Project Management Assignment

1. BRIEF
This submission requires you to reflect upon the performance of a team that you
have experience working with, and produce a report identifying the current
performance of the team and proposals for improving this. As the implementation of
your proposals would require some form of organisational change to take place, your
report should also explain this process and consider the organisational and cultural
factors within your team and company that would affect the successful delivery of the
changes proposed. You are also required to include a copy of the slides that you
would use to present the key findings from your report to the board of your company.

You are required to produce a report that satisfies the following objectives:
(i) A critical analysis of the culture and performance of a team which you have
experience working with, using appropriate methods and theories. In order to
achieve this, you will need to describe the roles and responsibilities within
your team and reflect critically on the functioning of the team and the team
working processes. Provide examples to support your arguments where
appropriate;
(ii) A description & discussion of three proposals for improving the
performance of your team. Refer to relevant theories and provide examples
to demonstrate the potential impact of your proposals upon the team’s
functioning;
(iii) An explanation of the organisational change process and some of the
reasons why companies undertake change. Cite relevant sources and
examples to support your arguments;
(iv) A discussion of the organisational and cultural factors that would impact
upon the successful delivery of the organisational change in your company
associated with implementing your proposals in section ii above;
(v) A copy of a presentation slides you would use to present the key findings of
your report to the board of your company. The presentation should include no
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more than 10 slides, with each slide having attached ‘notes’ as your
‘commentary’ to accompany the slides.
Your submission should be no more than 6000 words in length, excluding your
reference list and the slides. Detailed references should be included to link practical
proposals to theoretical ideas and models.
Your report should be presented as a professional report suitable for submission to
your company’s Board of Directors, but with detailed references linking practical
proposals to theoretical ideas and models.
2. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
• The assignment is to be submitted in report format and as such should have a
formal structure and layout. It should be submitted as a single document. The
report is to be individually prepared; this is NOT a group submission;
• The report should be structured as a management report in six main sections:
an executive summary and five further parts linked to the five objectives
above;
• The report must be typed and be a maximum of 6000 words in length
exclusive of objective (v) and a reference section with no Appendices. For
any submission which exceeds the 6000 word limit, the first 6000 words only
will be assessed – words in excess of the 6000 word limit will not be
assessed;
• The report should represent appropriately up to 80 hours of research
application and writing;
• The report must identify, apply and fully reference (Harvard/APA style)
appropriate sources, concepts and models.
This task’s report MUST be submitted electronically through Turnitin®
Further information and support for students using Turnitin® can be found here:
http://www.salford.ac.uk/library/help/blackboard-and-collaborate
3. ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
Objectives i-iv: Contributes 80% of the overall module marks
Item ____Marks
Critical analysis of the team 25 %
Proposals for improving team performance 15%
Explanation of organisational change 25%
Discussion of change success factors 15%
Structure and presentation of the report 10%
Use of Harvard referencing 10%
Objective v: Contributes 20% of the overall module marks
Item Marks
Quality of powerpoint slides 50%
Quality of the supporting narrative 50%
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MARKING SCALE
At Postgraduate Level 7 the following marking scale shall be used:
Outstanding 90% – 100%
Excellent 80% – 89%
Very good 70% – 79%
Good 60% – 69%
Satisfactory 50% – 59%
Unsatisfactory 40% – 49%
Inadequate 30% – 39%
Poor 20% – 29%
Very poor 10% – 19%
Extremely poor 0% – 9%
4. LEARNING OUTCOMES ADDRESSED
Knowledge and Understanding:
• Analyse the dynamics of leadership, culture, people, and technology and their
influence on management of projects.
• Critically evaluate social and cultural factors related to group formation, team
development and organisational development
• Rigorously compare various change management strategies and prepare
appropriate implementation plans
• Analyse theories of learning and learning organisations to develop
appropriate strategies relevant to organisational and project scenarios.
Transferable/Key Skills and other attributes:
• Establish project teams and determine parameters for effective working
• Determine strategies for change.
• Practice leadership skills within real life projects
5. RETURN & FEEDBACK ARRANGEMENTS
Coursework marks and feedback will be available within 15 working days of your
submission and will be loaded into Blackboard.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
I. OBLIGATION TO KEEP COPIES OF ALL WORK
Students MUST keep a spare copy of all work which they hand in as well as the
receipt which is issued to them at the time of submission.
II. PROVISIONAL NATURE OF MARKS & GRADES
All marks and grades issued to students are provisional until ratified by examination
boards.
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III. LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS
Submissions made after 16:00hrs on the fourth working day following submission will
be deemed inadmissible and recorded as a non-submission.
IV. ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS
If the submission document file up-loaded to Blackboard is corrupt and cannot be
viewed - This is classed as a NON submission. It is the responsibility of the student
to ensure their submission material can be opened by others.
To ensure your submission can be opened please follow this simple step:
Go back to the submission area and the blue button that was labelled Submit
will now be a button labelled View – select this button and what you see upon
doing so will be the file/format that your Lecturer can see. If you can open and
view the document then so can the lecturer.
V. PENALTIES FOR LATE SUBMISSION
Where coursework is submitted late, the following penalties shall be applied to the
mark:
(a) if the work is no more than four working days late, then five marks shall be
deducted for each working day (08:30-16:00 Mon-Thursday or part thereof) , but if
the work would otherwise pass then the mark for the work shall be reduced to no
lower than the pass mark for the component
(b) if the work is no more than four working days late and marked and the mark is
lower than the pass mark, then no penalty shall be applied;
(c) if the work is more than four working days late then it cannot be submitted and
shall be recorded as a non-submission (NS).
VI. ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT
The University takes a serious view of all acts of academic misconduct. Such acts
are considered dishonest and as attempts to gain unfair advantage. Acts of academic
misconduct can take many forms. They are likely to fall into one or more of the
following categories:
a) Plagiarism
Plagiarism involves taking the work of another person or source and using it
as if it were one’s own.
b) Self plagiarism
Self plagiarism (or double submission) is resubmitting previously submitted
work on one or more occasions (without proper acknowledgement). This may
take the form of copying either the whole piece of work or part of it. Normally
credit will already have been given for this work.
c) Collusion
Collusion occurs when, unless with official approval (e.g. in the case of group
projects), two or more students consciously collaborate in the preparation and
production of work which is ultimately submitted by each in an identical, or
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substantially similar, form and/or is represented by each to be the product of
his or her individual efforts. Collusion also occurs where there is unauthorised
co-operation between a student and another person in the preparation and
production of work which is presented
as the student’s own.
d) Falsifying experimental or other investigative results
This could involve a range of things that make it appear that information has
been collected by scientific investigation, the compilation of questionnaire
results etc whereas in reality it has been made up or altered to provide a
more favourable result.
e) Taking unauthorised material (including electronic devices) into an
examination
f) Contracting another to write a piece of assessed work / Writing a piece of
assessed work for another
This involves any means whereby a person does work on behalf of another.
It includes assessments done for someone else in full or in part by a fellow
student, a friend or family member. It includes sitting an examination for
someone else. It also covers obtaining material from internet ‘cheat sites’ or
other sources of work. Penalties for this type of unfair means will normally
apply both to a student of the University who does work on behalf of another
and a student of the University who has work done for him/her.
g) Copying from, or communicating with, another examination candidate during
an examination
h) Bribery
This involves giving money, gifts or any other advantage to an academic
member of staff which is intended to give an unfair advantage in an
assessment exercise.
VII. Particular care should be taken in respect of the following:
a) Getting help from others / helping others
Students are encouraged to discuss and share ideas and information, however those
who knowingly assist others to commit academic misconduct whether or not for
payment (e.g. by giving another student the opportunity to copy part or all of a piece
of work, by providing copies of assessments or by providing bespoke assignments to
another student) will be subject to the same penalties as those who use unfair
means. Students must ensure that they protect their own work, submit it themselves
and do not allow other students to use their memory stick and/or print off work on
their behalf.
b) Use of Readers/Note Takers
Students with special learning requirements who require the services of readers or
note takers are advised to use appropriately trained individuals. Further advice can
be obtained from the Disability Service Team within Student Life Directorate.
http://www.advice.salford.ac.uk/disability
c) Referencing
Students using work which has been produced by other people within an assignment
will need to ensure that they acknowledge or reference the source of the work.
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Students should check with their Schools for particular requirements. Marks may be
deducted for poor referencing. If poor referencing is extensive throughout a piece of
work it could appear that the student is trying to claim credit for the work and he/she
may be deemed to have committed plagiarism. Guidance on good referencing
practice is available from Schools or may be provided through research training
programmes, the Study Skills Programme located in Student Life and on-line
guidance provided by Information & Learning Services. Some useful resources are:
http://www.advice.salford.ac.uk/
Penalties
If satisfied that unfair means has occurred, a penalty will be imposed on the student.
Penalties vary depending on whether the matter is referred to the School Academic
Misconduct Panel or the University Disciplinary Committee and on the particular
circumstances. A range of penalties may be imposed including:
-­‐ A penalty of 0% for the assessment component attempted using unfair
means;
-­‐ A penalty of 0% for the module affected by unfair means;
-­‐ A penalty of 0% for the module affected by unfair means and the marks of all
other modules at that academic level being capped at the pass mark (40% for
undergraduates, 50% for post graduates).
In the most severe cases, where there are aggravating factors (e.g. that this is a
repeated case of the use of unfair means by a student at an advanced stage in their
studies), a student found guilty of using unfair means may be permanently expelled
from the University.
Further details of the Academic Misconduct procedure are available from:
http://www.governance.salford.ac.uk/page/student_policies


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