Learning outcomes addressed
Evaluate country risk and its impact on project selection and management
Critically evaluate organisational cultures that encourage creativity, innovation and risk acceptance in the context of the management of international projects
Evaluate options within a range of situations in conditions of limited knowledge or uncertainty.
Critically evaluate the project management strategies that project managers adopt to help organisations succeed in an uncertain or turbulent environment in an international context.
Business School wishes to celebrate the end of the academic year with a one-day charity fundraising event. The event will take place in May 2022 and the aim is to raise at least £2,022. You are appointed as the project manager for this event and have been asked to submit a comprehensive Project Plan.
Project Plan
Submit a Project Plan (approx. 2,000 words) which will cover all areas of the project, including Project Scope Management, Project Time Management, Project Risk Management, Project Cost Management, and Project Communications Management.
Indicative content:
- Project Overview (scope narrative), scope statement, rationale, constraints, assumptions, WBS, etc.)
- Project Time Management (network diagram, critical path analysis, Gantt chart etc.)
- Project Risk Management (risk matrix, risk plan, risk response, etc.)
- Project Cost Management (resource analysis, budget, cost baseline, etc.)
- Project Communications Management (stakeholder analysis, communication plan, etc.)
Marking Scheme
This is an individual assignment and is worth 50% of the total marks available for this module. Each student must submit an electronic copy of their report to Blackboard. The marking scheme for the report:
The project plan demonstrated excellent knowledge of the course content by integrating major and minor concepts.
The project plan demonstrated evidence of extensive research effort and a depth of thinking about the topic.
Excellent structure, error free language and well-designed graphs and diagrams.
The project plan demonstrated good knowledge of the course content by integrating major concepts.
The project plan demonstrated evidence of research effort and thinking about the topic.
Very good structure, almost error-free language and well-designed graphs and diagrams
The project plan demonstrated some knowledge of the course content by integrating some major concepts.
The project plan demonstrated little evidence of research effort and thinking about the topic.
Satisfying structure, language and graphs
Many requirements and objectives are not identified, evaluated and/or completed.
The project plan offered no new information or approach to the topic under discussion.
Few application considerations are analyzed and other factors were ignored or incompletely analyzed.
Poor structure, grammatical mistakes, poorly-designed graphs and diagrams
Most requirements and objectives are not identified, evaluated and/or completed.
The project plan offered no new information or approach to the topic under discussion.
Very few application considerations are analyzed and other factors were ignored or incompletely analyzed.
Very poor structure, grammatical mistakes, poorly-designed graphs and diagrams
Very poor work /No submission
Please note that marking criteria should not be seen as the structure of the coursework nor expected headings of your project plan. You should view the marking criteria as a useful indicator about the level you need to achieve for your work.
Mitigating Circumstances
Students may use the formal Mitigating Circumstances procedures to justify the late submission or non-submission for valid reasons. Pease note that the Module Leader cannot grant any extensions. Any requests should be made to the Mitigating Circumstances Board and supported by appropriate evidence. For more information on this please contact the WBS Registry.
When writing a report, you will need to support your arguments by referring to published work such as books, journal or newspaper articles, government reports, dissertations and theses, and material from the Internet. All work must be fully referenced and follow the correct referencing style guide. You must include at least 8 references in the report.
It is expected that you use the Westminster Harvard Referencing style within this work. You may want to consult the referencing style guide at Referencing your Work.
Academic Offences
Academic offences, including plagiarism are treated very seriously. Plagiarism must be avoided at all costs and students who break rules, however innocently, will be penalised. All submitted work is passed through ‘Turnitin’ system to determine the originality score.
It is your responsibility as a student to make sure that you understand what constitutes an academic offence, what plagiarism is and how to avoid it. Consult the Handbook of Academic Regulations for more information.
Coursework Feedback
Coursework feedback will be available on two working weeks after submission. Electronic feedback will appear on blackboard. All marks are classed as provisional until approved by the final Examination Board.
Remember:
It is a requirement that you submit your work in this way. All coursework must be submitted by 1.00 p.m. (13.00) UK time on the due date.
If you submit your coursework late but within 24 hours or one working day of the specified deadline, 10% of the overall marks available for that element of assessment will be deducted, as a penalty for late submission, except for work which is marked in the range 40 – 49%, in which case the mark will be capped at the pass mark (40%).
If you submit your coursework more than 24 hours or more than one working day after the specified deadline you will be given a mark of zero for the work in question.
The University’s mitigating circumstances procedures relating to the non-submission or late submission of coursework apply to all coursework.