PMQ602 Navigating Project Organisations in a Global Context
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| Unit code: | PMQ602 |
|---|---|
| Equivalent(s): | PMN602 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | PMQ503, PMQ504, PMQ505 and PMQ610 are assumed knowledge. |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
| Availabilities |
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| Domestic tuition unit fee | $3,444 |
| International unit fee | $5,220 |
Unit Outline: Session 1 2025, QUT Online, Online
| Unit code: | PMQ602 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | PMN602 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | PMQ503, PMQ504, PMQ505 and PMQ610 are assumed knowledge. |
Overview
This unit will provide you with advanced skills and knowledge to manage organisational and people issues required to achieve outcomes critical for the success of projects in national and global contexts. The unit will focus on the aspects of project governance, organisational culture, organisational development and change, high performance teams and leadership in organisations. It will provide the understanding of effectively leading and managing project teams and their performance while managing constraints in time, cost and quality, as well as social, political and environmental influences.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Critically evaluate human resources issues associated with organisations in the domestic and international work environments.
- Plan for organisational cultural change to address the needs of international stakeholders
- Evaluate principles of effective governance as they apply to project and organisational culture.
- Evaluate factors that contribute to effective cultural change in the organisational environment.
- Create recommendations for effective project delivery drawing on theory and reflective practice, and the impact of cultural biases.
- Reflect on group performance to identify leadership, management and team factors that influence the success of projects.
Content
This unit covers:
- Project Effectiveness and Performance Management;
- Project Governance and Governance of the Project Organisation;
- Organisational and Project Culture;
- Leadership in Projects;
- Organisational Capability and Learning in a Project Environment;
- Organization maturity and change;
- High Performing Organization and Project Teams;
- Advanced Stakeholder Management;
- Evaluation of team culture and dynamics from the points of view of different stakeholders
- Virtual teams and long-distance communication
- Cultural bias in team dynamics
Learning Approaches
This unit will be delivered fully online. In this unit, you will learn by engaging in active and reflective learning through:
- participating in class/online discussions
- engaging with online learning materials
- reading book chapters, scholarly and industry articles
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
You will receive feedback in various forms throughout the semester including:
- Rubrics provided to show the expected standard for each criteria in an assessment item.
- Feedback comments on assignments returned to you via Canvas.
- Collaborate and Discussion sessions providing extensive question and answer opportunities with peers and teaching staff.
Assessment
Overview
- Organisational Culture Change Plan - this will develop your practical understanding of the role of project management in ensuring successful outcomes for merging project organisations with differing cultural attributes. You will use established theories and tools to assist you in your task.
- Reflective Report - working in teams, you will undertake a challenging virtual simulation exercise and write a reflective report capturing your observations, and lessons learned. This will develop your knowledge and understanding of team dynamics and skills in driving group performance based on your understanding of relevant theories of practice.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Organisational culture change plan
You will take on the role of a project manager working in an Australian organisation that does not have a strong positive culture. It is planned that your organisation will be merged with a highly successful international organisation. You have been tasked with preparing a culture change plan to improve the Australian organisation and ensure a successful merger with the new parent international organisation. It is intended that the impact of the merger in terms of amalgamating two different national cultures will be prevalent to the successful implementation of the plan. This will be directed to the Executive Board (Chief Executive Officer and Director of Human Resources) and include proposals and recommendations.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Reflective Report
As a group, you will undertake a simulation exercise where you take on individual roles. Following the simulation, you will undertake a team debrief and write a report discussing team dynamics and group performance, including the impact of cultural bias. You will reflect—both collectively and individually—on relevant theories of practice (from your learning materials), your observations and the key lessons learned.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
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.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
There are no prescribed resources required for this unit. There are however recommended texts stipulated below. Further, additional resources will be made available through the unit's Canvas site and QUT Readings as relevant to each unit module.
Resource Materials
Recommended text(s)
PMI, 2021, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, Seventh Edition, Project Management Institute, Newtown Square, PA.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no extraordinary risks associated with this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.PQ20 Master of Project Management
- Appraise and adapt contemporary project management methodologies to projects of different types and complexities
Relates to: ULO1, Organisational culture change plan - Communicate, negotiate and manage diverse stakeholders to ensure successful project outcomes
Relates to: ULO2, ULO5, Organisational culture change plan, Reflective Report - Synthesise and apply leadership and team development theory across dynamic and complex project environments
Relates to: ULO6, Reflective Report - Apply ethical, professional and risk-based judgments to inform decision making in project environments
Relates to: ULO3, Organisational culture change plan
Unit Outline: Session 3 2025, QUT Online, Online
| Unit code: | PMQ602 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | PMN602 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | PMQ503, PMQ504, PMQ505 and PMQ610 are assumed knowledge. |
Overview
This unit will provide you with advanced skills and knowledge to manage organisational and people issues required to achieve outcomes critical for the success of projects in national and global contexts. The unit will focus on the aspects of project governance, organisational culture, organisational development and change, high performance teams and leadership in organisations. It will provide the understanding of effectively leading and managing project teams and their performance while managing constraints in time, cost and quality, as well as social, political and environmental influences.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Critically evaluate human resources issues associated with organisations in the domestic and international work environments.
- Plan for organisational cultural change to address the needs of international stakeholders
- Evaluate principles of effective governance as they apply to project and organisational culture.
- Evaluate factors that contribute to effective cultural change in the organisational environment.
- Create recommendations for effective project delivery drawing on theory and reflective practice, and the impact of cultural biases.
- Reflect on group performance to identify leadership, management and team factors that influence the success of projects.
Content
This unit covers:
- Project Effectiveness and Performance Management;
- Project Governance and Governance of the Project Organisation;
- Organisational and Project Culture;
- Leadership in Projects;
- Organisational Capability and Learning in a Project Environment;
- Organization maturity and change;
- High Performing Organization and Project Teams;
- Advanced Stakeholder Management;
- Evaluation of team culture and dynamics from the points of view of different stakeholders
- Virtual teams and long-distance communication
- Cultural bias in team dynamics
Learning Approaches
This unit will be delivered fully online. In this unit, you will learn by engaging in active and reflective learning through:
- participating in class/online discussions
- engaging with online learning materials
- reading book chapters, scholarly and industry articles
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
You will receive feedback in various forms throughout the semester including:
- Rubrics provided to show the expected standard for each criteria in an assessment item.
- Feedback comments on assignments returned to you via Canvas.
- Collaborate and Discussion sessions providing extensive question and answer opportunities with peers and teaching staff.
Assessment
Overview
- Organisational Culture Change Plan - this will develop your practical understanding of the role of project management in ensuring successful outcomes for merging project organisations with differing cultural attributes. You will use established theories and tools to assist you in your task.
- Reflective Report - working in teams, you will undertake a challenging virtual simulation exercise and write a reflective report capturing your observations, and lessons learned. This will develop your knowledge and understanding of team dynamics and skills in driving group performance based on your understanding of relevant theories of practice.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Organisational culture change plan
You will take on the role of a project manager working in an Australian organisation that does not have a strong positive culture. It is planned that your organisation will be merged with a highly successful international organisation. You have been tasked with preparing a culture change plan to improve the Australian organisation and ensure a successful merger with the new parent international organisation. It is intended that the impact of the merger in terms of amalgamating two different national cultures will be prevalent to the successful implementation of the plan. This will be directed to the Executive Board (Chief Executive Officer and Director of Human Resources) and include proposals and recommendations.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Reflective Report
As a group, you will undertake a simulation exercise where you take on individual roles. Following the simulation, you will undertake a team debrief and write a report discussing team dynamics and group performance, including the impact of cultural bias. You will reflect—both collectively and individually—on relevant theories of practice (from your learning materials), your observations and the key lessons learned.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
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.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
There are no prescribed resources required for this unit. There are however recommended texts stipulated below. Further, additional resources will be made available through the unit's Canvas site and QUT Readings as relevant to each unit module.
Resource Materials
Recommended text(s)
PMI, 2021, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, Seventh Edition, Project Management Institute, Newtown Square, PA.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no extraordinary risks associated with this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.PQ20 Master of Project Management
- Appraise and adapt contemporary project management methodologies to projects of different types and complexities
Relates to: ULO1, Organisational culture change plan - Communicate, negotiate and manage diverse stakeholders to ensure successful project outcomes
Relates to: ULO2, ULO5, Organisational culture change plan, Reflective Report - Synthesise and apply leadership and team development theory across dynamic and complex project environments
Relates to: ULO6, Reflective Report - Apply ethical, professional and risk-based judgments to inform decision making in project environments
Relates to: ULO3, Organisational culture change plan