Background
The management literature recognises a large number of different types of team, and different authors present different taxonomies of team. These taxonomies usually recognise project teams as a specific category (sometimes with subtypes of project team). This gives rise to the question of what special challenges for team management are presented by project working.
Your Task
You should consider the question of what it is that makes project teams distinctive, and how they relate to other types of team. You should then consider the distinctive challenges posed by project working for the management of teams.
This is a very broad question, and you will have to be selective in your treatment of this question. Exactly how you choose to approach this question will depend on the team taxonomy that you use as the basis for your analysis (there are many of them available), and the case studies of project team working that you decide to use
Your analysis should be structured in the following way:
• A cover page, setting out a title for your analysis (plus your SID number and word count)
• A detailed contents page, with headings and page numbers for each of your sections and sub-sections.
• An introduction, setting out the parameters of the problem, the particular team taxonomies and project team management challenges that you have decided to analyse, your justifications for these choices, and your approach to them. (approximately 300 words)
• An analysis, constructed around academic references, empirical evidence and your own experience. You may wish to break this discussion down into headed sub-sections for greater clarity. (approximately 1200 words)
• A conclusion, giving a concise summary of your arguments your conclusions regarding the distinctive management challenges posed by project team working. (approximately 300 words)
• Reference list, in Harvard format.
Intended learning outcomes for the assessment
• Demonstrate a critical understanding of the principles and practice of human resource management and its application to organisations.
• Recognise the significance of knowledge management and intellectual capital and present proposals to manage these.
• Evaluate and formulate appropriate approaches to manage a variety of human resource management situations.
• Analyse and evaluate complex problems and synthesise feasible solutions.
Detailed Assessment Criteria
• Introduction, showing an understanding of the problem, a selection of team taxonomies and case studies of project team management suitable for a short analysis, a justification for your selection and a statement of your analytical approach. (20%)
• An analysis, with a clearly structured argument, extensive referencing, the use of empirical evidence, and a reflective use of personal organisational experiences. (60%)
• Conclusions, concisely summarising the main points and a characterisation of some distinctive management challenges posed by project team working. (10%)
Overall presentation including: document structure, referencing standards and clarity of expression. (10%)
Assessment Literacy
Reflective consolidating written assessment, 1800 words.
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