University of Auckland To the respondent:
Hi,
My name is Jessica Leong. I am a student at The University of Auckland enrolled for a Master of Commerce degree in the Department of Management and Information Systems. As part of my research I am conducting research on ethics in project management. The aim of the research is to develop an understanding of the attitudes of project management practitioners to project management ethics. A previous research study has been conducted which looked at the attitudes of students to project management ethics, and the results from this research will be compared against that study.
You are invited to participate in my research and I would appreciate any assistance you can offer me. As part of my research I am conducting surveys with those involved in project management in their course of work. Results from this study will surely be of use to many business practitioners to better understand the various dimensions of ethics and how it affects our business practices. Upon completion, results from this study will be published at the Project Management Institute's website. Further details to be posted.
The questionnaire will take approximately 15 minutes. Thank you very much for your time and help in making this study possible. If you have any queries or wish to know more please write to me or my supervisor at:
| Jessica Leong The University of Auckland Private Bag 92019 Auckland j3ssicaleong@yahoo.com |
John Paynter The University of Auckland Private Bag 92019 Auckland Tel 373-7599 ext. 87385 j.paynter@auckland.ac.nz |
The objective of this questionnaire is to investigate the attitudes to Software Project Management Ethics in New Zealand. Project Management is important across a number of disciplines and typically accounts for 10% of the budget in terms of effort and cost. As systems become more complex the effort expended and the potential problems faced in this area of work increase. We want to find out how people perceive responses to different ethical dilemmas that may be encountered in project management. Your response to this questionnaire will provide information for our study. All responses are anonymous.
Please read the project management vignettes provided and answer each question in Part A in turn, before completing the background (Part B) and demographic (Part C) sections of the questionnaire.
