Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Selected Topics of Construction Management (17.GD004)

Native organizations units: Department of Civil Engineering

Type of studies	Title
Doctoral Academic Studies	Civil Engineering (Year: 1, Semester: Summer)

General information:

Category	Scientific-professional
Scientific or art field	Tehnologija i organizacija građenja i menadžment
ECTS	10

Acquiring knowledge on contemporary methods in management in construction companies (building construction, hydro construction and civil engineering construction).

Enabling students to analyse processes in construction management, as well as to participate in improving the existing organizational structures in construction companies and forming the new ones. Acquired knowledge can be applied in further researches in the area of construction management, as well as in concrete application in practice.

Construction company as a business system. Position of construction companies at the market. Conditions and criteria for manager profiling in construction companies. Construction process management. Managing human resources and conflict situations. Knowledge management. TQM.Transformation of organizational structures in construction companies.

Teaching is realized as lectures in the form of presentations on individual method units, as well as tutorials with the teacher. Students select an area for elaborating a seminar paper which is done with the consultations with the teacher. Examination includes the entire course content lectured during the semester, and it is taken both in written and oral form. Examination grade is formed on the bases of attendance, seminar paper grade, written and oral examination.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Winch G.	Managing Construction Projects	2002	Blackwell Publishing	English
Kunishima M., Shoi M.	The Principles of Construction Management	1995	Sankaido	English
Winch G.	Managing Construction Projects	2002	Blackwell Publishing	English
Omachonu V., Ross J.	Principles of Total Quality	2004	CRC Press	English