International Project Management

Gain the new skills you need to manage projects in today’s complex and uncertain global business environment

In today’s turbulent global economy, where organisations are tasked with achieving more goals with fewer financial resources, effective project management is required more than at any other time in history. But what does ‘effective’ mean? Certainly it is not only a matter of doing things the way they have always been done – more quickly, more cheaply. New scenarios, such as geographically dispersed teams working in different time zones, locations and across cultural borders, present tremendous new opportunities – while posing uncharted personal, professional and corporate challenges for managers.
So how can you capitalise on the opportunities and overcome the challenges? By enhancing your cross-functional skills and people skills.

International Project Management is a five-day programme unlike any other in this field. It is unique in focusing on both technical and people skills. It also acknowledges the realities of a complex world where customer requirements, supplier capabilities, technological change and shifting business conditions, simply do not fit the traditional project management models. Above all, the programme offers today’s project managers guidance through the constantly evolving global business environment.

Key benefits

• Develop project management skills and understanding of project teams and stakeholders’ relationships
• Manage complexity and uncertainty in order to cope with the new global environment
• Improve team collaboration on corporate initiatives, leading to more projects delivered on time and on budget

A view from INSEAD on:

• New Project Management Skills Required

Simulations, hands-on training sessions and role-playing activities ensure that your
learning is practical, relevant and able to be implemented the day that you step
back into the office. Theory is derived from experience, rather than experience derived from theory. Real-life examples delivered by internationally acclaimed faculty members and the opportunity to share with and learn from your international peers will provide you with unrivalled stimulation and motivation to put what you are learning into practice. And you leave with a complete toolkit, consisting of a set of project-critical questions – to use for the benefit of your own professional development and the success of your organisation.

The programme covers the following topics:

• Managing projects: definition, planning and execution
• Managing uncertainty
• Managing relationships
• Managing project teams

This programme is open to executives involved in complex projects and managers of any function, who define the parameters of projects, such as:

• Launching new products
• Developing new services
• Planning new marketing campaigns
• Implementing a change management programme
• Creating a new business model or setting up a new business.

These participants need not have undergone specialised training or acquired the frameworks for effective project management, but are responsible for implementing projects in an international and organisational context or need to acquire a framework for project leadership and management.

Executives with little or no project management background are also welcome to attend in order to understand more clearly what successful project management entails.

“I attended more than 60 courses globally but I can truly claim that this one was different. It is one of the very rare events that one feels a part of a harmonious family in such a short period of time. It is like magic.”

GM Reliability & Improvement
Saudi Basic Industries Coporation (SABIC)
Saudi Arabia

“A great week. The programme, professors and subjects gave me very good insights and plenty of material to think about. The various participants’ backgrounds helped me to view my own problems in a different light.”

Project Manager - Business Technology Services
Philips Electronics
Singapore

“The quality and diversity of the group and the quality of the professors make the International Project Management Programme a course of incredible value.”

Manager Unit Production Engineering Department
ToyotaMotor Europe Manufacturing
United Kingdom

“The course is very well structured. The case studies were very practical. The mixture of cultures creates an interesting discussion environment. Thank you INSEAD!”

Programme Manager
ST Aerospace Engineering

“One of the most interesting aspects in our INSEAD course was that the games and simulations took us from our desk and created a real case environment. This is quite powerful in terms of testing and training us for problems in real time.”

President Adviser
Petrobras

Great minds don’t think alike

INSEAD’s professors represent many cultures, disciplines, and perspectives. Led by acknowledged world experts in their own particular fields, programme faculty remain intimately close to business and most are engaged in cross-disciplinary research.*

	Kishore Sengupta Programme Director Associate Professor of Information Systems Professor Sengupta's research interests are in electronic commerce, knowledge management, and software project management. His published research appears in journals in information technology and management, such as Management Science, MIS Quarterly... He is currently working on a book on online electronic environments. Read more...
	Ludo Van der Heyden Professor of Technology and Operations Management The Mubadala Chaired Professor in Corporate Governance and Strategy Academic Director, INSEAD Corporate Governance Initiative		Christoph Loch Professor of Technology and Operations Management The GlaxoSmithKline Chaired Professor of Corporate Innovation

*programme faculty may change

Dates & Fees

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For full details on how to apply, accommodation, and cancellation conditions please visit the Practical Information page

* Fee subject to change. For programmes delivered in France, VAT (19.6%) to be added for companies based in France, or for European companies where no VAT number is supplied. For programmes delivered in Singapore, GST (7%) to be added for Singapore-registered companies.