PUB514 Contract / Project Management
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| Unit code: | PUB514 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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Unit Outline: Semester 1 2025, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | PUB514 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
Overview
Project management is a formalised and structured method of managing change in a rigorous manner. Health practitioners commonly have to manage contracts and projects. This unit is designed to develop skills in some of the generally accepted processes and procedures for Contract/Project Management, with particular attention to its application to health care delivery in Australia
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply project and contract management frameworks to develop project plans and proposals.
- Synthesise project and quality management tools and techniques to create a project plan.
- Design innovative project solutions to real world problems in health contexts.
- Present key project proposal ideas to persuade leadership and management groups to support proposed project.
Content
Topics to be covered include:
- Project management framework and entrepreneurial approaches;
- Project Planning and Definition;
- Scheduling and Resource Planning;
- Facilitating Planning Processes in interprofessional environments;
- Contract Management;
- Implementation;
- Project Completion
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn by engaging in the following:
- workshops (available synchronously online and on-campus). Workshops are also recorded and available online.
- online learning materials, readings and study guide
- discussions during workshops and in Canvas.
To maximise your learning in this unit, you will need to keep up with the weekly topics as outlined on the unit Canvas site.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Each week you will be provided with feedback on an aspect of your proposal and project plan as you progress through the unit. Assessment and summative feedback will be spaced throughout the semester commencing with your project proposal to provide the opportunity for feedback on your learning to that point.
Assessment
Overview
There are three assessments in this unit:
1) Project proposal. This task draws on project management frameworks to develop a project proposal for a real world problem.
2) Project presentation. This presentation connects to project planning and facilitations processes in persuading leadership and management groups to support the proposed project.
3) Project plan. This task builds on the proposal and presentation to articulate how the project will proceed.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Project Proposal
You will take on the role of a project manager to apply entrepreneurial approaches in producing a project proposal based on a real-world workplace problem. The proposal will be targeted at a steering committee who will be responsible for project outcomes.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Proposal presentation
Continuing in your role as a project manager, you will present your project proposal to the steering committee. In your presentation you will identify the key points to persuade them to give approval for the project to proceed. Feedback from the project proposal will be incorporated into the presentation in preparation for finalising the project plan. Students will be given an opportunity to self select to present in either week 8 or 9.
Assessment: Project Plan
Continuing in your role as project manager, you will produce an innovative project plan for your workplace. Your plan will need to synthesise project and quality management tools and techniques, including diverse interprofessional perspectives. Feedback obtained from your project proposal and your presentation will need to be incorporated into the project plan.
The assessment is authentic as it mirrors practice where you conceptualise an organisation’s overall direction and translate this into a project plan that enables the organisation to deliver against its goals and mission.
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
Resource Materials
Prescribed text(s)
Dwyer, J, Liang, Z. & Thiessen, V. (2019) Project management in health and community services (3rd ed.). Allen and Unwin
Other
A comprehensive study guide and list of readings available from the PUB514 Canvas site.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.PU51 Bachelor of Health Information Management
- Critically evaluate and apply theoretical and technical perspectives on health information management (HIM), applicable to professional practice to solve routine and emergent problems. [Knowledge, Practice]
Relates to: Project Proposal, Project Plan - Initiate effective approaches for engaging in critical thinking, decision making and problem solving that reflect diverse perspectives and culturally safe and responsive practice, encompassing evidence-based HIM solutions. [Practice, Values/Disposition
Relates to: Project Proposal, Project Plan - Employ digital capabilities in accessing, evaluating, utilising and communicating digital health information across a range of stakeholders, and intra- and inter-professional contexts that demonstrate independence, accountability, creativity and initiative as a HIM professional. [Practice, Values/Disposition]
Relates to: Project Plan - Exercise judgement in the context of HIM, informed by sustainable, legal, ethical, and professional perspectives that promote social inclusivity, multidisciplinary collaboration and reflective practice. [Values/Disposition, Knowledge, Practice]
Relates to: Project Proposal, Project Plan
PU52 Bachelor of Public Health
- Apply public health principles and evidence to improve population health outcomes.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, Project Proposal, Project Plan - Critically analyse scholarly literature and effectively conduct research to inform evidence based public health practice.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, Project Plan - Communicate with professional, non-professional and community audiences about public health using diverse technologies.
Relates to: ULO4, Proposal presentation
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2025, Online
| Unit code: | PUB514 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
Overview
Project management is a formalised and structured method of managing change in a rigorous manner. Health practitioners commonly have to manage contracts and projects. This unit is designed to develop skills in some of the generally accepted processes and procedures for Contract/Project Management, with particular attention to its application to health care delivery in Australia
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply project and contract management frameworks to develop project plans and proposals.
- Synthesise project and quality management tools and techniques to create a project plan.
- Design innovative project solutions to real world problems in health contexts.
- Present key project proposal ideas to persuade leadership and management groups to support proposed project.
Content
Topics to be covered include:
- Project management framework and entrepreneurial approaches;
- Project Planning and Definition;
- Scheduling and Resource Planning;
- Facilitating Planning Processes in interprofessional environments;
- Contract Management;
- Implementation;
- Project Completion
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn by engaging in the following:
- workshops (available synchronously online and on-campus). Workshops are also recorded and available online.
- online learning materials, readings and study guide
- discussions during workshops and in Canvas.
To maximise your learning in this unit, you will need to keep up with the weekly topics as outlined on the unit Canvas site.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Each week you will be provided with feedback on an aspect of your proposal and project plan as you progress through the unit. Assessment and summative feedback will be spaced throughout the semester commencing with your project proposal to provide the opportunity for feedback on your learning to that point.
Assessment
Overview
There are three assessments in this unit:
1) Project proposal. This task draws on project management frameworks to develop a project proposal for a real world problem.
2) Project presentation. This presentation connects to project planning and facilitations processes in persuading leadership and management groups to support the proposed project.
3) Project plan. This task builds on the proposal and presentation to articulate how the project will proceed.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Project Proposal
You will take on the role of a project manager to apply entrepreneurial approaches in producing a project proposal based on a real-world workplace problem. The proposal will be targeted at a steering committee who will be responsible for project outcomes.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Proposal presentation
Continuing in your role as a project manager, you will present your project proposal to the steering committee. In your presentation you will identify the key points to persuade them to give approval for the project to proceed. Feedback from the project proposal will be incorporated into the presentation in preparation for finalising the project plan. Students will be given an opportunity to self select to present in either week 8 or 9.
Assessment: Project Plan
Continuing in your role as project manager, you will produce an innovative project plan for your workplace. Your plan will need to synthesise project and quality management tools and techniques, including diverse interprofessional perspectives. Feedback obtained from your project proposal and your presentation will need to be incorporated into the project plan.
The assessment is authentic as it mirrors practice where you conceptualise an organisation’s overall direction and translate this into a project plan that enables the organisation to deliver against its goals and mission.
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
Resource Materials
Prescribed text(s)
Dwyer, J, Liang, Z. & Thiessen, V. (2019) Project management in health and community services (3rd ed.). Allen and Unwin
Other
A comprehensive study guide and list of readings available from the PUB514 Canvas site.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.PU51 Bachelor of Health Information Management
- Critically evaluate and apply theoretical and technical perspectives on health information management (HIM), applicable to professional practice to solve routine and emergent problems. [Knowledge, Practice]
Relates to: Project Proposal, Project Plan - Initiate effective approaches for engaging in critical thinking, decision making and problem solving that reflect diverse perspectives and culturally safe and responsive practice, encompassing evidence-based HIM solutions. [Practice, Values/Disposition
Relates to: Project Proposal, Project Plan - Employ digital capabilities in accessing, evaluating, utilising and communicating digital health information across a range of stakeholders, and intra- and inter-professional contexts that demonstrate independence, accountability, creativity and initiative as a HIM professional. [Practice, Values/Disposition]
Relates to: Project Plan - Exercise judgement in the context of HIM, informed by sustainable, legal, ethical, and professional perspectives that promote social inclusivity, multidisciplinary collaboration and reflective practice. [Values/Disposition, Knowledge, Practice]
Relates to: Project Proposal, Project Plan
PU52 Bachelor of Public Health
- Apply public health principles and evidence to improve population health outcomes.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, Project Proposal, Project Plan - Critically analyse scholarly literature and effectively conduct research to inform evidence based public health practice.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, Project Plan - Communicate with professional, non-professional and community audiences about public health using diverse technologies.
Relates to: ULO4, Proposal presentation