MARKING SCHEDULE
ASSIGNMENT 1: PROJECT PROPOSAL
CONTRIBUTION TO FINAL GRADE: 15%
Note: If your Project Proposal is unsatisfactorily prepared you will need to resubmit it
to enable you to continue with the course.
Weighting
Cover Page
Title page
Presentation
quality
Introduction
Cover page provided and correctly filled-out
Proposal accurately typed, professionally presented and has
a high standard of grammar and spelling. Marks may be
deducted if students do not comply to these requirements
Name of organisation and brief nature of the business given
(2 marks)
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Identifies the problem (2 marks) & consent form
Identifies key issues in the general and business operating
environments that may impact on the solution to the
problem. (4 marks)
Problem
Identification and
rationale
Describes the nature of the problem. (5 marks)
Project Plan
Provides scope of the project, resources required (e.g. time,
costs, manpower, equipment etc.). (7 marks)
Problem Solving
Model(s) and
management
concepts
10
Provides the rationale by indicating the significance of the
problem and its effect on the organisation. (5 marks)
Provides a timeline for managing the project e.g. Gantt chart,
or table, with rationale (5 marks)
A suitable problem solving model(s) is/are provided
(7 marks)
Other management concepts and/or tools to be used
(7 marks).
12
14
Research Design
Research Aim: Clearly identifies and explains the specific aim
and Process
of the project (8 marks)
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Research goals and key objectives: Overall goals and key
objectives needed to achieve these goals. Use of the SMART
objective approach i.e. Specific, measurable,
attainable/achievable, relevant, time oriented (10 marks)
Research Design: Indicates (i.e. explains) how the
investigation of the problem will be carried out e.g.
Questionnaire, interview (who and why?), observation,
primary data and secondary data (9 marks)
Explains how the data analysis will be undertaken. (7 marks)
Application of
Discuss how citations are used in the proposal to support the
Theory
approaches to proposal content. (7 marks)
15
A general overview of use of theory in assisting resolution of
problem. (8 marks)
References
Total Marks
Citations are used and are accurate. Full details of all sources
of external information used to compile the proposal–
references are in the correct APA format.
7
100