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BE750-Assignment Specification-2021

This document outlines the requirements for an individual assignment for the BE750: Global Project Management course. The assignment is worth 100% of the final module mark and has two parts. Undergraduate students must complete Part A only, with a maximum of 2000 words. Postgraduate students must complete both Part A and B, with Part A having a 2000 word limit and Part B a 500 word limit. Part A requires students to discuss two projects from the same sector - one successful and one unsuccessful - describing them, comparing their processes and outcomes, and examining causes of success/failure. Part B is for postgraduates only and requires reflecting on effective project manager characteristics and identifying skills for improvement. The document provides general guidelines and submission

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BE750-Assignment Specification-2021

This document outlines the requirements for an individual assignment for the BE750: Global Project Management course. The assignment is worth 100% of the final module mark and has two parts. Undergraduate students must complete Part A only, with a maximum of 2000 words. Postgraduate students must complete both Part A and B, with Part A having a 2000 word limit and Part B a 500 word limit. Part A requires students to discuss two projects from the same sector - one successful and one unsuccessful - describing them, comparing their processes and outcomes, and examining causes of success/failure. Part B is for postgraduates only and requires reflecting on effective project manager characteristics and identifying skills for improvement. The document provides general guidelines and submission

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BE750: Global Project Management

Coursework – Individual Assignment

Submission deadline: 13th December 2021 (Monday) - 10:00 am

Contribution to the Final Mark of the Module: 100%

Maximum Word Length: 2000 words (UG students) / 2500 words (PGT students)

Assignment Requirements:

There are two parts of this assignment: Part A and Part B.

- Undergraduate (UG) students need to only complete part A of the assignment. The
maximum word limit for part A is 2000 words.

- Postgraduate (PGT) students need to complete both Part A & B of the assignment.
The maximum word limit for part A is 2000 words and for part B is 500 words.

Part A

This part of the assignment will focus on demonstrating your knowledge and
understanding over issues, challenges and best practices in implementing project
management principles in real-life business environment. For this part of the
assignment, you need to discuss the following points:

• Identify two projects (one successful and another unsuccessful) from a sector
of your choice (public, private or third sector). Once you have selected a sector
(for example, private sector), the discussion on both successful and
unsuccessful projects should be from the same sector (i.e. from the private
sector).

• Describe the background of these two projects discussing the context of the
project, objectives, key stakeholders and desired outcomes.

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• Critically review these two projects and discuss how these two projects are
different in terms of the processes used to develop them at different stages of
the project life cycle and their final outcomes.

• Critically examine the causes of success and failure of these projects, and
discuss how the success / failure of the projects were measured.

• Critically discuss the recommendations you could provide to the project team
of the unsuccessful project to successfully achieve their objectives.

Part B

This part of the assignment will focus on your reflection on key characteristics of an
effective ‘project manager’ and the skills required to become one. For this part of the
assignment, you need to address the following points:

• Critically discuss the key characteristics of an effective project manager and


evaluate your skills against these characteristics.
• Identify potential areas for improvement in your skills and discuss how you
would plan to improve your skills to become an effective project manager.

General Guidelines:

In your essay, you should incorporate your independent thinking and use real-life
examples to support your arguments. You are expected to research on project
management concepts, models and practices from a wide range of literature. You
should provide solid justifications of your arguments by integrating findings from these
literatures into your discussion. It is crucial that the discussions should be based on
extensive reading of relevant literature, and most importantly on critical reflection on
key issues.

You should appropriately cite different sources of literature, including books, journal
articles, newspaper reports, business magazines, company reports, corporate
websites and other credible sources of information to frame and justify your
arguments.

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Submission Details:

• The essay should be well structured into logical sections and you should make
sure that you write in a focused manner. You should cite a range of literature
to frame and justify your arguments.
• You must reference your work correctly using ‘Harvard referencing style’. All
references in the main body of the assignment should also be included in the
reference list at the end of the assignment. Similarly, all references in the
reference list should also be referred back in the main body of the assignment.
• Your essay should be typed with font size 12 or more, and 1.5 or 2-line spacing.
You are encouraged to use figures, diagrams and tables where appropriate to
better present your discussion.
• The maximum word count excludes title page, table of content, figures, tables,
abstract, references and appendices.
• The title page should clearly indicate the module code and name (e.g. BE750-
6-AU or BE750-7-AU) and student registration number.
• This coursework requires only ONLINE submission. You must submit your
assignment via FASER. For more details about online submission, refer to
FASER.

Plagiarism:

While you are encouraged to discuss assignments with peers and colleagues, the
final write-up must be your own work. The assignment must present your own
understanding, analysis and conclusion rather than a copy of someone else’s. You
must not plagiarise your assignment.

Penalties:

Late penalties will be applied to any work submitted after the deadline. You will also
be penalised if you exceed the word count. You should consult the student handbook
for further information about penalties.

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Marking Guidelines:

Your essay will be evaluated on the basis of your critical understanding of the subject
matter; your ability to draw upon relevant literature; Independent thinking and critical
analysis; and effective structure and presentation. Follow the EBS marking scheme
for more information.

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