Faculty of Business and Law
Unit Title: Project Management
Unit Code: Core: no option Level: 6
Assignment Title: 100% Individual Essay
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Submission Date: Feedback Return Date: See Date on Moodle. Week Commencing – Four weeks after submission deadline
Submission Instructions: Submit electronically via Moodle.
Details on how to do this are on Moodle. Note that the assignment will be checked using Turnitin. (See section on Plagiarism below.)
Feedback Return Information: Marks and Feedback will be given on Moodle four weeks after the submission deadline.
Assignment Task and Word Count:
You have been asked to advise the management team on a post-disaster reconstruction project to rebuild a metropolitan city. Provide a critical analysis of Stakeholder Analysis, Planning and Risk Management as important project management factors that contribute to the successful delivery of this project. Focus on these areas, in a detailed analysis of the specified topics. Your analysis should be performed from the perspective of a project management professional. Give examples from practice to illustrate your account.
This is an individual piece of work of a maximum 3000 words (excluding the reference list). Note that excess will be ignored
Unit Learning Outcomes Assessed:
• Apply knowledge of the environmental and organisational context to project management.
• Evaluate and critically debate alternative approaches to delivering project outcomes.
Early Career/ World Class Professional Skills (PLOs) being assessed or developed/assessed:
This assignment will help further develop information gathering capabilities, critical analysis and thinking skills and practical decision making as well as enhancing written communication skills, which are essential for employability and lifelong learning.
The appropriate Programme Learning Outcomes are –
PLO1. Identify and apply information critically in relation to context (developed)
PLO2. Demonstrate communication skills at the appropriate level and using appropriate media (developed)
PLO3. Identify and interrogate issues of ethics, responsibility and sustainability (developed)
PLO4. Demonstrate critical professional and commercial/corporate awareness in your discipline (developed)