Online Master of Science in Project Management Courses

How do companies outperform their rivals to become market leaders in today’s hyper-competitive global business environment? The answer lies in developing great strategies and executing them flawlessly. Strategic Management is the rigorous business process that helps you develop and execute highly effective strategies. The SM process has three major components: Analysis (of external and internal environments), Strategy (business-level, corporate and functional) and Performance (strategic competitiveness and above-normal profits). The course has a strong experiential learning component. With the help of a strategic management computer simulation game, you will run a simulated company in a highly competitive marketplace to outperform your competitors and become market leader. At the end of the course, you will learn business fundamentals, the strategic management process, strategy formulation and implementation, data-driven decision making, and a good understanding of accounting, finance, human resources, marketing and production. This graduate course is suitable for students with or without a business background.

Spreadsheets are a popular model-building environment for managers. Add-ins and enhancements to Excel have made powerful decision-making tools available to the manager. This course covers how to use the spreadsheet to develop and utilize some of these decision-making aids. Visual Basic for Excel allows the nonprogrammer to create modules for functions, subroutines, and procedures. Topics include forecasting (both regression and time series), decision-making under uncertainty and decision trees, using SOLVER for optimization, and probabilistic simulation using @RISK.

This course covers the fundamentals of agile project management. Topics include agile vs. traditional project management approaches, agile history, agile manifesto, agile planning, theory of constraints and scaling agile to the enterprise level. You will also learn key agile project management practices and agile project management tools.

Power Skills is a comprehensive graduate-level course designed to refine the essential interpersonal and leadership competencies necessary for today’s managers. This dynamic program goes beyond traditional “soft skills,” delving into the nuanced “power skills” that differentiate competent managers from exceptional leaders. Throughout the course, students will engage in practical exercises to enhance active listening, ensuring clear and effective communication within diverse teams. Students will be tasked with real-world conflict management scenarios, developing strategies to navigate and resolve workplace disputes diplomatically. A special focus is placed on emotional intelligence (EI) – a skill set that is crucial for understanding and managing both personal and team emotions in a professional setting. Interactive sessions on EI will help students recognize emotional cues and foster a supportive work environment. The curriculum emphasizes adaptability, preparing future leaders to pivot strategies in response to the ever-changing business landscape. Through case studies and collaborative group projects, students will learn the art of negotiation, balancing firm objectives with the art of compromise. Teamwork is a pillar of the course, encouraging collaborative problem-solving and collective goal achievement. By incorporating PMI’s Talent Triangle®, the program also integrates technical project management, strategic business management, and leadership into the learning outcomes. Upon completion, students will emerge as well-rounded professionals, ready to leverage power skills for career advancement and organizational success in the dynamic workforce of the future.