PROED 643 - Guiding Organizational Change

This three-day (in class) simulation course requires Project Managers to: (1) exercise the complete range of Project Management tools and techinques while managing a significant corporate project, and (2) develop a valuable new set of leadership skills held by a select few - guiding others through the unsettling distress of major changes to their organization. The class will develop and assess each student's ability to guide a team through actual, real time projects with multiple, simultaneous, overlapping, organizational changes. During the course students will learn practical skills that will help them and their project team get trough changes faster, with less pain, and with better outcomes. This course is an elective towards the University of Utah Advanced Project Management Certificate. It is also registered with the Project Management Institute for 24 Professional Development units (PDU), which can be applied toward maintaining other related licenses and certification. This course incorporates the Project Management Institute's Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge principles and is beneficial in preparation for the Project Management Professional certification.