NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA

UNIVERSITY VILLAGE, PLOT 91, CASDASTRAL ZONE, NNAMDI AZIKIWE EXPRESS WAY, JABI, ABUJA.
FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
JANUARY 2021 EXAMINATION

COURSE CODE: CRD 407

COURSE UNIT: 2

COURSE TITLE: PROJECT PLANNING MANAGEMENT, MONITORING AND EVALUATION

TIME ALLOWED: 2 HOURS

Instructions: 1. Attempt question number One (1) and any other two (2).

2. Question number 1 is Compulsory and carries 30 marks, While the other questions carry 20 marks each.

3. Present all your points in coherent and orderly manner

The entrepreneurial studies department of N.O.U.N designs a mentor, incubation and innovation project. It partnered with Nigeria National cooperative association for 80% finance of viable ideas. Learners are expected to be creative and deploy the George Doran et al S.M.A.R.T model to develop a proposal that will cover five year strategy. The proposal with genuine economically and socially impactful plan will be fully financed and replicated in six-geo political zone after successful implementation. Directorate of project and innovation would monitor, evaluate and ensure standard procedural guide using different methods to control the effectively. The planning style and occupation are adopted to enhance and mitigate unforeseen difficulties in line with the mission, vision and core values that produce optimum performance. Based on this answer the below question.

1. a. Define lucidly each of the following;

i. Entrepreneur and entrepreneurial studies

ii. Project and a Project Plan

iii. Project Manager

iii. Monitor and Evaluation

iv. Planning v planning style

vi. Planning Occupation

b. List four types for each below and explain;

i. Planning

ii. Planning in occupation

c. Elucidate on the S.M.A.R.T model in relation to project proposal

[Compulsory, 30 marks]

2. a. Examine the concept of Management skills

b. List eight and explain five in relation to project team

[20 marks]

3. a. Monitoring Project and Project Evaluation are not the same? Discuss.

b. In five way Differentiate between Monitoring and Evaluation

c. Highlight point of evaluation

[20 marks]

4. Explain the each of the following;

a. Capital Budgeting

b. Portfolio Analysis

c. Ratio Analysis

d. Time Preference for Money

[20 marks]

5. a. Examine the four core obligation of a proficient project manager

b. Discuss the five supremacy of project manager exercise in course of duty.

[20 marks]