Continuous improvement (Individual Assignment)

Contin" rel="nofollow">inuous improvement (Individual Assignment) Order Description 4 Practical Assessment Assessment Title Contin" rel="nofollow">inuous improvement (Individual Assignment) Task Description Assignment Overview This in" rel="nofollow">individual assessment item requires you to consider:- contin" rel="nofollow">inuous improvement …you must then write a 2,000 word ESSAY describin" rel="nofollow">ing and justifyin" rel="nofollow">ing a high-level approach to contin" rel="nofollow">inuous improvement plan for an organisation from a selected case study. The case study will be supplied for a range of project domain" rel="nofollow">ins:- Engin" rel="nofollow">ineerin" rel="nofollow">ing and construction domain" rel="nofollow">in, IT Telecom Software domain" rel="nofollow">in, Fin" rel="nofollow">inancial and busin" rel="nofollow">iness services domain" rel="nofollow">in, Welfare domain" rel="nofollow">in. You are encouraged to use assignment outputs that you may have developed from previous assignments and units, as examples in" rel="nofollow">in the appendix of your essay. Task Your task is to consider the domain" rel="nofollow">ins above and write an ESSAY illustratin" rel="nofollow">ing and explain" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing contin" rel="nofollow">inuous improvement plan for one case study. Your plan must explain" rel="nofollow">in and justify itself within" rel="nofollow">in the context of the case study usin" rel="nofollow">ing the unit and peer reviewed material. You are encouraged to review Kerzner Chapter 21 and the PMI Managin" rel="nofollow">ing Change in" rel="nofollow">in Organizations for an in" rel="nofollow">indication of the context and content of your plan. You will be graded upon how well your contin" rel="nofollow">inuous improvement plan has been completed and how well you argue that it reflects the requirements of the organisation in" rel="nofollow">in the case study that you select. Purpose The primary purpose of this assessment item is to help you to develop skills in" rel="nofollow">in the contents and compilation of a contin" rel="nofollow">inuous improvement plan for a project management methodology. The secondary purpose of this assignment is to give you the opportunity to consider the role of a contin" rel="nofollow">inuous improvement plan within" rel="nofollow">in the strategic project management plans of a selected organisation. The assignment will also give you the opportunity to enhance your analysis and written communication skills; particularly in" rel="nofollow">in the areas of structured assignment writin" rel="nofollow">ing. Structure Your submission should be made usin" rel="nofollow">ing Microsoft Office documents and the essay submitted as a separate 2,000 word Microsoft WORD document. You should describe all of the required parts of your contin" rel="nofollow">inuous improvement plan in" rel="nofollow">in as complete manner as you deem appropriate. A range of sample contin" rel="nofollow">inuous improvement plan will be identified for you to study durin" rel="nofollow">ing the unit. If you wish to in" rel="nofollow">include examples of any parts you may do so in" rel="nofollow">in an appendix. You must not in" rel="nofollow">include pictures or diagrams in" rel="nofollow">in the body of the essay. You must provide an ILLUSTRATION OR DRAWING OF YOUR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN in" rel="nofollow">in the appendix of your essay. Your essay should be a properly constructed academic essay. It should contain" rel="nofollow">in an effective in" rel="nofollow">introduction, body and conclusion. The in" rel="nofollow">introduction should in" rel="nofollow">introduce the essay and in" rel="nofollow">include your argument. The body should present the evidence you have collected to support your argument, and the conclusion should restate your argument, summarise the evidence and make a conclusion regardin" rel="nofollow">ing your argument. The essay should contain" rel="nofollow">in a coherent, but necessarily restricted review of the academic literature on the project management topics in" rel="nofollow">in question. The literature review should be in" rel="nofollow">integrated in" rel="nofollow">into the essay, not a separate section. Do not in" rel="nofollow">include an executive summary or an abstract. A reference list formatted in" rel="nofollow">in the prescribed Harvard style is compulsory. Do not in" rel="nofollow">include a bibliography. This assessment item in" rel="nofollow">involves researchin" rel="nofollow">ing your assigned topic to enhance your understandin" rel="nofollow">ing of project management concepts and utilisation of academic literature. Whilst you use the recommended textbooks you may also refer to relevant peer reviewed, academic journal articles. You will be expected to present in" rel="nofollow">information and evidence from, and cite, at least twenty (20) times the unit resources but you can use other PEER REVIEWED sources where you can argue that they add greater relevance. Assessment Due Date Week 12 Friday (02-Jun-2017) 11:45 PM AEST Return Date to Students Exam Week Friday (16-Jun-2017) Weightin" rel="nofollow">ing 25% Assessment Criteria Your assignment will be assessed on the extent and quality to which it meets each of the followin" rel="nofollow">ing criteria. A pictorial illustration of the contin" rel="nofollow">inuous improvement plan is supplied? (10%) A high-level textural overview of the contin" rel="nofollow">inuous improvement plan is provided? (20%) Examples of procedural documentation is provided and aligned with the illustration and high-level text? (10%) An implementation plan has been developed that is an accurate reflection of the case study? (10%) The contin" rel="nofollow">inuous improvement plan reflects one of the followin" rel="nofollow">ing four criteria:- The contin" rel="nofollow">inuous improvement plan meets all of the basic learnin" rel="nofollow">ing requirements of the unit, such as knowledge of fundamental concepts and performance of basic skills; demonstrates sufficient quality of performance to be considered satisfactory or adequate or competent or capable in" rel="nofollow">in relation to the learnin" rel="nofollow">ing outcomes of the assignment. (10%) The contin" rel="nofollow">inuous improvement plan reflects an ability to use and apply fundamental concepts and skills of the unit, goin" rel="nofollow">ing beyond mere replication of content knowledge or skill to show understandin" rel="nofollow">ing of key ideas, awareness of their relevance, some use of analytical skills, and some origin" rel="nofollow">inality or in" rel="nofollow">insight. (20%) The contin" rel="nofollow">inuous improvement plan demonstrates awareness and understandin" rel="nofollow">ing of deeper and less obvious aspects of the unit, such as ability to identify and debate critical issues or problems, ability to solve non-routin" rel="nofollow">ine problems, ability to adapt and apply ideas to new situations, and ability to in" rel="nofollow">invent and evaluate new ideas. (30%) The contin" rel="nofollow">inuous improvement plan has been presented with imagin" rel="nofollow">ination, origin" rel="nofollow">inality or flair, based on proficiency in" rel="nofollow">in all the learnin" rel="nofollow">ing outcomes of the unit; work is in" rel="nofollow">interestin" rel="nofollow">ing or surprisin" rel="nofollow">ingly excitin" rel="nofollow">ing, challengin" rel="nofollow">ing, well read or scholarly. (40%) Clarity of expression, grammar and spellin" rel="nofollow">ing? (10%) Referencin" rel="nofollow">ing Style Harvard (author-date) Submission Onlin" rel="nofollow">ine To be submitted as Microsoft Word document files. Learnin" rel="nofollow">ing Outcomes Assessed This section can be expanded to view the assessed learnin" rel="nofollow">ing outcomes https://www.4shared.com/zip/ls2UrVvTei/Engin" rel="nofollow">ineerin" rel="nofollow">ing__Construction_-_Qu.html