MGN537 Organising and Leading Projects
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| Unit code: | MGN537 |
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| Prerequisite(s): | 24 credit points of completed study |
| Equivalent(s): | MGN434 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| CSP student contribution | $2,040 |
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| Domestic tuition unit fee | $4,092 |
| International unit fee | $4,584 |
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2024, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | MGN537 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | 24 credit points of completed study |
| Equivalent: | MGN434 |
| Coordinator: | Erica French | e.french@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This unit provides you with opportunities to build individual and team based knowledge in project management, and practice your skills in a group acting as consultants designing a program of change to meet stakeholder requirements and offering appropriate recommendations to your client to achieve performance improvement through the management of change. The unit prepares you for developing your own projects of work and for undertaking the capstone unit.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Demonstrate the ability to understand and effectively apply project management theories, tools, and techniques to real world business contexts.
- Scope out a body of work and plan a project to meet a client brief and identify evidence based strategic opportunities for change and performance improvement.
- Employ effective internal and external communication techniques that benefit the management of the project team and the client stakeholders to achieve project outcomes.Relates to: PG Business Capabilities: PC (3.1)
- Select and utilise team building and teamwork skills in the execution of a change project to ensure effective governance, build team capability and strengthen individual capacity.Relates to: PG Business Capabilities: TS (4.2)
- Develop a schedule using appropriate software to show critical path and network diagram appropriate to the project.Relates to: PG Business Capabilities: KS (1.2)
Content
Topics to be covered include:
- Project Strategy and Success
- Project Governance
- Stakeholders
- Scoping the Project
- Time, Cost and Quality
- The Schedule
- Risk Management
- Execution and Control
- Closeout
QUT Business Capabilities (Postgraduate)
The content and assessment in this unit are aligned to a selection of the following set of QUT Business Capabilities, also known as Assurance of Learning Goals (AoLs). Developing these capabilities will assist you to meet the desired graduate outcomes set at QUT and equip you with the knowledge and skills to succeed in your chosen career.
Knowledge & Technical Skills (KS)
1.1 Demonstrate and apply integrated and advanced discipline and professional practice knowledge, including knowledge of relevant research principles and methods.
1.2 Apply technical, technological and technical research skills to organise and interpret discipline knowledge, including theory and practice, to investigate business issues.
Higher Order Thinking Skills (HO)
2.1 Critically investigate real world business issues and problems drawing on analysis, evaluation and synthesis of discipline knowledge, including theory and practice.
2.2 Exercise creativity and intellectual independence and make informed decisions and judgements in planning, designing, and executing strategic and research-based responses to address real world issues and problems.
Professional Communication (PC)
3.1 Use information literacy skills and communicate effectively and professionally in written forms and using media appropriate for diverse purposes, contexts and audiences.
3.2 Use information literacy skills and communicate effectively and professionally in oral forms appropriate for diverse purposes, contexts and audiences.
Teamwork & Self (TS)
4.1 Exercise self-reflection and accountability in applying knowledge and skills for own learning and effective practice.
4.2 Apply teamwork knowledge and skills for effective collaboration across a range of complex activities and contexts.
Social, Ethical & Global Understanding (SE)
5.1 Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles and practices of business in critically analysing and effectively responding to complex business issues.
5.2 Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues and critically reflect on the responsibilities and impacts of organisations in national and international business contexts.
Learning Approaches
This unit engages your learning through an approach that draws upon real world problems and cases to introduce concepts and techniques to allow you to apply your knowledge in realistic settings. You will develop your knowledge of project management and have the opportunity to apply the knowledge to build your skills in a team-based approach to organisational change. You will present your team's recommendations to the client organisation.
This unit adopts a blended learning approach which includes reduced numbers of weekly workshops where you will engage in a collaborative activity with your peers to address a client brief; and, computer tutorials are offered where you will work with MS project software to further the client brief in order to develop a project schedule appropriate to the plan. These tutorials will be offered in two 4-hour sessions in the QUT computer laboratory.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Students will receive feedback in various forms throughout the semester which may include:
- Informal: worked examples, such as verbal feedback in class, personal consultation
- Formal: in writing, such as checklists (e.g. criteria sheets), written commentary
- Direct: to individual students, either in written form or in consultation
- Indirect: to the whole class
Assessment
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Project Charter
Prepare a Project Charter from the organisation brief offered by the organisation/client.
Formative or Summative: Formative and Summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.1), HO (2.1), PC (3.1)
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Project Plan
Prepare a Project Plan and Schedule for a project selected by your group. Marks for self and peer assessment will be assessed individually.
Formative or Summative: Formative and Summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.2), HO (2.2), PC (3.1), TS (4.2)
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Resource Materials
Prescribed text(s)
Turner, J. R. 2014. The Handbook of Project Based Management Leading Strategic Change in Organizations, (4th ed). McGraw Hill Education: USA
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the ordinary risks associated with this unit. You should, however, familiarise yourself with evacuation procedures operating in the buildings in which you attend classes and take the time to view the Emergency video.
Standards/Competencies
This unit is designed to support your development of the following standards\competencies.
QUT Business Capabilities (Postgraduate)
HO (2.1): Critical Analysis
Relates to: ULO2, Project Charter
HO (2.2): Independent Judgement and Decision-Making
Relates to: ULO2, Project Plan
KS (1.1): Discipline and Professional Practice Knowledge
Relates to: ULO1, Project Charter
KS (1.2): Technical, Technological and Research Skills
Relates to: ULO1, ULO5, Project Plan
PC (3.1): Professional Communication (Written)
Relates to: ULO3, Project Charter, Project Plan
TS (4.2): Teamwork Knowledge and Skills
Relates to: ULO4, Project Plan
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.BS11 Master of Business
- Demonstrate and apply integrated and advanced discipline and professional practice knowledge, including knowledge of relevant research principles and methods.
Relates to: ULO1, Project Charter - Apply technical, technological and technical research skills to organise and interpret discipline knowledge, including theory and practice, to investigate business issues.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO5, Project Plan - Critically investigate real world business issues and problems drawing on analysis, evaluation and synthesis of discipline knowledge, including theory and practice.
Relates to: ULO2, Project Charter - Exercise creativity and intellectual independence and make informed decisions and judgements in planning, designing, and executing strategic and research-based responses to address real world issues and problems.
Relates to: ULO2, Project Plan - Use information literacy skills and communicate effectively and professionally in written forms and using media appropriate for diverse purposes, contexts and audiences.
Relates to: ULO3, Project Charter, Project Plan - Apply teamwork knowledge and skills for effective collaboration across a range of complex activities and contexts.
Relates to: ULO4, Project Plan
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2024, Online
| Unit code: | MGN537 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | 24 credit points of completed study |
| Equivalent: | MGN434 |
Overview
This unit provides you with opportunities to build individual and team based knowledge in project management, and practice your skills in a group acting as consultants designing a program of change to meet stakeholder requirements and offering appropriate recommendations to your client to achieve performance improvement through the management of change. The unit prepares you for developing your own projects of work and for undertaking the capstone unit.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Demonstrate the ability to understand and effectively apply project management theories, tools, and techniques to real world business contexts.
- Scope out a body of work and plan a project to meet a client brief and identify evidence based strategic opportunities for change and performance improvement.
- Employ effective internal and external communication techniques that benefit the management of the project team and the client stakeholders to achieve project outcomes.Relates to: PG Business Capabilities: PC (3.1)
- Select and utilise team building and teamwork skills in the execution of a change project to ensure effective governance, build team capability and strengthen individual capacity.Relates to: PG Business Capabilities: TS (4.2)
- Develop a schedule using appropriate software to show critical path and network diagram appropriate to the project.Relates to: PG Business Capabilities: KS (1.2)
Content
Topics to be covered include:
- Project Strategy and Success
- Project Governance
- Stakeholders
- Scoping the Project
- Time, Cost and Quality
- The Schedule
- Risk Management
- Execution and Control
- Closeout
QUT Business Capabilities (Postgraduate)
The content and assessment in this unit are aligned to a selection of the following set of QUT Business Capabilities, also known as Assurance of Learning Goals (AoLs). Developing these capabilities will assist you to meet the desired graduate outcomes set at QUT and equip you with the knowledge and skills to succeed in your chosen career.
Knowledge & Technical Skills (KS)
1.1 Demonstrate and apply integrated and advanced discipline and professional practice knowledge, including knowledge of relevant research principles and methods.
1.2 Apply technical, technological and technical research skills to organise and interpret discipline knowledge, including theory and practice, to investigate business issues.
Higher Order Thinking Skills (HO)
2.1 Critically investigate real world business issues and problems drawing on analysis, evaluation and synthesis of discipline knowledge, including theory and practice.
2.2 Exercise creativity and intellectual independence and make informed decisions and judgements in planning, designing, and executing strategic and research-based responses to address real world issues and problems.
Professional Communication (PC)
3.1 Use information literacy skills and communicate effectively and professionally in written forms and using media appropriate for diverse purposes, contexts and audiences.
3.2 Use information literacy skills and communicate effectively and professionally in oral forms appropriate for diverse purposes, contexts and audiences.
Teamwork & Self (TS)
4.1 Exercise self-reflection and accountability in applying knowledge and skills for own learning and effective practice.
4.2 Apply teamwork knowledge and skills for effective collaboration across a range of complex activities and contexts.
Social, Ethical & Global Understanding (SE)
5.1 Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles and practices of business in critically analysing and effectively responding to complex business issues.
5.2 Demonstrate and apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues and critically reflect on the responsibilities and impacts of organisations in national and international business contexts.
Learning Approaches
This unit engages your learning through an approach that draws upon real world problems and cases to introduce concepts and techniques to allow you to apply your knowledge in realistic settings. You will develop your knowledge of project management and have the opportunity to apply the knowledge to build your skills in a team-based approach to organisational change. You will present your team's recommendations to the client organisation.
This unit adopts a blended learning approach which includes reduced numbers of weekly workshops where you will engage in a collaborative activity with your peers to address a client brief; and, computer tutorials are offered where you will work with MS project software to further the client brief in order to develop a project schedule appropriate to the plan. These tutorials will be offered in two 4-hour sessions in the QUT computer laboratory.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Students will receive feedback in various forms throughout the semester which may include:
- Informal: worked examples, such as verbal feedback in class, personal consultation
- Formal: in writing, such as checklists (e.g. criteria sheets), written commentary
- Direct: to individual students, either in written form or in consultation
- Indirect: to the whole class
Assessment
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Project Charter
Prepare a Project Charter from the organisation brief offered by the organisation/client.
Formative or Summative: Formative and Summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.1), HO (2.1), PC (3.1)
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Project Plan
Prepare a Project Plan and Schedule for a project selected by your group. Marks for self and peer assessment will be assessed individually.
Formative or Summative: Formative and Summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.2), HO (2.2), PC (3.1), TS (4.2)
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Resource Materials
Prescribed text(s)
Turner, J. R. 2014. The Handbook of Project Based Management Leading Strategic Change in Organizations, (4th ed). McGraw Hill Education: USA
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the ordinary risks associated with this unit. You should, however, familiarise yourself with evacuation procedures operating in the buildings in which you attend classes and take the time to view the Emergency video.
Standards/Competencies
This unit is designed to support your development of the following standards\competencies.
QUT Business Capabilities (Postgraduate)
HO (2.1): Critical Analysis
Relates to: ULO2, Project Charter
HO (2.2): Independent Judgement and Decision-Making
Relates to: ULO2, Project Plan
KS (1.1): Discipline and Professional Practice Knowledge
Relates to: ULO1, Project Charter
KS (1.2): Technical, Technological and Research Skills
Relates to: ULO1, ULO5, Project Plan
PC (3.1): Professional Communication (Written)
Relates to: ULO3, Project Charter, Project Plan
TS (4.2): Teamwork Knowledge and Skills
Relates to: ULO4, Project Plan
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.BS11 Master of Business
- Demonstrate and apply integrated and advanced discipline and professional practice knowledge, including knowledge of relevant research principles and methods.
Relates to: ULO1, Project Charter - Apply technical, technological and technical research skills to organise and interpret discipline knowledge, including theory and practice, to investigate business issues.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO5, Project Plan - Critically investigate real world business issues and problems drawing on analysis, evaluation and synthesis of discipline knowledge, including theory and practice.
Relates to: ULO2, Project Charter - Exercise creativity and intellectual independence and make informed decisions and judgements in planning, designing, and executing strategic and research-based responses to address real world issues and problems.
Relates to: ULO2, Project Plan - Use information literacy skills and communicate effectively and professionally in written forms and using media appropriate for diverse purposes, contexts and audiences.
Relates to: ULO3, Project Charter, Project Plan - Apply teamwork knowledge and skills for effective collaboration across a range of complex activities and contexts.
Relates to: ULO4, Project Plan