Reference no: EM133523882
Leveraging IT for Business Advantage
Assessment - Research Proposal
Purpose: Students will be expected to write a research proposal on a specific topic in Information Technology. A student will be required to conduct research in regards to their assigned topic and present his/her idea or question and expected outcomes with clarity and definition.
LO 1. Critically evaluate how technology can enable an organisation's core business processes and support the strategic goals.
LO 2. Analyse and comprehend the issues that arise with the acquisition and adoption of technology and recommend possible solutions.
LO 3. Critically evaluate the ways in which information technology can contribute to organisational innovation, efficiency and overall corporate performance.
LO 4. Critically analyse and evaluate the key issues, challenges and opportunities associated with the latest developments in Information Systems
Objective(s)
This assessment item relates to the unit learning outcomes as in the unit descriptor. This assessment is designed to improve student learning skills and to give students experience in researching the literature on a topic relevant to the Unit of Study subject matter, critically analysing current academic papers then presenting idea or question and expected outcomes with clarity and definition in a referenced written report.
Instructions
For this component you will write a research proposal on a particular topic. The topic you select must be directly relevant to IT in Business. Your topic must include a specific information technology and a specific business application, e.g., AI For fraud detection.
All students must have a different topic. Students can choose to write about the same technology, but the approach and the thrust of each paper must be different. For instance, you could look at cloud computing from a security viewpoint, or from an environment impact viewpoint, or from the perspective of a manager trying to reduce their hardware costs. There will be many perspectives to look at each technology and its relation to Business IT.
To ensure this uniqueness, each student must email their topic and title to their tutor within the first two weeks. Your tutor will respond with an approval or with a message that you will either need to choose a different technology or to change the thrust of your paper. Once it has been approved you should begin by working towards the first deliverable.
Note: It is important to realize, that you must have prior approval for a topic before you can submit. If you submit something for assessment without approval for the specific topic, it will not be graded. Once you have a topic approved, you cannot change it without consent from your subject lecturer.
The Key elements of the research proposal
The following elements must be included in your research proposal:
1. Introduction or background to the research problem or issue, including an identification of the gap in the current research
2. Research question and, if possible, a thesis statement answering the question
3. Justification for the proposal research, i.e., why the research is needed
4. Preliminary literature review covering what others have already done in the area
5. Theoretical framework to be used in the proposed research
6. Statement of the contribution of the research to the general area
7. Proposed research methodology
8. Research plan and outline
9. Timetable of proposed research
10. List of references used in preparing the proposal
Attachment:- List_of_Research_topics.rar