Program Director Contact Details:
Project Management
Name: Associate Professor Indra Gunawan
email: indra.gunawan@adelaide.edu.au

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Teaching Staff:

Name: Dr Leonie Hallo
Dr Hallo has recently been building a research profile in the area of project management; in particular in the fields of leadership and
governance within complexity. She has supervised over 40 PhD students and is a registered psychologist.

Email: leonie.hallo@adelaide.edu.au

The overall objective of this course is to introduce students to research project activities.
Research topics must be negotiated with the lecturer in charge.

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1	research a topic of interest in the project management;
2	identify, select and critically analyse relevant information for your report;
3	synthesise the key points/findings and communicate them in a clear, concise and professional report;
4	appreciate the benefits of continuing personal and professional development in the rapidly developing and increasingly complex field of project management research;
5	appreciate ethical, social and cultural issues and an understanding of the implication of these issues in the pursuit of project management research.

Saunders, Mark N.K., Lewis P. and Thornhill, A. 2015. Research Methods for Business Students PDF eBook (7e) : 9781292016641

A list containing supplementary readings will be provided before the course start date.

It is also recommended that you read relevant journal articles. In particular, you are encouraged to read the following journals:
• International Journal of Project Management
• Project Management Journal
• Journal of Project Management

Course Notes, Readings and Powerpoint Slides
These are all available electronically for enrolled students by download from MyUni.

Library Resources
The University of Adelaide’s Barr Smith Library provides a range of learning resources including texts, journals, periodicals, magazines, and access to online databases and information services. It also offers a virtual library which is accessible via the University’s website. Access to the Library's electronic resources.

Other resources
If you are a member of the PMI (http://www.pmi.org/Membership.aspx ) you will “gain exclusive access to PMI publications and our global standards*, networking options with our chapters and online communities of practice, and leadership and volunteer opportunities. You’ll also receive discounts on certification exams and renewals, as well as our professional development offerings.”

* Log in to access complimentary read-only PDFs of all of PMI's published standards or take advantage of discounts on paperback editions
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MyUni is the University of Adelaide's online learning environment. It is used to support traditional face-to-face lectures, tutorials and workshops at the University. MyUni provides access to various features including announcements, course materials, discussion boards and assessments for each online course of study.

This course is offered in blended learning mode with the face-to-face component offered as a brief workshop, consultations with the lecturer and the participation in recommended workshops which can help students to improve their research activities.

Research workshops are available three times a year through the Researcher, Education and Development (examples: taking a critical approach, critical reading, reviewing literature, writing a proposal, and so on).

As a guide, a 3 unit course comprises a total of 156 hours work (this includes face-to-face contact, any online components, and self directed study).

This is a draft schedule and session content are a guide only. The timetable may be changed during the course delivery if necessary.

Week	Schedule
Week 1	Introduction : Engaging with your Research Project - Ethics requirements
Week 2	Project Plan: Content design – Final Project Proposal FLow	Formative Assessment
Week 3	One-to- One session: Researching the Literature.
Week 4	Introduction to Business Canvas and Rich Pictures. Plan your Data.
Week 5	One-to- One session: Researching the Literature.
Week 6	Project Diagrams: Why?	Formative Assessment
Week 7	Self-directive learning + writing: Writing a Research Proposal. Citations. http://www.adelaide.edu.au/carst/online-modules/
Week 8	Data collection: Analysis + Reporting. A second look at field research.
Week 9	Critical Review the Literature: Writing with Argument
Week 10	“This report thing ain’t got no zing”
Week 11	One-to- One session. Synthesis evidence
Week 12	Naming and knowing: giving forms to things unknown
Week 13	Self-directive writing.	Summative Assessment: Final Research Report 70%

 An overview of the course assessment appears in the following Table. Details appear in the following section:

#	Assessment	Length	Weighting	Learning Outcomes
1&2	Assessments from PROJMGNT 7010A in previous semester		30%
3	Final Research Report	32000 + words	70%	1-5
	Total		100%

Students should attend all classes in order to pass the course. There is considerable experiential learning in workshops during the intensive classes that build your knowledge and thus enable you to be successful in this course.  

Course results are subject to moderation by the ECIC Board of Examiners

Appropriate use of the Internet in assignments

The purpose of this document is to assist students with appropriate use of the material they have accessed on the Internet in assignments. The Internet is a wonderful source of information and sometimes students are not aware of how to use it properly. For example, a recent case had over 70% of words copied from over 20 other sources. Furthermore, many students think this is the appropriate use of the Internet.

IT IS NOT.

Due to an increasing number of students infringing the University’s Academic Dishonesty Requirements within the Master of Applied Project Management, a more rigorous method of checking assignments is used.

There is a hierarchy of penalties, the lowest of which is the loss of some assignment marks and the student’s name being placed on the Faculty’s Academic Dishonesty Register for six months. This only occurs if I believe this occurred through error. The second level penalty is more significant which is loss of all marks for the assignment and being placed on the University’s Academic Dishonesty Register for the remainder of their time at the University. Even higher penalties can involve the University deciding the student should not graduate. This has occurred in the Master of Project Management.

Appropriate use of the Internet is to include all directly copying of sections of other reports in ‘inverted comas’, as a quotation, and note the source of the quote. To include a group of words without use of inverted commas and without noting where the words came from is an example of academic dishonesty.

Students may not be aware that the University has use of an international database called Turnitin in which all direct use of other material can be traced.

On a more positive note students need to understand the points made in any paper they access on the Internet and integrate these thoughts into their argument rather than just copying large passages. Of course this takes more work but this is what tertiary education requires and, in the end, make students into better thinkers and more able to express their ideas in their assignments.

Assessment 3: Final Research Report
Weighting: 70%
Submission Details: Online through MyUni

Task:
Writing your final project report will demand a time and effort. You will save some time if you have been following the guidelines and attending classes. This assignment should be prepared to a professional standard. Please ensure that your writing is grammatically correct, and that you use a cover page, indicate word count and that references are correctly cited as per Harvard reference system methodology. Work should be carefully proofread for errors (an over-reliance should not be made on the computer alone in this area).

A research report addresses:

1. Introductory elements (cover sheet, title page, words count, abstract, acknowledgement, table of contents)
2. Introduction (background of the research, gaps, research problem and research questions, key definitions; research contributions, justification for the research, methodology overview, research limitations, report outline, and summary)
3. Literature review and contextual foundations
4. Methodology
5. Empirical / theoretical results
6. Conclusions
7. References
8. Appendices

Length and Presentation:
32,000 + words.

Criteria by which your assignment will be marked:

• ability to present your findings clearly and succinctly
• application of key relevant theories and concepts
• research skills and use of data to support the analysis
• recommendations identified in the analysis
• presentation: word limit, layout, adequate structure, referencing and bibliography

All text based assignments must be submitted via MyUni.
Please refer to step by step instructions: MyUni Learning Centre

There are a few points to note about the submission of assignments:

• Assignment Submission:  Assignments should not be emailed to the instructor; they must be lodged via the MyUni Course site (unless specified to do both). Note that assignments may be processed via TURNITIN, which is an online plagiarism prevention tool.
• Cover Sheet:  Please submit, separate to your assignment, the completed University of Adelaide Assessment Cover Sheet providing details of yourself and your team members (if applicable), your assignment, the course, date submitted, etc. as well as the declaration signed by you that this is your (your team’s) work.  Note that the declaration on any electronically submitted assignment will be deemed to have the same authority as a signed declaration.
• Backup Copy of Assignments:  You are advised to keep a copy of your assignments in case the submitted copy goes missing.  Please ensure that all assignment pages are numbered. If your assignment contains confidential information, you should discuss any concerns with the Course Lecturer prior to submission.
• Extensions of Time:  Any request for an extension of time for the submission of an assignment should be made well before the due date of the assignment to the Course Lecturer.  Normally, extensions will only be granted for a maximum of two weeks from the original assignment submission date.  Extensions will only be granted in cases of genuine extenuating circumstances and proof, such as a doctor’s certificate, may be required.
• Failure to submit: Failure to submit an assignment on time or by the agreed extension deadline may result in penalties and may incur a fail grade.  Note that a late penalty of 5% of the total available marks for that assessment item will be incurred each day an assignment is handed in late (Unless otherwise stated in 'Assessment Related Requirements' or 'Assessment Detail' above).  Assignments handed in after 14 days from the due submission date will fail even if a 100% mark is granted for the work.

Resubmission & Remarking
Resubmission of an assignment for remarking after reworking it to obtain a better mark will not normally be accepted.  Approval for resubmission will only be granted on medical or compassionate grounds.