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PPMP20015 - Research in Project Management Assignment - Central Queensland University, Australia

Learning Outcomes -

1 - Apply project management processes, tools and techniques in articulating, designing and planning for the execution of a research project.

2 - Develop and employ ethical practices that consider social, cultural and legal responsibilities of researchers.

3 - Conduct a literature search to identify a problem that warrants research within the project management context.

4 - Select appropriate research approaches, methods and skills for solving the research problem.

5 - Prepare a research proposal with necessary components that describe an organised, coherent and convincing statement of the research intent, significance and strategies to conduct the research.

Topic of this research assignment is 'INVESTIGATING THE BENEFITS OF MANAGING UNKNOWN RISKS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY OF AUSTRALIA'.

Assessment Overview - This assessment is to be undertaken in GROUPS of 3 or 4 students (the unit coordinator will advise online students how they are to undertake the assessment). The assessment requires you to prepare a research proposal and draws on information taught in weeks 1 -12.

Completing the Research Proposal

A research proposal template is provided in the u nit Moodle site, under Assessment 2 and must be used in completing this assessment. All sections of the template must be completed and all required appendices provided. All i nstructions on how to use the template are provided within the template itself.

In completing the template the group is required to provide:

i. an abstract of the research project,

ii. a rationale for and significance of the proposed research,

iii. a detailed literature review to show understanding of the research area,

iv. the proposed research question/s and objective/s ,

v. a detailed explanation of their research design (methodology, strategy and data collection method/s)

vi. an ethics statement

vii. all the completed project management components (as detailed in the template) ,

viii. a reference list using Harvard-CQU referencing style, and

ix. all required appendices

Your ability to demonstrate understanding of these processes will determine the marks you are given.

Attachment:- Research in Project Management Assignment Files.rar