Overview:
- Credits:
- 10.0
- Level:
- 4
- Semester:
- Spring
- Subject:
- Business Management
- School:
- Business
- Coordinator:
- Mr Joe Houghton
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Curricular information is subject to change
By the end of this module the student should be able to: 1) Demonstrate detailed understanding of knowledge areas and concepts that are relevant for managing projects and project-based organizations 2) Analyze, compare, and contrast alternative courses of action in the management of projects and project-based organizations 3) Apply variety of project management tools, practices, frameworks to solve complex practical challenges encountered in the project context 4) Demonstrate skills of critical thinking and reflective practice as well as high level of oral and written communications skills and team work skills 5) Complete a charity fundraising project utilizing all the skills, tools and techniques from the MSc program
NOTE : Depending on input and contribution, varying marks may be assigned for individual contributions to group submissions.
PLAGIARISM: No form of plagiarism will be tolerated and grade penalties outlined in the UCD Plagiarism Policy will be applied (may result in Failed mark). Plagiarism includes inclusion of other person’s ideas or works, such as unacknowledged use of any form of published/unpublished source (including books, articles, presentations, videos or other broadcasted material, Internet, another student’s work). Presentation of work, which contains ideas or work of others without appropriate attribution and citation is an act of plagiarism. Please pay attention to scientific policies of ensuring appropriate citations to any readings and use of other material. All work submitted by you or your group must be your own original work, not submitted elsewhere. Any material taken indirectly or directly from other sources is required to be properly referenced. Plagiarism will be heavily penalized. For further details, please see UCD policy for plagiarism: http://www.ucd.ie/registry/academicsecretariat/docs/plagiarism_po.pdf.
This is the planned sequence for the module, although it is subject to change should circumstances dictate:
Intro to module
Your Major Report - an introduction
Theory of Constraints
AGILE
Recognising problem projects
Assessing problem projects
Project tools presentations
Diagnosing problem projects
Continuous Improvement
Stakeholder tools & Project Finance 1
Rescuing or killing problem projects
Capturing learning from problem projects
Project Finance 2
Charity presentations
Student Effort Type | Hours |
---|---|
Lectures | 36 |
Specified Learning Activities | 140 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 50 |
Total | 226 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Essay: Problem Projects individual report | Unspecified | n/a | Graded | Yes | 30 |
Group Project: PM resources - group in-class presentation | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 5 |
Assignment: Theory of Constraints individual report | Unspecified | n/a | Graded | No | 15 |
Group Project: Charity project report | Week 12 | n/a | Graded | Yes | 45 |
Group Project: Charity project scoping document | Week 3 | n/a | Graded | No | 5 |
Remediation Type | Remediation Timing |
---|---|
In-Module Resit | Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback
2 in-semester reviews of assessed group work Opportunity to submit an individual report in week 7 and get written individual feedback in week 8 End of semester submissions assessed by Grade with feedback given on request
Name | Role |
---|---|
Mr Joe Houghton | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Mr Robert Manning | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Maxim Miterev | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
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