MGT202 Delivering Projects for Organisational Success Individual Assignment, Singapore

Assignment Submission

Students are required to submit their coursework through CANVAS. Only assessments submitted through CANVAS will be marked. Any other submission, including submission to your study center in hard copy, will be treated as a non-submission.

PLAGIARISM/INFRINGEMENT STATEMENT

All Assessments are subject to the University’s Policy on ‘Cheating, Collusion and Plagiarism’. Students found guilty of this are subject to severe penalties. This is an INDIVIDUAL piece of work – If there is evidence that the work is not wholly attributable to you, the University’s policy on ‘Cheating, Collusion and Plagiarism’ will be applied.

Link to University Academic Integrity and Misconduct Policy

https://services.sunderland.ac.uk/academicregistry/academicqualityhandbook/progra

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LEARNING OUTCOMES:

1. Apply appropriate tools and techniques to source, critique, and evaluate approaches to project management to deliver organisational success
2. Examine the need for reflective, transformational integrative approaches to delivering projects for organisational success
3. Evaluate and debate project success factors
4. Critically debate approaches to problem-solving and contemporary project management in organisations

Summative Assessment:

The assessment is one piece of work (100% weighted mark):

Case scenario: Your faculty is planning to hold a graduation ceremony for cohorts that are completing the undergraduate programme. As the Project Manager appointed by your faculty, you are in-charge to organise this event.

As the project is currently at the feasibility stage, you are required to prepare a proposal report for the faculty dean’s approval. The proposal report should outline various key components required to hold the event successfully.

From a project management perspective, you are to include stakeholder analysis for this project. This should clearly identify the internal and external stakeholders and prioritise them (using for example Power Interest Matrix) and how they can contribute to the project.

In addition, set up your project team and outline the key areas required to successfully manage this project – e.g., Project Scope (covering all mandatory items); Project Priorities (with appropriate justification and a balanced trade-off); Work Breakdown Structure (with relevant work packages); Gantt chart; Cost Estimation (with time-phase budget); and potential risks associated with the project.

Lastly identify possible challenges in the various stages of project life cycle; and recommendations to overcome the challenges.

You must utilise a ‘report style’ document by including the following sections:

• Title page with your name, student number, programme of study, module title, module code, module tutor name and word count
• A contents page with appropriate page numbers
• An introduction
• The main body of the report, which should include items such as stakeholder analysis; details of the project team; Project Scope; Project Priorities; Work Breakdown Structure; Gantt chart; Cost Estimation; and potential risks associated with the project.
• Challenges and Recommendations
• References list (‘Harvard Referencing’)
• Appendices (if needed)

You are required to write an individual report around 3000 words +/- 10%.

Submission of Assessment:

The assignment must be submitted via the Turnitin Dropbox on the Module Canvas Site.

It is advisable to retain a copy of your assignment for you own records.

Your mark and feedback will be made available to you electronically once the internal moderation process has taken place, you should note that at this stage marks are still subject to external examiner and academic board approval.

Students are required to submit their coursework through CANVAS. Only assessments submitted through CANVAS will be marked. Any other submission, including submission to your study centre in hard copy will be treated as a non-submission.

Referencing your Work:

In this institution the Harvard method of referencing is used.

The Harvard method of referring to publications and of arranging references uses the author’s name and the date of the publication. References are listed at the end of the text in alphabetical order by author’s name. The general format of a journal reference is shown below:

Smith, J. (1999) How to succeed! Journal of Entrepreneurs, 1(2), p. 34-56

Author’s name and initials are listed first, followed by year of publication in brackets. Then there is the title of article and the journal where the article appears, which is underlined or in italics. Finally, state the volume and issue Number (in brackets) along with the pages where the article can be located.     

Academic Integrity and Misconduct:

Your attention is drawn to the University’s stated position on plagiarism. THE WORK OF OTHERS, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THE ASSIGNMENT MUST BE ATTRIBUTED TO ITS SOURCE (a full bibliography and/or a list of references must be submitted as prescribed in the assessment brief).

Please note that this is intended to be an individual piece of work.  Action will be taken where a student is suspected of having cheated or engaged in any dishonest practice.  Students must not copy or collude with one another or present any information that they themselves have not generated.