Topic: Boundaryless Career and Project Management

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Introduction
The  purpose  of  this  coursework  is  two-fold.  Firstly,  it  is  intended  to  develop  your
ability  to  search  the  academic  literature,  read  and  think  critically,  and  write  a  short
discursive  piece.  This  will  in  turn  help  you  with  the  academic  programme  at
postgraduate  level.  Secondly,  the  coursework  requires  you  to  delve  deeply  into  a
contemporary  issue  confronting  human  relations  in  the  context  of  project
management. The coursework is worth 33% of the marks in this 15-credit core unit.
Therefore,  you  are  expected  to  expend  approximately  50  hours  worth  of  personal
effort  in  delivering  this  coursework.  Please  read  the  instructions  found  in  this
coursework brief carefully.
Detailed Instructions
You are required to produce a critical review of the following theme:

Coursework theme: “Boundaryless Career and Project Management”

Your  critical  review  must  be  based  on  a  peer-reviewed  academic  journal  article  of
your choice. You are required to read extensively around the coursework theme and
identify a particular article that has inspired you to write this critical review.

The  review  must  be  word  processed,  and MUST  NOT  exceed a  single  page  of  A4,
using  the  Arial  font,  minimum  of  11  point  in  single  line  spacing,  and  margins  of  a
minimum of 2 cm all around. You are also required to include the list of bibliographic
references  cited  in  your  critical  review  on  page  2.  Therefore,  your  submission must
not  exceed  2  pages,  otherwise  you  will  get  zero  for  this  coursework. Also,  do  not
continue  your  critical  review  on  to  the  second  page.  The  second  page  should
only contain the list of bibliographic references cited, preferably presented using the
Harvard  referencing  system.  The  full  reference  for your  chosen  peer-reviewed
academic  journal  article  must  be  included  at  the  top  of  page  2, in  bold,  for  which
your critical review is based on. Please ensure that your selected article is from the
University of Manchester Library electronic journals collection.

Subject  to  availability  of  space  in  the  timetable, it  is  possible  that  a  coursework
seminar  session  is  organised  for  you  to  share  lessons  learnt  from  the  coursework
with  your peers. If this is the case, you  will  be expected to attend and contribute to
the  Coursework  Seminar  (details  to  be  advised).  If  a  coursework  seminar  is
organised and you fail to attend, you will not qualify for the coursework marks.

The  deadline  for  submitting  this  critical  review  is 2359hrs  on  Friday  7  November
2014  on  the  link  found  in  the  Home  Page  of  the  Blackboard  9  site.  Please  upload
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interim  drafts  before  the  deadline  to  avoid  missing  the  deadline  as  a  result  of
bottlenecks on the day of submission. New uploads will overwrite previous versions.
Guidance on How to Construct a Critical Review
Your critical review must be related to the above theme, i.e. “Boundaryless Career and
Project Management”.

You  must  select a  peer-reviewed  journal  paper  that focuses  on  a  particular  aspect of
boundaryless  career,  and  relate  this  to  the  field  of  project  management.  There  are
many ways of achieving this. However, it is important that you read more than one
peer-reviewed  journal  article  on  the  theme  before  making  a  choice  on  which
article  to  focus  on  for  your  critical  review.  It  is  expected  that  you  must  familiarise
yourself  with  the  concept  of  boundaryless  career  – what  this  means,  why  this  is
significant, and what has already been studied on and written about this – before you
can make a judgement as to which article you choose for the purpose of constructing
your  critical  review.  It  is  suggested  that  you  choose  an  article  that  has  really  inspired
you to think about boundaryless career(s) in the context of project management.

What is a peer-reviewed academic journal? You can find quite a detailed explanation of
what  peer  review  is  and  what  it  means  to  a  lay  person  here:
http://boingboing.net/2011/04/22/meet-science-what-is.html  (accessed  9  September
2014).  Moreover,  you  should  be  able  find  detailed  information  about  any  academic
journal on the homepage of the journal’s website. The peer-review process (if there is
one)  is  normally  explained  in  the  “Instructions  for  Authors”  or  equivalent.  Periodic
guidance will be provided on a needs basis and during the formal session in Week 4.

The  paper  selected  must  be  critically  reviewed  using  appropriate  sources  and  logical
argument.  Students  are  advised  to  focus  on  appraising  the  subject  matter  when
constructing the critical review, and not to state their personal views or opinions and to
avoid writing in the first person. There is generic advice on library and study skills found
on Blackboard 9 (see Learning Resources). Please consult this before beginning your
assignment.

Typically, when writing a critical review of this nature, you are advised to consider the
following questions (not exhaustively):
•  What  is  the  chosen  peer-reviewed academic journal article about?  What  is/are
the central argument(s)? What conclusion(s) are the author(s) making?
•  How have the author(s) derived their arguments? What methods were used, and
how  have  the  methods  influenced  the  strength  of  the  argument(s)?  To  what
extent do the methods used convince you of the argument(s) they make?
•  How  does  the  chosen  article  contribute  to  our  collective  understanding  of  the
coursework  theme?  What  are  the  implications  of  the argument(s)  found  in  the
chosen article, especially for the theory and practice of project management?
•  What are the limitations of the chosen article? Where are the weak points? What
are the implications of these?

Thinking through these questions might help you focus when reading the literature.

Care should be taken when searching the literature and selecting peer-reviewed journal
articles, in that the articles you read must be of sufficient substance. A common flaw is
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that students select journalistic pieces. Journalistic pieces or “light weight” unreferenced
material will not be accepted. It must be reiterated that students will need to undertake
significant library work in order to select suitable material.
General Points to Note
Late submissions
The  School  of  Mechanical,  Aerospace  and  Civil  Engineering  (MACE)  exercises  a
policy  on  late  submissions  of  coursework.  Any  coursework  received  after  the
deadline will be treated as follows: any coursework received within a week after the
deadline  will  automatically  be  penalised  by  50%;  thereafter,  the  submission  will
receive no marks. This, however, should not affect your right to seek recourse to the
Personal Mitigating Circumstances procedure.

Marking Criteria
Marks are not given for the quality of presentation. Submissions should be of a good
quality, as would be expected in a professional environment. Submissions containing
typographical errors, weak structure and very poor grammar will receive lower marks
as this reduces understanding. Your coursework will be evaluated as follows:

Assessment criteria  Maximum Award
Understanding:
To  what  extent  have  you  demonstrated  understanding of  the
coursework theme, especially of cutting-edge thinking?
15
Structure and evidence of research:
To  what  extent  have  you  organised  your  critical  review  in  a
coherent,  easily  comprehensible  structure?  To  what extent
have  you  comprehensively  searched  and  reviewed  the
literature?
20
Referencing, substantiation and justification:
To  what  extent  have  you  provided  adequate  supporting
reference materials to demonstrate and explain the points you
are making?
35
Logical argument and synthesis:
To  what  extent  have  you  made  a  persuasive  argument?  To
what  extent  is  this  argument  well  thought-through  and  put
together?
30
This coursework constitutes a third of the Unit’s assessment. More detailed marking
criteria can be found on pages 5 and 6 of this coursework brief.
Feedback
You  will  be  able  to  access  feedback  on  your  critical  review  on  Blackboard  9.  It  is
expected  that  feedback  will  be  made  available  in  Week  12  before  you  break  for  the
vacation  in  December.  This  will  give  you  ample  time  to  learn  from  the  feedback  in
preparation for the examination.
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