. R. Meredith & S. J. Mantel, Jr.: Project Management – A Managerial Approach
(4th ed).
(3) C. F. Gray & E. W. Larson: Project Management
(4) Managing Projects & Programs/ with a preface by Norman R. Augustine,
Harvard Business School Press, 1989.
(5) Trevor L. Young, Successful Project Management, Kogan Page India Pvt. Ltd.,
2002.
(6) C. T. Horngren, S. M. Datar, &G. Foster: Cost Accounting: A Managerial
Emphasis, 11th edition.
(7) Skylark Chadha: Managing Projects in Bangladesh.
(8) Jeff Madura: International Financial Management (6th/7th Ed).
(9) D. K. Eiteman, A. I. Stonehill & M. H. Mofett: Multinational Business Finance (9th
ed.)
(10) George Irvin: Modern Cost-Benefit Methods
(11) UN: Manual for the Preparation of Industrial Feasibility Studies
(12) UN: Manual for Evaluation of Industrial Projects
(13) UN: Guidelines for Project Evaluation

Report & Term Paper: Each student will be assigned to develop, present, & defend 1
reports on a selected project.
Evaluation Method:
Assignment or Term Paper 15%
Test/Quizzes 7.5
%
Case analysis & presentation, class-participation & 7.5
attendance %
Two mid term test (15%+15%) 30%
Semester Final Examination 40%
Total 100
%

Grading Scale:
Department grading policy will be followed & for detail please contact the MBA office.

NOTE:
• Switch the cell phone off while you are in the class
• It is expected that each student to read all suggested material, make a good
effort at all assigned work, and be prepared for class. Regular submission of
Assignments is essential in order to add value from this course.

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• No make-up exam will be given without prior arrangement with the instructor.
Any missed exam/test/paper will earn zero point.
• Academic dishonesty, (cheating on the exam, copying another student’s
exam/ paper or letting another student copy your exam/paper) may result in your
receiving a “zero” in the relevant exam/paper.

-------------------All the best------------

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