Human Factors and Team Dynamics for Project Management
X469.2 (3 semester units in Business Administration)
45 pdu: PMI provider #1173
A requirement in the Certificate Program in Project Management and the Professional Sequence in Software Project ManagementWithout quality management, teamwork, employee empowerment, and continuous improvement can degenerate into buzzwords that increase employee cynicism and decrease responsiveness to organizational goals. In this course, you learn the leadership and communication skills necessary to promote and support quality management in your organization. You also learn the most difficult part of quality management, which is creating, nurturing, and sustaining an organizational climate based on best principles and practices.
Prerequisites: Project Management X470 and Quality Management X470.9
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Sat. June 7, Redwood City
BARBARA BLALOCK, M.A., has worked as a senior project manager for a curriculum development company specializing in Web-based training for high-tech companies, and has 15 years of experience in project management in telecommunications and training organizations. After leaving the telecommunications industry, she was president of the California Governor's Quality Awards Program for four years.
- 6 meetings
- June 7 to July 12: Sat., 9 am-5:30 pm
- Redwood City: Room 4, Peninsula Center, 1991 Broadway
- $725 (EDP 304840)
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Textbook(s) for this course:
People Patterns: A Modern Guide to the Four Temperaments
Author: Stephen Montgomery, Ph.D
Publisher: Archer Publications
Edition: First
Publication Year: 2002
ISBN: 1-885705-03-4
AND
The Team Handbook
Author: Peter R. Scholtes, Brian L. Joiner, Barbar J. Streibel
Publisher: Oriel Inc
Edition: 3rd
Publication Year: 2003
ISBN: 1-884731-26-0
Sat. July 12, San Francisco
ZACHARY WONG, Ph.D., is a manager at the Chevron Energy Technology Company in Richmond, Calif. He has more than 30 years of managerial and project management experience, and has held senior positions in research and technology, strategic planning, and business analysis. He is a well-recognized expert and author of Human Factors in Project Management. Wong was selected as a UC Berkeley Extension Honored Instructor in 2002.
- 6 meetings
- July 12 to Aug. 23: Sat., 9 am-5:30 pm (no meeting Aug. 2)
- San Francisco: Room 800, UC Berkeley Extension Downtown Center, 425 Market St., 8th Floor (enter on Fremont St.)
- $725 (EDP 304865)
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Textbook(s) for this course:
Human Factors in Project Management
Author: Zachary Wong
Publisher: Jossey-Bass, an imprint of Wiley
Edition: 1st
Publication Year: 2007
ISBN: 0787996297
Sections closed for enrollment
Sat. April 5, Redwood City
ANTHONY MATHEWS, M.S., has been engaged as a consultant across a diverse spectrum of businesses. Specialized interests have included work-process analysis and design, productivity management, and organizational effectiveness. His teaching experience includes various areas of project management, team development, and dynamics. He currently consults on matters of management effectiveness for organizations in the private and public sectors.
- 6 meetings
- April 5 to May 10: Sat., 9 am-5:30 pm
- Redwood City: Room 6, Peninsula Center, 1991 Broadway
- $725 (EDP 313395)