Application of Project Management Methods on Teaching Business Modules for Students in Higher Education Institutions

Abstract

Purpose of research – the current review paper is aimed to provide with results of review of applied methods of Project Management in teaching business disciplines and “Project Management” as a separate course in higher educational institutions and share this experience results with the interested stakeholders.

Methodology of research is literature review on topic via seeking recent scientific publications on contiguous themes such as «Project Management methods for teaching», «Innovation methods of teaching» and «Application of Project Management in Higher Education». Moreover, quantitative methodology in the form of survey was chosen to strengthen the research.

The relevance of research is innovative techniques and approaches of teaching at higher institutions due to rapidly changing environment and corresponding amendments made in education industry and its normative regulations (e.g. including blended learning as widely spread practice in some Kazakhstani educational system).

The originality / value of research is confirmed by lack of scientific research made on project management approaches applied to teaching process and how the fundamental knowledge and perception of the subject could be easily understood by listeners.

As findings of this paper, the obtained data is provided on students’ perception and feedback on project management-and business-related modules. That survey results show how effective and helpful were the applied methods of teaching the subject which allows authors to analyse the obtained and use them to improve the quality of study process.