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University of Sunderland

ENGM 116 Leadership and the Management of Project Risk, Quality and People

Assignment 1

Canvas (Turnitin) Submission Deadline: Tuesday 4 th February 2025 by 2pm

 

INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT

This assignment is worth 50% of your overall module grade

Learning Outcomes assessed 1 & 2.

ASSIGNMENT INTRODUCTION

Projects present challenges to the Project Manager, not just in their planning and operation, but also in terms of effective leadership, management of all interested parties. There are key areas which need to be considered when evaluating the success of a project. These can involve various perspectives depending on experience, knowledge, cultural values, and self-interest. Managing to initiate a project and maintain progress and required quality to completion can be difficult for the Project Manager.

For this assessment you are to choose a past project where it is no more than 6 years since project closure. You are to write a critical review of the literature in which you should consider the following areas.

  • Key issues in managing people in projects including leadership and teamwork, and how leadership can be used to improve team performance.
  • The factors that can impact on the quality of a project or engineering activity.
  • The impact of leadership style and team performance on quality issues in your chosen project.

Using concepts introduced in the module, consider how the Project Manager might have attempted to address both human and quality issues and evaluate the impact on the outcomes of the project. Word Limit for the assignment is 3000 words plus or minus 10% a word count MUST be included on your script.

References

It is expected that you will use appropriate academic literature as well as concepts introduced in the module to support your findings. All data sources used and cited in the report should be correctly referenced utilising the Harvard Reference System.

 

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ENGM 116: Leadership and the Management of Project Risk, Quality and People (Feb 2025 assignment)

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