NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS

HIGHER NATIONALS
BTEC HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS (RQF)

Unit Code, Number and Title D/508/0491 – Unit 6: Managing a Successful Business Project

Semester and Academic Year Semester 1 / Academic year 2021 - 2022

Pham Tran Minh Trang/ Nguyen Van Dai/

Unit Assessor(s) Pham Thu Van/ Tran Lan Huong

Assignment Number and MSBP A1.1: Managing a Research Project

Title (Assessment 1 of 1, Individual assignment)
Issue Date August 31st, 2021
05.00 pm on September 23rd, 2021: Logbook 1
05.00 pm on October 7th, 2021: Logbook 2
05.00 pm on October 21st, 2021: Logbook 3
Submission Date 10.00 am on October 28th, 2021: Project management plan
05.00 pm on November 11th, 2021: Logbook 4
05.00 pm on November 25th, 2021: Logbook 5
10.00 am on December 2nd, 2021: Research report

IV Name Trinh Thi Thu Giang

IV Date September 1st, 2021

Student name

NEU Student ID Pearson ID

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Student name / Signature Date: December 2nd, 2021

Submission format and Instructions:

 This is an individual assessment.

 The submission format is in the form of a written assignment.
 The assignment should have a cover page that includes the assignment code, number, tittle, assessors’
names and student’s name and ID. A content sheet with a list of all headings and page numbers should be
added.
 Ensure that authenticity declaration has been signed.
 This assignment should be written in a concise, formal business style using Arial 11 or Times New Roman
12 font size and 1.5 spacing.

 Full copies of questionnaires, all other instrumentation, and an Excel file containing all your data are to be
included in your research report (in the Appendix).
 All documents and your research report should contain in-text references and a list of any references used.
 Use the Harvard referencing system. Please refer to Reference guide on Moodle.
 Plagiarism is unacceptable. Students must cite all sources and input the information by paraphrasing,
summarising or using direct quotes. If you are caught plagiarizing, University policies and procedures will
apply. A Referral Grade is given when Plagiarism is identified in your work. There are no exceptions.
 You must submit only a soft-copy of your research report before deadline via Moodle/Turnitin. Late
assignments will not be accepted.
 Read ALL Instructions on this Page and review the Pass, Merit and Distinction criteria carefully. To pass the
assignment, you must achieve ALL the Pass Criteria outlined in the marking sheet. To achieve a Merit, you
must achieve ALL the Merit criteria (and therefore the Pass criteria). To achieve a Distinction, you must
achieve ALL the Distinction criteria (and therefore the Pass and Merit criteria).

Unit Learning Outcomes:

LO1 Establish project aims, objectives and timeframes based on the chosen theme
LO2 Conduct small-scale research, information gathering and data collection to generate knowledge to support the
project
LO3 Present the project and communicate appropriate recommendations based on meaningful conclusions drawn
from the evidence findings and/or analysis
LO4 Reflect on the value gained from conducting the project and its usefulness to support sustainable organisational
performance

Assessment Brief and Guidance:

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You are required to submit a comprehensive research report on the following topic:
“What are the key drivers influencing the digital workplace transformation?”

You are planning on conducting a research project; however, formulating a good hypothesis under
such a topic seems harder than you think.

Gaining knowledge and skills on business research, gaining knowledge in the chosen topic, and
delivering a professional research report is not only challenging but it seems like an overwhelming task
for you. The only way to succeed at this challenge is managing the project in a professional manner.

Part 1: Project management plan and Logbook 1-3

Produce a comprehensive project management plan for your research project to map out how you
intend to meet the project objectives. Your tasks will include the following components: Scope
(including aims and objectives), Milestone, WBS and GANTT chart, Resources and Costs expected,
Quality and Risk Management plan, and finally Communication plan. You should also do a
performance review to critically reflect upon the project plan, process, outcomes in terms of your own
personal and professional development.

Your self-evaluation is where you will review your own performance as a project manager. Your self-
evaluation should cover the following questions:
 What was the project supposed to accomplish?
 Did the project succeed in its aims? How do you know? Be specific here.
 What do you think worked well, and why? Evaluate all aspects of the project (envisioning, planning,
execution, etc.) from a range of perspectives.
 What problems emerged during the project and how were they tackled? Was there timely
identification of issues and resolutions during the project process?
 What did you learn from undertaking this project?
 How would you rate your performance as a project manager? What criteria would you use? How did
your performance measure against those criteria?
 What strengths and weakness of your performance did you identify?
 How will this inform and support your continuous professional development?

Part 2: Research report and Logbook 4-5

You are planning to carry out business research on the key drivers influencing the digital transformation
of the workplace in Vietnam. The success of modern businesses is dependent on connectivity, ease of
access to information, the speed of response, network of collaboration and the ability to make
decisions in real-time. To remain competitive and desirable, organisations need to transform the
employee work experience by promoting efficiency, innovation and growth as well as breaking down
existing communication barriers. The key to success lies in an effective implementation of a digital
transformation strategy capable of driving true organisational and cultural change and delivering
business value.

To embrace the digital evolution at the workplace and to facilate the change, you should be able to
answer several questions:
 What is a digital workplace? Why adopt a digital workplace strategy?
 What does digital workplace mean to your organisations?
 What are the main internal/external drivers that affect the digital transformation in the workplace?
 What are the key challenges for managers to make such a huge digital transformation?
 How does the digital workplace support employees?
 How companies build a business case and road map to deliver digital workplace vision and
strategy?
 How companies manage cultural change, rollout and adoption?
 How can companies manage risk of data loss and inappropriate risk?

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  How can companies make sure the information is appropriately managed and in compliance?

Note:
- You are expected to do proper qualitative and quantitative research and depend on good quality
research published in journals by others. Websites are generally considered poor quality sources.
Primary data is not compulsory for this module, you can use secondary data from reliable
sources.
- Your research will be documented as a research report including main components: Literature
Review, Methodology, Findings and Discussion, Recommendations and Conclusion.

INSTRUCTIONS:
 Your research report should not exceed 3000 words (excluding references and any Appendix). The font
used should be Times New Roman 12pt. Include page numbers in either the footer or the header.
 It is compulsory to specify the word count on the cover page.
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 Late work: You cannot submit your work later than the assigned date.
Your research will be documented as a research report including several main components: Literature
Review, Methodology, Findings and Discussion, Recommendations and Overall Conclusion.
Recommended Resources
1. Saunders, M; Lewis, P; Thornhill, A (2009) Research Methods for Business Students, 5th ed. Pearson Watt, A
(2014) Project Management BC campus Open Textbook (open access)

Supplemenatory Resources: Articles provided on Moodle

Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

Learning Achieved Achieved Achieved

Pass Merit Distinction
Outcome (tick) (tick) (tick)
P1 Devise
project aims
and objectives
for a chosen
scenario
P2 Produce a M1 Produce a
project comprehensive LO1 & 2
management project D1
plan that covers management Critically
LO1 Establish aim and plan, milestone evaluate the
project aims, deliverables, schedule and project
objectives and time, quality, project management
timeframes communication, schedule for process and
based on the risk and monitoring and methods applied
chosen theme resources completing the for gathering
P3 Produce a aims and information and
work objectives of data collection
breakdown the project.
structure and a
Gantt Chart to
provide
timeframes and
stages for
completion

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 P4 Carry out
LO2 Conduct
small-scale
small-scale
research M2 Evaluate
research,
applying the accuracy
information
primary and and reliability of
gathering and
secondary primary and
data collection
methods secondary
to generate
appropriate for methods
knowledge to
meeting project applied
support the
aims and
project
objectives

P5 Present
findings and
LO3 Present the
data using
project and M3 Evaluate
appropriate
communicate the selection of
tools and
appropriate appropriate LO3 & 4
techniques
recommendation tools and D2 Critically
s techniques for evaluate and
based on accuracy and reflect on the
meaningful authenticity to project
conclusions P6 support and outcomes, the
drawn from the Communicate justify decision-making
evidence appropriate recommenda- process and
findings recommendatio tions changes or
and/or analysis ns as a result of developments of
findings and the initial project
data analysis to management
draw valid and plan to support
meaningful justification of
conclusions recommenda-
tions and
LO4 Reflect on M4 Evaluate
P7 Reflect on learning during
the value gained the value of the
the value of the project.
from conducting project
undertaking the
the project and management
project to meet
its process to
stated
usefulness to meet stated
objectives and
support objectives and
own learning
sustainable support own
and
organisational learning and
performance
performance performance

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have taken place, and the final decisions have been agreed by the assessment board.
* This grade only reflects the result of this assignment, not for the whole Unit.