College of Administrative and Financial Sciences

Assignment 2

Project Management (MGT323)

Deadline: 09/04/2022 @ 23:59

For Instructor’s Use only

Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY

· The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated folder.

· Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.

· Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.

· Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.

· Late submission will NOT be accepted.

· Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions. Atleast two Scholarly Peer- Reviewed Journals are required as references.

· All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).

· Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.

· Do not make any changes in the cover page.

Assignment Workload:

· This Assignment comprise of a Case Study.

· Assignment is to be submitted by each student individually.

Assignment Purposes/Learning Outcomes:

After completion of Assignment-2 students will able to understand the

1. Defining the concepts, theories and approaches of project management. (L.O-1.1)

2. Analyze to work effectively and efficiently as a team member for project related cases. (L.O-3.1)

Assignment-2: Case Study & Discussion questions

Assignment Question: (Marks 10)

Please read the Case-3.2 “Horizon Consulting.” from Chapter 3 “Organization: Structure and Culture” given in your textbook – Project Management: The Managerial Process 8th edition by Larson and Gray page no: 101-103 also refer to specific concepts you have learned from the chapter to support your answers. Answer the following questions for Part-1, Part-2.

Part-1: Case study questions

1. How successful was the post-meeting? Explain in 100 words (1 Mark).

2. What factors contributed to the success or failure of this meeting? Explain in 100 words (1 Mark).

3.