Below is an outline of the available teaching material in the selected Key
Business Skill.
SHEFFIELD
ARENA
Level & Student Effort
Organisation
Contact
3rd/4th
Year UG, or Masters
Manchester Business
School
Prof G.M. Winch
g.winch@umist.ac.uk
Why Chose this Teaching
Material?
Provides students with the opportunity to practice
what they are taught in lectures on construction project management.
Description:
The aims of this teaching material are to simulate
decision-making in the context of a project under extreme pressures of
schedule and budget. The material takes the form of a role-play, drawing
on a detailed case study of the construction of the Sheffield Arena for
the World Student Games.
Teaching Resources/Activities
Lecture/Workshop/Assessment
Student Hours (Min - Max)
Available Resources
Role Play
4
Role Play:Winch, G.M. (1999) Project Management.
In: C. Clegg, S. Walsh and K. Legge (eds.) The Experience of Managing:
A Skills Workbook Basingstoke, Macmillan 204-209pp.
Teaching Note: Available from the author.
Supporting Text: Winch, G.M. (2002) Managing
Construction Projects: an Information Processing Approach Oxford, Blackwell
Science. 458pp.
