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Construction Management and Leadership

Subject
Subject code EHE021
Subject name Construction Management and Leadership
Credit points 3 ECTS
Grading method Exam
Subject program
Curriculum subject
Curriculum 2017 HE
Study year 4
Semester Fall semester
Subject type Mandatory
Subject loads
Lecture 32
General description
The explanation of the concept of management and the development of the idea of management in society. The main viewpoints of classical management doctrine about work distribution, work organisation, responsibility and bureaucracy in organisations. The concept of motivation and its place in the management of organisations. Modern concepts of systems, the nature of feedback and technology of management. Organisations in society and the efficiency of management structures. Main concepts of personnel management, leader and his/her functions: decision-making and inspection. The place of communication and interaction in organisations. Main participants of a construction process: proprietor, contracting entity, designer, builder, administrator, maintainer, consultants/advisers. Contracting methods in construction: general contracting, designing-constructing, management contracting. Conflicts in construction arrangement and the possibilities and methods of resolving them.
General aim
The objective of the course is to give the students basic knowledge about leadership and management in construction.
Aim
After completing the course the student:
1. is able to name the main notions in the field of management;
2. is able to describe and analyse the process of negotiation;
3. is able to substantiate the need for cooperation;
4. is able to describe the principles of compiling a SWOT-analysis;
5. knows the three important parameters of construction and their dependence on each other.
Form description
Lectures, practical classes and independent work.
Replacement Subjects
EHO399 Construction Organisation and Management
Current rounds
Construction Management and Leadership HE71/81 KK51/61
Construction Management and Leadership KHE71/81
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