ENN591-1 Project 1
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| Unit code: | ENN591-1 |
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| Equivalent(s): | ENQ591-1 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
| Availabilities |
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| CSP student contribution | $1,118 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $3,672 |
| International unit fee | $5,040 |
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2024, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | ENN591-1 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | ENQ591-1 |
| Coordinators: | Thomas Rainey | t.rainey@qut.edu.au Azharul Karim | azharul.karim@qut.edu.au Indira Prasadam | i.prasadam@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This is the first semester of a two-semester project unit. It provides experience in solving advanced engineering management problems and the opportunity to apply the knowledge gained throughout the BN87 course. Management approaches and tools can be used to solve problems that confront engineers. However, the management approach needs identifying and justifying before it can be implemented (in ENN591-2). The ability to frame a management approach to an engineering problem is essential to professional practice. From a learning perspective, one of the most effective ways of achieving this is to investigate an authentic engineering problem that is relevant to your profession.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Retrieve and review engineering management literature from a range of sources.
- Identify and justify specific engineering management approaches/tools to manage a current engineering problem.
- Communicate and continually develop your management proposal through progressive submission, feedback and response with your project supervisor.
- Work independently to review and continuously improve your management strategies in your proposal.
Content
You will be engaged in interactive activities within the unit that focus on the following topics:
- Requirements for undertaking an engineering management research project including the ways in which your skills and knowledge must be brought together to achieve an independent research outcome.
- Engineering management tools for analysis, charting, monitoring, and decision making as they are applied in authentic engineering work environments.
- Research methods that are particular to the engineering management context.
- Your leadership responsibilities in ensuring that diversity, equity, and inclusion are achieved in your work environment (in alignment with the Engineer’s Australia Code of Ethics and Guidelines for Professional conduct).
- Cultural safety in the Australian engineering context, particularly focused on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives in engineering practice
- Report writing for engineering management.
This unit will require you to:
- Use verbal communication skills to discuss management topics with supervisors, including through fortnightly meetings and with you student peers.
- Identify authentic or novel engineering management approaches to specific engineering problems from the literature.
- Develop a project methodology and method.
- Research appropriate sources of data, information, or sources.
- Employ critical thinking and reflective practice.
- Develop your professional report writing skills and deliver a quality engineering management proposal.
Learning Approaches
Your learning in this unit will take place through an independent management project with an individual engineering supervisor. The engineering problem is identified but requires the implementation of a management approach to resolve it. You will work through the problem with your supervisor to find a management approach, including engineering management tools that are appropriate, practical and potentially innovative.
Your supervised learning will be supported by interactive lectures and tutorials during the first weeks of semester, followed by individual interaction with your supervisor. Additional support will be available via group and individual Q&A/consultation sessions with the unit coordinator and the industry management expert. A dedicated Q&A session will occur following submission of your preliminary proposal (assessment 1).
If you are working in an industry related to this course, you are encouraged to select a project of relevance to the organisation. In such case, your project may be supervised jointly by an academic as well as someone from the organisation. If you are not employed in a related industry, you are encouraged to approach a relevant organisation to understand the nature of the problems confronting industry as well as explore the potential to work temporarily with the organisation during the course of your project.
The project is to be a management-based project with the findings contributing to the solution of a real-world engineering problem.
The on-line Canvas teaching site will be another forum for learning, interaction and collaboration.
Authentic learning informs the pedagogical approach in this unit. Associated learning approaches include problem/project-based learning, experiential learning and reflective practice.
Note: ENN591-1 and ENN591-2 are components of the same project but cannot be enrolled in the same semester. ENN591-1 should be enrolled in the preceding semester to ENN591-2.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback will be provided by the academic supervisor during regular meetings throughout the semester and from a management expert following the preliminary proposal and the presentation of the final proposal. There will also be peer-to-peer feedback.
You will also receive feedback in various forms throughout the semester which may include:
1. Rubrics provided to show the expected standard for each criteria in an assessment item
2. Q&A and consultation sessions will be available for group and individual feedback prior to assessment due dates and on completion of assessments.
Assessment
Overview
Assessment will be formative involving an emphasis on constructive and progressive feedback using a criterion referencing approach. Your performance in the unit will be assessed through three items of assessment due at specified times in the semester, by both your academic supervisor and the management expert. You will have the opportunity to present drafts of your proposal and progress report to your supervisor for comment and rewriting prior to the date for final submission. The assessment items will contribute to the overall summative grade for the unit.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale and S (Satisfactory) / U (Unsatisfactory)
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Preliminary proposal
Preliminary Proposal.
You will complete a preliminary proposal for the project showing your proposed plan, timelines, methodology and anticipated outcomes which identifies a potential issue to be addressed using engineering management.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Assessment: Presentation
Proposal presentation.
You will give a presentation demonstrating your understanding of the research issue and the engineering management concepts/tools required to address it and a proposal. This will incorporate feedback from the preliminary proposal and strengthen the engineering management component. Feedback will be provided from a management expert.
Assessment: Full proposal
Following feedback from the preliminary proposal and presentations, you will present a consolidated final proposal that clearly shows how engineering management will solve an issue.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
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
Most of the readings will be determined by your individual project requirements. A list of other general readings will be provided on-line at the commencement of the semester.
Resource Materials
Other
You are also required to use the following:
- The unit website on QUT's Canvas, including ENN591 Primer discussing typical engineering management tools and providing reference materials on each.
- QUT Library Databases:
- QUT Cite| Write: You can access QUT cite/write online (Free download from QUT library)
Risk Assessment Statement
All commencing Faculty of Engineering students are required to complete the Mandatory Safety Induction
There are no extraordinary risks associated with the classroom/lecture activities in this unit.
If you undertake a project, either individually or in a group, you may in conjunction with your QUT project supervisor, be required to complete and submit a Risk Assessment of your project activities in MAPS (Management and Assessment of Project Safety) for approval.
Additionally, if you undertake an industry project, either individually or in a group, you must ensure that the QUT project partner agreement is completed, respect confidentiality, be aware of any intellectual property requirements for the project and comply with workplace health and safety requirements, (either at QUT or at worksite). For further information please refer to the Work Integrated Learning - QUT Students webpage.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.BN87 Master of Engineering Management
- Apply advanced engineering management knowledge, concepts and practices in managing engineering systems and assets
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, Preliminary proposal - Critically analyse and evaluate complex engineering management problems to achieve research informed solutions
Relates to: ULO2, ULO4 - Apply systematic approaches to plan, design, execute and manage an engineering management project
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, Preliminary proposal, Full proposal - Communicate complex information effectively and succinctly, presenting high level reports, arguments and justifications in oral, written and visual forms to professional and non-specialist audiences.
Relates to: ULO3, Presentation, Full proposal - Organise and manage time, tasks and projects independently, and collaboratively demonstrating the values and principles that shape engineering management decision making and professional accountability .
Relates to: ULO4, Preliminary proposal, Full proposal
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2024, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | ENN591-1 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | ENQ591-1 |
| Coordinators: | Thomas Rainey | t.rainey@qut.edu.au Azharul Karim | azharul.karim@qut.edu.au Indira Prasadam | i.prasadam@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This is the first semester of a two-semester project unit. It provides experience in solving advanced engineering management problems and the opportunity to apply the knowledge gained throughout the BN87 course. Management approaches and tools can be used to solve problems that confront engineers. However, the management approach needs identifying and justifying before it can be implemented (in ENN591-2). The ability to frame a management approach to an engineering problem is essential to professional practice. From a learning perspective, one of the most effective ways of achieving this is to investigate an authentic engineering problem that is relevant to your profession.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Retrieve and review engineering management literature from a range of sources.
- Identify and justify specific engineering management approaches/tools to manage a current engineering problem.
- Communicate and continually develop your management proposal through progressive submission, feedback and response with your project supervisor.
- Work independently to review and continuously improve your management strategies in your proposal.
Content
You will be engaged in interactive activities within the unit that focus on the following topics:
- Requirements for undertaking an engineering management research project including the ways in which your skills and knowledge must be brought together to achieve an independent research outcome.
- Engineering management tools for analysis, charting, monitoring, and decision making as they are applied in authentic engineering work environments.
- Research methods that are particular to the engineering management context.
- Your leadership responsibilities in ensuring that diversity, equity, and inclusion are achieved in your work environment (in alignment with the Engineer’s Australia Code of Ethics and Guidelines for Professional conduct).
- Cultural safety in the Australian engineering context, particularly focused on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives in engineering practice
- Report writing for engineering management.
This unit will require you to:
- Use verbal communication skills to discuss management topics with supervisors, including through fortnightly meetings and with you student peers.
- Identify authentic or novel engineering management approaches to specific engineering problems from the literature.
- Develop a project methodology and method.
- Research appropriate sources of data, information, or sources.
- Employ critical thinking and reflective practice.
- Develop your professional report writing skills and deliver a quality engineering management proposal.
Learning Approaches
Your learning in this unit will take place through an independent management project with an individual engineering supervisor. The engineering problem is identified but requires the implementation of a management approach to resolve it. You will work through the problem with your supervisor to find a management approach, including engineering management tools that are appropriate, practical and potentially innovative.
Your supervised learning will be supported by interactive lectures and tutorials during the first weeks of semester, followed by individual interaction with your supervisor. Additional support will be available via group and individual Q&A/consultation sessions with the unit coordinator and the industry management expert. A dedicated Q&A session will occur following submission of your preliminary proposal (assessment 1).
If you are working in an industry related to this course, you are encouraged to select a project of relevance to the organisation. In such case, your project may be supervised jointly by an academic as well as someone from the organisation. If you are not employed in a related industry, you are encouraged to approach a relevant organisation to understand the nature of the problems confronting industry as well as explore the potential to work temporarily with the organisation during the course of your project.
The project is to be a management-based project with the findings contributing to the solution of a real-world engineering problem.
The on-line Canvas teaching site will be another forum for learning, interaction and collaboration.
Authentic learning informs the pedagogical approach in this unit. Associated learning approaches include problem/project-based learning, experiential learning and reflective practice.
Note: ENN591-1 and ENN591-2 are components of the same project but cannot be enrolled in the same semester. ENN591-1 should be enrolled in the preceding semester to ENN591-2.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback will be provided by the academic supervisor during regular meetings throughout the semester and from a management expert following the preliminary proposal and the presentation of the final proposal. There will also be peer-to-peer feedback.
You will also receive feedback in various forms throughout the semester which may include:
1. Rubrics provided to show the expected standard for each criteria in an assessment item
2. Q&A and consultation sessions will be available for group and individual feedback prior to assessment due dates and on completion of assessments.
Assessment
Overview
Assessment will be formative involving an emphasis on constructive and progressive feedback using a criterion referencing approach. Your performance in the unit will be assessed through three items of assessment due at specified times in the semester, by both your academic supervisor and the management expert. You will have the opportunity to present drafts of your proposal and progress report to your supervisor for comment and rewriting prior to the date for final submission. The assessment items will contribute to the overall summative grade for the unit.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale and S (Satisfactory) / U (Unsatisfactory)
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Preliminary proposal
Preliminary Proposal.
You will complete a preliminary proposal for the project showing your proposed plan, timelines, methodology and anticipated outcomes which identifies a potential issue to be addressed using engineering management.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Assessment: Presentation
Proposal presentation.
You will give a presentation demonstrating your understanding of the research issue and the engineering management concepts/tools required to address it and a proposal. This will incorporate feedback from the preliminary proposal and strengthen the engineering management component. Feedback will be provided from a management expert.
Assessment: Full proposal
Following feedback from the preliminary proposal and presentations, you will present a consolidated final proposal that clearly shows how engineering management will solve an issue.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
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
Most of the readings will be determined by your individual project requirements. A list of other general readings will be provided on-line at the commencement of the semester.
Resource Materials
Other
You are also required to use the following:
- The unit website on QUT's Canvas, including ENN591 Primer discussing typical engineering management tools and providing reference materials on each.
- QUT Library Databases:
- QUT Cite| Write: You can access QUT cite/write online (Free download from QUT library)
Risk Assessment Statement
All commencing Faculty of Engineering students are required to complete the Mandatory Safety Induction
There are no extraordinary risks associated with the classroom/lecture activities in this unit.
If you undertake a project, either individually or in a group, you may in conjunction with your QUT project supervisor, be required to complete and submit a Risk Assessment of your project activities in MAPS (Management and Assessment of Project Safety) for approval.
Additionally, if you undertake an industry project, either individually or in a group, you must ensure that the QUT project partner agreement is completed, respect confidentiality, be aware of any intellectual property requirements for the project and comply with workplace health and safety requirements, (either at QUT or at worksite). For further information please refer to the Work Integrated Learning - QUT Students webpage.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.BN87 Master of Engineering Management
- Apply advanced engineering management knowledge, concepts and practices in managing engineering systems and assets
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, Preliminary proposal - Critically analyse and evaluate complex engineering management problems to achieve research informed solutions
Relates to: ULO2, ULO4 - Apply systematic approaches to plan, design, execute and manage an engineering management project
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, Preliminary proposal, Full proposal - Communicate complex information effectively and succinctly, presenting high level reports, arguments and justifications in oral, written and visual forms to professional and non-specialist audiences.
Relates to: ULO3, Presentation, Full proposal - Organise and manage time, tasks and projects independently, and collaboratively demonstrating the values and principles that shape engineering management decision making and professional accountability .
Relates to: ULO4, Preliminary proposal, Full proposal