Project Management and Organisation

Project management serves as one of the pillars of a company’s economic success. For the realisation of projects, executives need comprehensive in-depth knowledge of project management, business analytical skills and social skills. The monitoring of change processes (change management) is one of the tasks of project managers, just as managing international projects. The master degree programme “Project Management and Organisation” offers an innovative, practical and at the same time scientific and profound academic training, which is suited to the needs of the economy.

Online info sessions (in German)

Would you like to learn more about the Banking and Finance degree programme and have your individual questions answered? Then register now for our online info sessions! The degree programme team will inform you about application and admission, study contents and career opportunities. The online info sessions will be held in German.

Dates:

Tue, 30/05/2023, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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Career options:

Management of complex temporary projects
Management of project-focused companies
Management of operational processes

Graduates of this programme can

assume managerial responsibilities for international and complex projects and programmes
implement and develop project management in organisations, and plan and manage project portfolios
select suitable management approaches (conventional/agile/hybrid) according to the projects and companies in question and evaluate how they are being employed
strategically manage project-focused organisations using interdisciplinary approaches and structure change
prepare, analyse and evaluate start-ups
analyse, evaluate, improve and manage process management and quality management systems
exhibit good social, communication and intercultural skills as well as resilience

You can find more information in the current brochure of the degree programme (German)

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Studiengangsbroschüre Projektmanagement und Organisation

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Team

Degree programme director:

Iris Schirl-Böck

Deputy degree programme director:

Andreas Nachbagauer

Coordinator of the study programme:

Richard Elsner

Lecturers:

Gerhard Ortner

Fritz Stallinger

Informationen zum Studiengang

Video Master Project Management and Organisation (only available in German)

Interview with director degree programme Iris Schirl-Böck (only available in German)

The programme at a glance

Degree

Master of Arts in Business, MA

Length of programme

3 semesters

Mode of study

Career parallel programme: during the week in the evening and Saturdays during the day

Place of Study

Campus Wohlmutstrasse
Wohlmutstrasse 22
1020 Vienna

Language of instruction

German and English

Credits

90 ECTS

Tuition fee

€ 363.36 / semester (+ € 22.70 student union fee)

Specialisation possible

Project management:

Zukunft der Arbeit or
Start-ups & Innovation

Organisation:

Managing Transformation & Complexity or
International Projects & Diversity

Semester abroad

Students have various possibilities to go abroad and spend time at one of our partner universities. The degree programme recommends completing a semester abroad in the 3rd semester.

Admission procedure

Online application, online multiple choice test, interview.

Preparation for admission procedure

For preparation materials please see the download section. No external courses are required.

Application period for EU/EEA-citizens

1 October until 31 May

Application period for non-EU/EEA-citizens

1 October until 30 April

Admission requirements

Secondary school leaving-certificate (High school Diploma) AND
Completion of a social studies/business/natural science/ law/ technical degree in Austria or equivalent degree abroad (The legalization list can be found here under downloads)

Evidence of prior learning in

project management (3 ECTS),
business administration (12 ECTS),
private legal studies (3 ECTS),
English (C1 according to GER or 4 ECTS - does not apply to native speakers).

Bridging courses

Take advantage of the free bridging courses offered by the UAS BFI Vienna (May to July) to acquire missing ECTS and qualify for admission to a master programme.

Level of qualification according to the National Qualification Framework and the European Qualifications Framework

NQR 7

Field(s) of study (e.g. ISCED-F)

0413 Management and Admistration

Access to further studies

Graduates of UAS master programmes are entitled to enroll in relevant doctoral programmes (pursuant to § 6 para. 4 FHG, as amended) or university courses.

Richard Elsner, BA

Coordinator

+43 1 720 12 86-251

richard.elsner@fh-vie.ac.at

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Course Social Skills in Projects

ECTS Credits 1.00 ECTS Credits

Language German Language

Curriculum PT Curriculum

Semester 2 SS Semester
After successfully completing this course, students will be able to
- illustrate the social problem areas and challenges in projects,
- apply methods of analysis and, building on them, deduce solutions,
- out of this, develop a self-conception of their role as project manager in the social system “project” as well as recognize and distinctively describe the interests and needs of other roles in the project, and
- apply stakeholder management with its methods (e.g. system board).
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Course Thesis Outline Workshop

ECTS Credits 2.00 ECTS Credits

Language German Language

Curriculum PT Curriculum

Semester 2 SS Semester
After successfully completing this course, students will be able to
- theoretically and methodically pursue a research idea in structured, academic form,
- devise research questions, problem formulations and hypotheses for it,
- select and work on various types of literature,
- develop a research design,
- conceive a line of reasoning, and
- take formal aspects into account.
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Course Entrepreneurship

ECTS Credits 3.00 ECTS Credits

Language German Language

Curriculum PT Curriculum

Semester 3 WS Semester
After successfully completing this course, students will be able to
- describe essential aspects of founding a company (vision/mission, organization, financing, controlling instruments, processes) and
- integrate them within the scope of a business plan.
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Course Innovation Management

ECTS Credits 2.00 ECTS Credits

Language German Language

Curriculum PT Curriculum

Semester 3 WS Semester
After successfully completing this course, students will be able to
- discern and describe different kinds and types of innovations as well as essential approaches and models of innovation management,
- assess the advantages and disadvantages of these approaches and identify their requirements and effects on the process and project management of a business, and
- devise the management subsystems involved accordingly.
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Course Legal Aspects of Atypical Work

ECTS Credits 1.00 ECTS Credits

Language German Language

Curriculum PT Curriculum

Semester 3 WS Semester
After successfully completing this course, students will be able to
- classify the work and services contracts of (project)staff as employment contracts, freelance contracts or contracts for works, and
- anticipate the legal consequences of the most important alternatives of flexible contract arrangements from labor, social security and tax law perspectives or evaluate them if the legal situation is uncertain.
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Course Legal Aspects of Founding a Company

ECTS Credits 1.00 ECTS Credits

Language German Language

Curriculum PT Curriculum

Semester 3 WS Semester
After successfully completing this course, students will be able to
- found a company legally effectively,
- do so in accordance with the law, and
- clarify foreseeable legal questions.
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Course Managing Complexity

ECTS Credits 2.00 ECTS Credits

Language English Language

Curriculum PT Curriculum

Semester 3 WS Semester
After successfully completing this course, students will be able to
- explain the key terms “complexity”, “insecurity“, “uncertainty“ and “risk“ and relate these to each other,
- understand the internal complexity of systems as (attempt at) depicting external complexity as well as identify and illustrate essential drivers of complexity in organizations and projects,
- explain projects and organizations as complex social systems and understand the contribution of humans (as complex element in organizations) both to complexity and also as reaction to complexity (for the solution of complex tasks in organizations),
- understand and assess the characteristics and principles of different management approaches (classical, agile, etc.) in their effect on the dynamic of systems, and
- develop strategies to deal with insecurity, uncertainty and the momentum of complex systems und to reduce complexity at individual, team, project as well as organization level.
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Course Managing Diversity

ECTS Credits 2.00 ECTS Credits

Language English Language

Curriculum PT Curriculum

Semester 3 WS Semester
After successfully completing this course, students will be able to
- analyze individual, institutional and structural differences and commonalities,
- identify synergies and potential for diversity in organizational contexts, and based on this
- devise measures for further development of organizations in considera-tion of individual and societal scope of action.
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Course Managing International Projects

ECTS Credits 4.00 ECTS Credits

Language English Language

Curriculum PT Curriculum

Semester 3 WS Semester
After successfully completing this course, students will be able to
- analyze and assess challenges of global projects,
- lead virtual teams,
- assess and decide on alternative solution scenarios for international projects, and
- devise organizational concepts for international projects.
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Course Master Exam

ECTS Credits 6.00 ECTS Credits

Language German Language

Curriculum PT Curriculum

Semester 3 WS Semester

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Activities (only in German)

PM Symposium "All in - with real commitment to project success!" | Thursday, 1st June 2023 (German only)

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After completing my bachelor's degree in "Project Management and IT", I wanted to focus more intensively on the management aspects of companies. Since I am professionally responsible for IT and organizational development projects, the master's program "Project Management and Organization" seemed ideal to me.

The broadly based subject areas of this practice-oriented course of studies are optimally adapted to the professional challenges. The acquisition of valuable competences is made possible with this study.

Wolfgang Schwarz, MA, Graduate Master Project Management & Organisation