Reference no: EM133009669 , Length: word count:1500

Assessment: Research Report

Introduction

This assessment item relates to the unit learning outcomes as in the unit descriptor. This assessment is designed to improve student presentation skills and to give students experience in researching a topic and writing a report relevant to the Unit of Study subject matter.

Task
For this component you will prepare a report or critique on an academic paper related to Business Process Modelling or Business Process Management. The paper you select must be directly relevant to one of these major topics. Some possible topic areas include but are not limited to:

• Business model
• Business process
• Artifact-centric business process
• Modelling and simulation
• Business reference model
• Business process integration
• Business process re-engineering
• Business management
• Business documentation
• Business automation
• Business improvement
• Business mapping
• Business optimisation

The paper can be from any academic conference or other relevant Journal or online sources such as Google Scholar, Academic department repositories etc. All students must select a different paper. You can discuss with your lecturer before week 7 to decide on a topic. The topic needs to be chosen before week

Students may discuss their chosen topics/papers in discussion forum and may avoid similar paper selected by multiple students. The paper you chose should be published in the last 5 years (must be published 2015 or after). Note: popular magazine articles, web sites and blogs are not academic sources.

Your report should be limited to approx. 1500 words (not including references). Use 1.5 spacing with a 12-point Times New Roman font. Though your paper will largely be based on the chosen article, you can use other sources to support your discussion. Thus, citation of sources is mandatory and must be in the IEEE style.
Report Content

Title Page: The title of the assessment, the name of the paper you are reviewing and its authors, and your name and student ID.

Introduction: A statement of the purpose for your report and a brief outline of how you will discuss the selected article (one or two paragraphs). Make sure to identify the article being reviewed.

Body of Report: Describe the intention and content of the article. Document a critical analysis and clearly identify the workflow of the business process, the organizational units, actors, process relationship relevant to your chosen paper. Moreover, critically describe the adopted business process model, method and/or business process management tool which has been developed and applied in your chosen paper. In addition to that, report the approach to diagnose the root causes of poor process performance and recommend appropriate managerial levers for improving them. If such analysis and recommendation are not outlined in your chosen paper, discuss and justify your own view.

• Conclusion: A summary of the points you have made in the body of the paper. The conclusion should not introduce any ‘new' material that was not
discussed in the body of the paper. (One or two paragraphs)
• References: A list of sources used in your text. They should be listed alphabetically by (first) author's family name. Follow the IEEE style.

Attachment:- Process Modelling and Management.rar