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Interior Design Practice Management Assignment MA Interior Design – Level 7

Credit Value: 30

Module Learning Outcomes   By the end of the module you should be able to:

1. Demonstrate critical awareness of the impact of society and technology on design management and practice within the interior design industry. (Report)

2. Critically examine a range of advanced project management skills appropriate to environmentally sustainable interior design. (Report and Tender Pack)

3. Demonstrate critical understanding of resources, systems and processes within the context of an interior design practice. (Tender Pack and Contracts)

Students will be introduced to the professional practice of controlling and monitoring the progress of an environmentally sustainable, commercial interior design and construction programme, using industry standard Project Management principles and systems. This will reinforce and emphasise the logical sequences of the design process and provide an opportunity to explore the seminal relationships in the interior design process with business practice and management.

Summative Assessment:

The Module Descriptor describes the summative assessment of this module like this – A coursework portfolio comprising of:

1. A 2000-word project management report (Learning Outcomes 1, 2, and 3)
2. A Tender Pack including rationale, plans, and specifications (Learning Outcomes 2 and 3)
3. Appropriate contracts of agreements (Learning Outcomes 3)

How much time should you dedicate to this module?

Delivery is by distance learning with a comprehensive resource handbook on the VLE and available to download containing topic information, example questions and email and telephone support being available through our online VLE known as the Virtual Learning Studio (VLS), individual tutorials and student forum. Specialist knowledge will be delivered by staff through video input.

Study is by independent learning with tutor support of approximately 10 hours per module but students may access tutors whenever they choose within the working week 9-5 BST.

Academic Led Online Lectures                                             100 hours

Self-Directed Online Learning                                              130 Hours

Tutorials via e-mail, Skype and telephone                           10 hours

Assessment                                                                          60 hours

Total Hours                                                                           300 hours

The Brief

Summative Assessment

Learning Outcome	Task	Assessment Criteria	Notes
1, 2, 3	A Referring to the brief (see additional download in the assignments section), produce a report for the client on your approach to managing this project. You must include timescales and costings.   N.B. This is not a design project – you are tasked with Project Managing the design provided in the brief.	1	The word count for this report is 2000 words.   Remember that in this project, you are not the Designer, you are the Project Manager.
2, 3	B As the main contractor, produce a Tender Pack to provide information to one of your chosen sub-contractors. The pack must include rationale, plans and specifications.	2	See Module content for information on Tender Packs.
3	C Produce contracts of agreement between the Project Manager (you) and three major sub-contractors (each with different responsibilities) for your project.	3	An example contract is provided for guidance only.

Tutor

	Assessment Criteria	Maximum Marks Achievable	Actual Marks Achieved	Poor	Unsatisfactory	Satisfactory	Good	Very Good
1	Task A: Produced a report on your approach to the project management of an interior design installation project to include timescales and costings.	35
2	Task B: Produced a Tender Pack to provide information to one of your chosen sub-contractors for the interior design installation.	40
3	Task C: Produced contracts of agreement between the Project Manager and three major sub-contractors (each with different responsibilities) for the interior design installation.	25
100

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