Individual Assignment - Journal Paper

Individual Assignment – Paper
You are required to develop any topic from the course and write a paper of 1500-2000 words. If
you wish to combine topics, for the sake of the paper, you may, but one topic is sufficient.
The title of the paper is up to you but it should be:

 Interesting, worthy of exploration and detailed analysis;
 Capable of bringing the chosen topic to life; &
 Of practical use in the field of engineering management.
You are encouraged to be creative, to think critically and to provide your opinion on the topic
areas chosen, ideally supported by theory and practical applications/examples from your field.
Examples of appropriate titles for your paper could be:
“The dynamics of teamwork in engineering design projects”

“Corporate social responsibility in a power generation plant: Case of Powergen Wrightson Road POS”
“The role of collaboration among engineering disciplines in the provision of maintenance services to
process plants and utility providers”
“The use of the balanced scorecard in strategy deployment for a cable manufacturer”
A minimum of 6 peer-reviewed journal articles relevant to your topic of choice should be cited
in your paper and your methodology may include desk research, interviews, survey,
observations, experiments, etc. The paper should be typed using Times New Roman or Cambria
font, font size 12, 1.5 space between lines, space after paragraphs. You should make full use of
charts, and tables to present information. The format of the paper is flexible but a basic format
would include:
1. Abstract 2. Introduction 3. Literature Review 4. Methodology
5. Findings and Discussion 6. Conclusions and Recommendations
The paper is due by 11:59pm on Sunday 15th November, 2015. You are required to submit the
paper through Turnitin. Should you miss the deadline, there will be a 10% penalty for each
day/part of day the project is late. The late report should be submitted in hardcopy and also by
e-mail to cilla.benjamin@sta.uwi.edu. Should you not get an acknowledgement that your e-mail
was received, consider it not submitted
Marking Rubric
The assignment is marked out of 100, relevant weightings are shown:
Description 10-7 6-4 3-0 Weight

Abstract Clear and to the point. The abstract is fair but The abstract is not well 10%
The abstract may not be a written, missing key
summarises the main compelling summary areas of the paper and
points of all sections of of the entire paper. may be lengthy, far
the paper and does not exceeding the 200 word
exceed 200 words. target.
Introduction and Comprehensive and The problem Poor or incomplete use 15%
Literature Review insightful. The problem statement, research of tools and techniques.
statement, research question(s) and
question(s) and objectives are not all
objectives are well defined and/or at
defined. At least 5 peer least 5 peer reviewed
reviewed journal articles journal articles are
are cited, among others. not among the
sources cited.
Methodology An appropriate The methodology was The methodology was 15%
methodology was somewhat not appropriate for the
chosen for the study appropriate but study and/or consisted
inclusive of a well lacked rigour in of only some very basic
designed empirical achieving the study desk research
component. objectives. conducted over the
internet.
Results and Discussion The study was robust Results are somewhat Results are not aligned 30%
enough to yield aligned with rest of with rest of study. In
considerable results study. Some key the discussion,
worth further issues are highlighted limitations and other
researching. Key issues in the discussion. key aspects of the study
throughout the study are not addressed.
are synthesized in the
discussion.
Conclusion and Short, to the point and Somewhat vague. Non-existent or not 10%
Recommendations recommendations Recommendations based on actual study.
match conclusions weakly aligned with
actual study.
Overall Paper Interesting and well Somewhat well Difficult to connect. 10%
written. Relevant to written/difficult to Weak arguments and
engineering connect to the field of no original element.
management. engineering
management.
Spelling and Grammar, No more than 2-3 Between 4-10 spelling Inadequate or non- 10%
References spelling/grammatical and grammatical existent references,
errors, complete list of errors, incomplete list more than 10 spelling
references, Chicago of references and grammatical errors.
Style.

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The title of the paper is up to you but it should be:

“The dynamics of teamwork in engineering design projects”

1. Abstract 2. Introduction 3. Literature Review 4. Methodology

5. Findings and Discussion 6. Conclusions and Recommendations

Description 10-7 6-4 3-0 Weight

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