HRMM068 Leading and Developing Project Teams

The Assessment Task

You are required to submit a portfolio demonstrating your understanding of the critical complexities involved in the leadership and management of project teams and reflecting on your role as project manager.

The portfolio should be presented in a business report format with an appendix as follows:

Introduction to the portfolio.

You are required to produce a critical analysis of the internal and external factors that impact on

a)the functioning of project teams

b)the role and effectiveness of the project manager

Your analysis must be supported by relevant academic theory from your wider reading and research.

Using a recognised academic model of self-reflection, you are required to reflect upon  2 module workshops that you have engaged in and to analyse how each workshop and activities has enabled you to identify your strengths and development areas as a project manager.

You can write in the first-person tense (using ‘I’, ‘my’) for this section of the portfolio because this is a personal piece of writing.

Conclusion to the portfolio bringing together your overall findings from your analysis and reflection

Here you may include any documentary evidence of additional activities or learning that you have engaged in to support your reflection in section two. This may include examples of some of the online questionnaires, examples of career development events you have attended. Not included in wordcount

Learning Outcomes

The learning outcomes that are being assessed in this assignment are:

A critical analysis of the theoretical perspectives of the management and leadership of project teams, including team dynamics

An evaluation of the contextual factors (internal and external) that that impact on the functioning of project teams and the role of the project manager

A critical self-reflection of the project management leadership role

Your grade will depend on the extent to which you meet these learning outcomes in the way relevant for this assessment. Please see the grading rubric at the end of this assessment brief for further details of the criteria against which you will be assessed.

Word Limits (where appropriate)

In accordance with the Assessment and Feedback Policy, as stated in section 4.40 where a submission exceeds the stipulated word limit by more than 10%, the submission will only be marked up to and including the additional 10%. Anything over this will not be included in the final grade for the assessment item. Abstracts, bibliographies, reference lists, appendices and footnotes are excluded from any word limit requirements.

In line with section 4.41 of the same Policy, where a submission is notably under the word limit, the full submission will be marked on the extent to which the learning objectives have been met.

Assessment Support

Further details and guidance can be found under the ‘assessment’ tab on the Nile site, in summary

-Time in workshop sessions will be provided for tutors to give further guidance – see the workshop schedule for dates – it is therefore essential that you log into workshops and complete all work.

-The opportunity for small group tutorials using the Virtual Classroom (Collaborate) can be made available by module tutors and times will be agreed with each class.

-Module tutors will review up to 2 pages of a draft by email up to a specific date (see workshop schedule for dates).

-There will also be a dedicated discussion board thread for Q&As relating to this assignment.

Generic Grading Criteria

You will find the generic grading criteria for achievement at  University Grading Criteria.  Also explained here are the meanings of the various G grades at the bottom of the grading scale.

Assessment Submission

To submit your work, please go to the ‘Submit your work’ area on the NILE site and use the relevant submission point to upload your report. The deadline for this is 11.59pm (UK local time) on the date of submission.

Written work submitted to TURNITIN will be subject to anti-plagiarism detection software.  Turnitin checks student work for possible textual matches against internet available resources and its own proprietary database.  

Work must be submitted in WORD format. Work submitted in any other format will automatically fail.

When you upload your work correctly to TURNITIN you will receive a receipt which is your record and proof of submission.

If your assignment is not submitted to TURNITIN rather than a receipt you will see a green banner at the top of the screen that denotes successful submission.

N.B Work emailed directly to your tutor will not normally be marked. The only exception to this is when you are instructed to do so because TURNITIN is down.

Late submission of work

For first sits, if an item of assessment is submitted late and an extension has not been granted, the following will apply:

·Within one week of the original deadline – work will be marked and returned with full feedback and awarded a maximum bare pass grade.

·More than one week from original deadline – maximum grade achievable LG (L indicating late).

At the second opportunity deadline (resits) work submitted late will be awarded a LG grade.  There is no opportunity to submit work late for a bare pass.

Extensions

The University of Northampton’s general policy about extensions is to be supportive of students who have genuine difficulties, but not against pressures of work that could have reasonably been anticipated.  

For full details please refer to the Extensions Policy.  The module leader can, where appropriate, authorise a short extension of up to two weeks from the original submission date for first sits only. There are NO extensions for resits. The TWO weeks means 14 calendar days including weekends and any University closed days.

Mitigating Circumstances

For guidance on Mitigating circumstances please go to Mitigating Circumstances  where you will find detailed guidance on the policy as well as guidance and the form for making an application.

Please note, however, that an application to defer an assessment on the grounds of mitigating circumstances should normally be made in advance of the submission deadline or examination date.