Project & Quality Management

Department

Master's Program Social Work, Social Policy & Management

Course unit code

SOA-M-3-SOM-PQM-VO

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5.0

Name of lecturer(s)

Koglek Robert, MA MSc, Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Hasenjäger Kristian, Auer Alexander, BSc, B.A., Kuschert Janet, MA

Mode of delivery

face-to-face

Recommended optional program components

none

Recommended or required reading

Grillitsch, W., & Sagemeister, M. (2021). Projektmanagement in Organisatio-nen der Sozialwirtschaft. Eine Einführung. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.

Grunwald, K., & Langer, A. (Hrsg.) (2018). Sozialwirtschaft. Handbuch für Wis-senschaft und Praxis. Baden-Baden: Nomos.

Helmig, B., & Boenigk, S. (2020). Nonprofit Management (2. Aufl.). München: Vahlen.

Laloux, F. (2015). Reinventing Organizations: Ein Leitfaden zur Gestaltung sinnstiftender Formen der Zusammenarbeit. München: Vahlen.

Roehl, H., & Asselmeyer, H. (Hrsg.) (2017). Organisationen klug gestalten. Das Handbuch für Organisationsentwicklung und Change Management. Stuttgart: Schäffer-Poeschel.

Schiersmann, C., & Thiel, H.-U. (2018). Organisationsentwicklung. Prinzipien und Strategien von Veränderungsprozessen (5. Aufl.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS.

Level of course unit

Master

Year of study

Fall 2025

Semester when the course unit is delivered

3

Language of instruction

English

Course contents

• Factors for success and failure of projects in social and non-profit organizations
• System-oriented project management processes
• Roles in project management
• Management of complex projects
• Importance of quality management for social organizations
• Core processes of quality management
• Opportunities and limits of quality management
• Mission and concept development in social organizations
• Phases and methods of concept development
• Conception as a management control tool
• Concept development as a systemic development tool
• Concept development as an integral personnel and organizational development process
• Concept development as a participatory and emancipatory process
• Basic principles of the EU budget and funding system
• Overview of funding opportunities
• Funding applications and approval process
• Evaluation and success criteria

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course comprises an interactive mix of lectures, discussions and individual and group work.

Work placement(s)

none