International Project Management - a practical case study by Lukas Hufnagel

I.Table of Content 1. Introduction 3 2. Project framework 3 3. Project Timeline & Phases of the project 5 3.1 Introduction Phase 5 3.1.1 Stakeholder analysis 7 3.1.2 Action plan 10 3.2 Research & Preparation Phase 11 3.3 Action & Evaluation Phase 13 3.4 Review Phase 14 4. Project manager skills 15 5. Lessons learned 17 II. Reference List 19 III. Appendix 19 Exhibit 1: ‘Campus Live – Infoveranstaltung für Unternehmen’ 19 Exhibit 2: Draft questionnaire ‘Bewerbungsvorlieben’ 20 Exhibit 3: Info letter for student assistants 21 Exhibit 4: Questionnaire ‘Fragebogen Jobbörse 2013’ 22 Exhibit 5: Presentation ‘PPT Jobbörse’ 24 Exhibit 6: Poster ‘T-shirt raffle’ 25

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1. Introduction
On April 23rd of this year the annual job fair ‘firstcontact’ was held at the Stadthalle Deggendorf. Over 150 firms used this opportunity to present themselves to the students of Deggendorf University of Applied Sciences(First Contact e.V., 2013). This job fair is the chance for the students to get in contact with company representatives and inform themselves about job opportunities, trainee programs and much more for the life after their graduation. The fair is organised by the student’s club First Contact e.V. of Deggendorf University of Applied Sciences.

Back in March of this year, at the beginning of the summer term, I applied for a job as a student assistant for the career service at HDU Deggendorf. I was hired shortly after for the summer term 2013. In my contract the task I was supposed to carry out in my new function was stated: Conduct a research study on the topic of recruiting amongst the students of Deggendorf University of Applied Sciences.

It was planned that the results of this research study were to be presented by me at the job fair to various company representatives within an information