RESEARCH IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

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A description of the final research topic

The topic of the final research is examining the challenges of communication skills in project management students in Australia. The project is essential for project managers, students, and lecturers.

A brief rationale to justify the need and significance for the project

The project is essential and significant in different ways. The first way is associated with the need to know the level of challenges that are associated with communication when it comes to managing projects in Australia (Todorović et al. 2015). It is imperative to note that projects in the higher education sector will never end and this is because they are part and parcel of the curriculum. A challenge cannot be solved if its level of severity has not been established. The project comes in place to make sure that the level of the challenge has been identified and that will help in looking for a suitable solution (Niazi et al. 2016). The second significance is associated with the need to understand the essence of communication during projects among the students of Australia. By examining the challenges that the students face, it will be easier to see the extent that the communication aspect affects the overall delivery of the project. The essence of a concept can only be known by looking into the effects that come with the absence of the concept. Therefore, in the case of the project, the project will help to understand the essence of communication in the management of projects.

Research questions or hypothesis

1. What are some of the common communication challenges that the students face while managing projects?

1. What is the essence of communication in the management of projects?

1. To what extent can communication challenges affect the overall performance of team members in a project?

A brief Methodology

The qualitative methodology will be the most suitable in the case of the project (Lewis, 2015). Three essential tools for collecting data will be utilized. The first tool will be the interview, the second; questionnaire, the third; focus groups (Moen & Middelthon, 2015). Random sampling will be the method that will be used in choosing the participants for the research. The targeted participants will be the students and the lecturers. The reason why the students will be involved is that they are the center for attention. The lecturers have experience when it comes to working with the students, especially during projects. Therefore, they have observed the students, and they must have beneficial information to the research team.

Expected research findings and their implication

The findings of the research are expected to answer all the three research questions. They are expected to help in outlining the communication challenges that the students go through, the extent to which the challenges affect the overall outcomes of the research, and the essence of communication in managing projects (Muszynska et al. 2015). The implications of the findings will be positive and beneficial. The reason for stating so is because the finding will be used to constitute a strategy or rather strategies on the best ways to avoid the challenges that are associated with communication during project management.

References

Lewis, S. 2015. Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among five approaches. Health promotion practice, 16(4), 473-475.

Moen, K., & Middelthon, A. L. 2015. Qualitative research methods. In Research in Medical and Biological Sciences (Second Edition) (pp. 321-378).

Muszynska, K., Dermol, V., Trunk, A., Ðakovic, G., & Smrkolj, M. 2015. Communication management in project teams–practices and patterns. Managing Intellectual Capital and Innovation for Sustainable and Inclusive Society, 1359-1366.

Niazi, M., Mahmood, S., Alshayeb, M., Riaz, M. R., Faisal, K., Cerpa, N., ... & Richardson, I. 2016. Challenges of project management in global software development: A client vendor analysis. Information and Software Technology, 80, 1-19.

Todorović, M. L., Petrović, D. Č., Mihić, M. M., Obradović, V. L., & Bushuyev, S. D. 2015. Project success analysis framework: A knowledge-based approach in project management. International Journal of Project Management, 33(4), 772-783.

MY PART 2:

A brief rationale to justify the need and significance for the project

The project is essential and significant in different ways. The first way is associated with the need to know the level of challenges that are associated with communication when it comes to managing projects in Australia (Todorović et al. 2015). Challenges have different effects on the procedures of any given project. The magnitude of the challenge is what dictates if the challenge would affect the project or not. Therefore, it is essential to note the level of challenges because the information helps to understand the performance of the students in a specific project. It is imperative to note that projects in the higher education sector will never end and this is because they are part and parcel of the curriculum. A challenge cannot be solved if its level of severity has not been established. At the same time, the severity of the challenge cannot be identified if there are no mechanisms and procedures in place to look into the magnitude of the challenge. The project comes in place to make sure that the level of the challenge has been identified and that will help in looking for a suitable solution (Niazi et al. 2016). The second significance is associated with the need to understand the essence of communication during projects among the students of Australia. Communication has proven to be an essential tool in organizational processes and therefore it is imperative to note if its essentiality extends to projects. By examining the challenges that the students face, it will be easier to see the extent that the communication aspect affects the overall delivery of the project. The essence of a concept can only be known by looking into the effects that come with the absence of the concept. Therefore, in the case of the project, the project will help to understand the essence of communication in the management of projects.