Project Management

The world is becoming increasingly knowledge - driven and this has placed a lot of demand on the input, processing, retrieval and management of data. At the undergraduate level, database system is divided into two courses (Database System I and Database System II). Database System I, is therefore, designed to be an introductory course in database management. In this course, the basic concepts of database systems are introduced; the historical overview of data processing and management is presented so that students can have a chronological view of the developments in the field of data processing, retrieval and management. Students are expected to develop basic competencies in the development and management of databases. Such knowledge will serve as basis for advanced studies in database.

This course intends to provide an introduction to property (real estate) development and finance principles and applications. From initial consideration to final marketing, this course provides a complete overview of the essential steps in the property development process. It also familiarises students with simple cash flow in real estate development process using simulations and scenarios. This course covers 5 main areas of study: 1. The property development process • Overview of the development process • Phases in the property development process • Development value • Stakeholders in the development process and • The economic content for property development 2. Stages in the real estate development • Roles of allied professionals • Roles of statutory government institutions • Roles of financial and community members 3. Feasibility and market study • Cash flow analysis • Discounted cash flow method • Sensitivity analysis • Spreadsheets 4. Means by which investment in properties may be achieved. • Property Acquisition Option • Mortgage Investment Option • Property Development Option • Acquisition of Shares in Property Companies (securitisation and unitisation) 5. Market research, marketing and disposal

This course is an exploratory, school course in operations research that is designed primarily for students to manage and generate new ideas pertaining to business firms or organisations. However, it also meets the need of students in the other fields, as a course that provides student with the basic understanding of business organisations. As a theoretical course, the focus is to impart useful skills on the students in order to enhance their research methodology skills, innovations and its importance to technological development. Topic to covered includes; history of operation research, phases of an O.R project, O.R and its systems orientation, linear programming model, activity analysis, applications, some variants of linear programming, transportation model and assignment model, critical path method and project evaluation review technique(PERT).

This course gives knowledge on the nature of project management, Project selection process, Financial and feasibility studies including economic analysis, social cost benefit analysis, sources of and cost of capital. Choice of technology and production planning and development.

This course utilises the concepts learnt in PMT 201 and PMT 202 to understand what economic growth and development mean, the theories of growth and development, development process and the roles played by institutions and other factors in the development process

This course is an exploratory, school course in technical report writing that is designed primarily for students to carry out research and generate new ideas. However, it also meets the need of students in the other fields, as a course that provides student with the basic understanding of project development and conception. As a theoretical course, the focus is to impart useful skills on the students in order to enhance their research methodology skills, innovations and its importance to technological development. Topic to covered includes; introduction to principles of effective communication, principles of technical proposals, technical descriptions and instructions, technical correspondence, oral presentation of technical ideas, technical aid in presentation and practical applications.

The lecturer would discuss the following topics throughout the duration of the course. • Concepts of quality control • Objectives of quality control • Consequences of quality control • Costs associated with quality control • The economics of quality control • Control chats; types of control chats • Inspection of finished products and the economics of quality control • People as inspectors; item characteristics with a defined standard; inspection variables

Systems engineering for project is an interdisciplinary approach and means to enable the realization of successful systems. It focuses on defining customer needs and required functionality early in the development cycle, documenting requirements, and then proceeding with design synthesis and system validation while considering the complete problem. The course contents includes system, system concepts, system engineering, system modeling, system simulation, system types, engineering and non-engineering systems, state space approach, system design etc.