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PROMECON is a two-week Erasmus Intensive Programme on Project Management in European Economy that aims at developing and delivering organised knowledge transfer and training to students of different disciplines (engineering, science, business) and ethnic background on the social dynamics of project management. PROMECON supports a holistic approach to project management knowledge and skills development which is non-industry related and not single-focused on quantitative methods, (as traditional teaching in project management) but rather emphasizes the project management dynamics and social interaction through active and participating learning.
The IP reflects on the changes observed in economy where the traditional form of management cannot deal with the dynamics and resulting chaos of the modern economic, social and business environment. Therefore, the project management process emerges as best suited to handle the dynamic change encountered daily. The objective of PROMECON is to introduce students to the values of this broader inter-disciplinary approach to project management and its importance to European economy and society.
In addition, the international and multi-cultural perspective, with participants from 9 European countries and a good representation of both eastern, western, southern and northern countries and their distinctive features respectively, will result in higher synergy of curriculum development and better quality in teaching.
PROMECON IP addresses undergraduate students from different disciplines, (business, engineering, science), different ethnic and cultural background throughout Europe, and different exposition to economic development, being in the last part of their undergraduate studies, who have an interest in developing specific skills in managing projects.
PROMECON will provide the following main activities to achieve the goals: contact learning sessions, including seminars, case studies and workshops, and e-Learning by using an educational internet environment. The course modules will be delivered by professors of the partner institutions. Participating students will be evaluated on their performance in the programme and will be awarded ECTS credits.
It has been agreed among partners that PROMECON will run for three (3) academic years and take place in three different institutes/countries. TEI of Larissa will host the 1st year IP in September 2009.
The course output will be a study process in Management by Project, including materials on subject related simulation games, practices and case studies. The student output will be the development of specific project plans derived from group work, role playing activities and the application of methodologies and tools on specific case studies. The programme will also result in a Production Manuscript on how to manage international intensive courses.
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