成人大片

Program Director Contact Details:
Project Management
Name: Associate Professor Indra Gunawan
email: indra.gunawan@adelaide.edu.au

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Singapore timetable

Opening intensive:
Friday 21 July 2017	7pm-10pm	Aspiring project managers have a drive to succeed and a thirst for knowledge.
Saturday 22 July 2017	1pm-8pm
Sunday 23 July 2017	9am-4pm

Closing intensive:
Friday 11 August 2017	7pm-10pm	Aspiring project managers have a drive to succeed and a thirst for knowledge.
Saturday 12 August 2017	1pm-8pm
Sunday 13 August 2017	9am-4pm

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1	Identify what a complex system is and how they differ from simple and complicated systems;
2	Use key aspects of complex systems and the benefits of particular approaches in managing complexity;
3	Recognise whether a proposed system or project should be primarily in a controlled space or in the innovation space on the edge of chaos in order to gain the benefits;
4	Recognise the benefits of system dynamics and its use in identifying leverage points in systems;
5	Apply these advanced and uncommon skills to address societal problems;
6	Investigate international best practice.

No Textbook required

Course Notes, Readings and PowerPoint Slides
These are all available electronically for enrolled students by download from MyUni.

Library Resources
The 成人大片’s Barr Smith Library provides a range of learning resources including texts, journals, periodicals, magazines, and access to online databases and information services. It also offers a virtual library which is accessible via the University’s website. .

Other resources
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is the 成人大片's online learning environment. It is used to support traditional face-to-face lectures, tutorials and workshops at the University. MyUni provides access to various features including announcements, course materials, discussion boards and assessments for each online course of study.

This course is offered in blended learning mode with the face-to-face component offered as intensives.

As a guide, a 3 unit course comprises a total of 156 hours work (this includes face-to-face contact, any online components, and self directed study).

Teaching & Learning Activities	Related Learning Outcomes
Group project	1-6
Class presentation	1-6

Learning Activities Schedule

This is a draft schedule and session dates are a guide only. The timetable may be changed during the course delivery if necessary.

Intensive day	Content	Readings/Activities
1	What is a System. Reductionism General systems theory What is a complex system - complicated vs complex Requisite variety Examples of complex systems	Kurtz, C. F., & Snowden, D. J. (2003). The new dynamics of strategy: Sense-making in a complex and complicated world. IBM Systems Journal, 42(3), 462-483. Norman, D. & Kuras, M. (2006)  Engineering Complex Systems in Complex Systems (C10) (2006), in Complex Engineered Systems, edited by Dan Braha, Ali Minai and Yaneer Bar-Yam, Springer;
2	Complexity looking at systems of systems thinking, implications of autonomy and independence -  Emergence and Self-organization rules and influence on the system	Andriani, P. (2011), Complexity and Innovation, in Allen, P, Maguire, S. & McKelvey, B., [Eds], (2011), SAGE Handbook of Complexity and Management, Los Angeles, 454-470; Andriani, P., & B. McKelvey. (2010). Using Scale-free Theory from Complexity Science to Better Management Risk. Risk Management, An International Journal, 12(1): 54-82. Andriani, P. & Mckelvey, B., (2011a), Using scale free processes to explain punctuated change in management-relevant phenomena, International Journal of Complexity in Leadership and Management, Vol 1, No 3, 211-249; Andriani, P. & Mckelvey, B., (2011b), From Skew Distributions to Power Law Science, in Allen, P, Maguire, S. & McKelvey, B., [Eds], (2011), SAGE Handbook of Complexity and Management, Los Angeles, 254-273;
3	Emergence, Chaos and Chaords Ashby’s requisite variety self organisation the nature of chaos chaordic systems holons stability levels	van Eijnatten, F. M. (2004a). Chaordic Systems Thinking: Some Suggestions for a Complexity Framework to Inform a Learning Organization. The Learning Organization, 11(6), 430-449. van Eijnatten, F. M. (2008). A Toolkit for Phase Transitions. Proceedings of European Chaos and Complexity in Organisations Network (ECCON) Annual Meeting, 17-19 October. Bergen-Ann-Zee. Zhu, Z. (2007). Complexity Science, Systems Thinking and Pragmatic Sensibility. Systems Research and Behavioural Science, 24(4), 445-464.
4	Fractals and Phases fractals and scale free behaviour Phase space, path history and attractor cages fitness landscapes Phase space Attractor cages Sense making Systems dynamics Leverage points Tools for complex systems	Bak, P. & Chen, K., (1991), Self-Organised Criticality, Scientific American. January; Helbing, D. (2013), Globally networked risks and how to respond, Nature, vol. 497, no. 7447; Meadows, D., (2008), Dancing with Systems, Donella Meadows Institute, Bosch, O., C.N. Nam, T. Maeno, & T. Yasui, Managing Complex Issues through Evolutionary Learning Laboratories, Systems Research and Behavioural Science, 2013.
5-6	Complex Systems Variables adaptive tension and virtual stability Panarchy cycles of change dissipative structures and stability system changes and cycles Tiny initiating events	Kira, M., & van Eijnatten, F. M. (2008). Socially sustainable work organizations: A chaordic systems approach. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 25(6), 743-756. Holling, C., & Gunderson, L. H. (2002). Resilience and Adaptive Cycles. In C. Holling, & L. H. Gunderson (Eds.), Panarchy: Understanding Transformations in Human and Natural Systems (1st Edition ed.). Washington: Island Press.

An overview of the course assessment appears in the following Table. Details appear in the following section:

#	Assessment Task	Length	Weight	Due Date/Week	Learning Outcomes
1	Individual short report	1,500 words max	15%	See MyUni	1-3
2	Individual short report	1,500 words max	15%	See MyUni	1-3
3	Group project plan	1 person 5,000 words min 2 people 7,000 words min 3 people 10,000 words min	30%	See MyUni	1-6
4	Individual report	2,000 words max	30%	See MyUni	5
5	Class presentation	5-10 Slides	10%	See MyUni	1-6
	Total		100%

Attendance.
Students should attend all classes in order to pass the course. There is considerable experiential learning in workshops during the intensive classes that build your knowledge and thus enable you to be successful in this course, and due to the interactive nature of the learning and the requirement for ongoing group work attendance at lectures is an essential pre-requisite for learning from the course. The final group grade for each student will be calculated as (Final grade x N/9) where N = the number of sessions attended.

Course results are subject to moderation by the ECIC Board of Examiners

Appropriate use of the Internet in assignments

The purpose of this document is to assist students with appropriate use of the material they have accessed on the Internet in assignments. The Internet is a wonderful source of information and sometimes students are not aware of how to use it properly. For example, a recent case had over 70% of words copied from over 20 other sources. Furthermore, many students think this is the appropriate use of the Internet.

IT IS NOT.

However pertinent to the course, it is your role to integrate the points made in any paper you access on the Internet and the thoughts they assist you to form, into yourargument rather than just copying large passages. Of course this takes more work but this is what tertiary education requires and, in the end, it makes students into better thinkers and more able to express their ideas in their assignments.Due to an increasing number of students infringing the University’s Academic Dishonesty Requirements within the Master of Applied Project Management, a more rigorous method of checking assignments is used.

There is a hierarchy of penalties, the lowest of which is the loss of some assignment marks and the student’s name being placed on the Faculty’s Academic Dishonesty Register for six months. This only occurs if I believe this occurred through error. The second level penalty is more significant which is loss of all marks for the assignment and being placed on the University’s Academic Dishonesty Register for the remainder of their time at the University. Even higher penalties can involve the University deciding the student should not graduate. This has occurred in the Master of Project Management.

Appropriate use of the Internet is to include all directly copying of sections of other reports in ‘inverted comas’, as a quotation, and note the source of the quote. To include a group of words without use of inverted commas and without noting where the words came from is an example of academic dishonesty.

Students may not be aware that the University has use of an international database called Turnitin in which all direct use of other material can be traced.

Assessment 1: Individual Assignment 1a
Weighting: 15%
Submission Details: Online through MyUni

Task:
Analyse one of the following examples and report:
1. Why the problem situation is complex;
2. What are the major challenges that will need to be overcome to achieve a successful outcome?
3. What methodologies, tools and techniques might you use from the set provided in this course to assist in the management of this system?

Examples to choose from:
a. An example of a complex system of your own choosing (discuss with the lecturer)
b. A dispute between two warring nations
c. Managing climate change in a major group of countries
d. Security at a G20 meeting
e. Dealing with traffic congestion in a major city
f.  Pre-potential disaster preparation by communities
g. Addressing corruption in trade

Length and Presentation:
1500 words max in report format.

Criteria by which your assignment will be marked:
The standards by which the assignment will be assessed include understanding of principles and referencing these.

Given the word limit on these questions, assessment will reward content included. There will be penalties for exceeding the word limit. Quotations do not count in the words counted.

The objective of these questions is for the participant to consider the theoretical material supplied and attempt to apply it to a real project example. Therefore evidence of having read and understood the material is important.

Marks will be given for the comprehensiveness of the content, evidence of additional reading, referencing these readings in the answer, and application.

In answering these questions try and state principles as well as detail. please do not just reproduce material by cutting and pasting diagrams - it will not be taken as rigorous work



Assessment 2: Individual Assignment 1b
Weighting: 15%
Submission Details: Online through MyUni

Task:
a. Why do we study complexity when a reductionist approach offers a simpler alternative?
b. What are the consequences if we do not recognize complexity? Provide two examples to illustrate your points.
c. Comment on the use of systems techniques to address the following problems:
    i.  Reduction of corruption;
    ii. Acquiring a large tract of land for a new facility

In addressing the question:
· Describe the problem context
· Analyse and comment on why the issues is complex
· Discuss your recommended choice of methods to understand the issue better
· Choose tools to manage the issue  and how you would operate these
· Describe how the project manager exercises governance

Length and Presentation:
1500 words max in report format.

Criteria by which your assignment will be marked:
The standards by which the assignment will be assessed include understanding of principles and referencing these.

Given the word limit on these questions, assessment will reward content included. There will be penalties for exceeding the word limit. Quotations do not count in the words counted.

The objective of these questions is for the participant to consider the theoretical material supplied and attempt to apply it to a real project example. Therefore evidence of having read and understood the material is important.

Marks will be given for the comprehensiveness of the content, evidence of additional reading, referencing these readings in the answer, and application.

In answering these questions try and state principles as well as detail. Just reproducing material is not enough!



Assessment 3: Group project plan
Weighting: 30%
Submission Details: Online through MyUni
An electronic copy of this report is required. Just send one copy for the group but ensure all names are clear.
Preferably any documents created under Excel or Microsoft Project should be included in the Word version of the electronic copy.

Task:
Form groups and select a complex system problem. (Note: Make sure it conforms to the definition of ‘complex system’ given in this course.)

Describe the system or problem in detail covering political, economic, social, cultural, technological, legal and environmental aspects. Outline the context of the problem including its interactions with external systems and the major characteristics that will impact your choice of methodologies, methods, tools, techniques and processes.

Develop an approach to managing this system or problem using concepts and methodologies taught in this course and other relevant
approaches. Prepare the outline of a project plan that describes how you propose to implement improvements to the system of interest in order to achieve your desired outcomes.

Scope:
This assignment will assess your understanding of relevant systems and their interactions.

Length and Presentation:
Minimum length:
1 person – 5,000 words
2 people – 7,000 words
3 people – 10,000 words.

Criteria by which your assignment will be marked:
This assignment will be assessed upon how well you are able to present a project plan that meets the requirement defined in the Task (above).

A clear statement is required on the material you generated for the sake of this assignment and the work generated, by you or others, for the project.



Assessment 4: Individual
Weighting: 30%
Submission Details: Online through MyUni
An electronic copy of this report is required. Preferably any documents created under Excel or Microsoft Project should be included in the Word version of the electronic copy.

Task:
Reflect on what you have learned from this course by identifying four topic areas and discussing how your newly-acquired knowledge of these areas will help you in dealing with complex system problems.

It is useful to illustrate your learning with examples. You can use one example problem context for all four (or more) or a
different one for each concept.

Length and Presentation:
2,000 Words Maximum
Please ensure you add page numbers to your assignment and it is advisable to add your name and student number in the footer or header. I am comfortable with you including material developed by others (eg schedule), provided you make clear what you developed and what was developed by others.

Criteria by which your assignment will be marked:
This assignment will be assessed upon how well you are able to identify and articulate the concepts.

A clear statement is required on the material you generated for the sake of this assignment and the work generated, by you or others, for the project.



Assessment 5: PowerPoint Presentation
Weighting: 10%
Due Date: Presentation in class
Submission Details:   Online through MyUni. An electronic copy only of this presentation is required.

Task:
You are to select any topic from Systems Fundamentals and present a PowerPoint session of 5-10 slides

Scope:
This assignment will assess your understanding of your choice of one of the course topics.

Length and Presentation:
5-10 PowerPoint slides, presentation 5 minutes

Criteria by which your assignment will be marked:
In preparing these presentation slides please consider the following:

• The material must be suitable for presentation to a workplace level team meeting in the early stages of initiating and planning an intervention (or a project).
• Focus on what is important, not on basic definitions or background information.
• Do not attempt to provide too much detail – the role of these slides is to support a hypothetical, short (5 minute) presentation.
• It is recommended that the presentation should only make two (2) or three (3) major points.
• You must only use your own words in this presentation. Direct quotes from other sources are not acceptable in this case.
• Any diagrams, graphics or figures must be your own work. You are not to “cut and paste” any material from any other sources.

All text based assignments must be submitted via MyUni.
Please refer to step by step instructions:

There are a few points to note about the submission of assignments:

• Assignment Submission:  Assignments should not be emailed to the instructor; they must be lodged via the MyUni Course site (unless specified to do both). Note that assignments may be processed via TURNITIN, which is an online plagiarism prevention tool.
• Cover Sheet:  Please submit, separate to your assignment, the completed 成人大片 Assessment Cover Sheet providing details of yourself and your team members (if applicable), your assignment, the course, date submitted, etc. as well as the declaration signed by you that this is your (your team’s) work.  Note that the declaration on any electronically submitted assignment will be deemed to have the same authority as a signed declaration.
• Backup Copy of Assignments:  You are advised to keep a copy of your assignments in case the submitted copy goes missing.  Please ensure that all assignment pages are numbered. If your assignment contains confidential information, you should discuss any concerns with the Course Lecturer prior to submission.
• Extensions of Time:  Any request for an extension of time for the submission of an assignment should be made well before the due date of the assignment to the Course Lecturer.  Normally, extensions will only be granted for a maximum of two weeks from the original assignment submission date.  Extensions will only be granted in cases of genuine extenuating circumstances and proof, such as a doctor’s certificate, may be required.
• Failure to submit: Failure to submit an assignment on time or by the agreed extension deadline may result in penalties and may incur a fail grade.  Note that a late penalty of 5% of the total available marks for that assessment item will be incurred each day an assignment is handed in late (Unless otherwise stated in 'Assessment Related Requirements' or 'Assessment Detail' above).  Assignments handed in after 14 days from the due submission date will fail even if a 100% mark is granted for the work.

Resubmission & Remarking
Resubmission of an assignment for remarking after reworking it to obtain a better mark will not normally be accepted.  Approval for resubmission will only be granted on medical or compassionate grounds.