Assignment title: Management
General Information about journal 1 & 2. You are required to choose an
organisation/business (public or non public department with a professional website) of your
choice. Your task is to produce two journals to demonstrate your understanding of digital
innovations in this chosen organisation/business.
Your focus will be on organisational, management, technological, integration, and
implementation issues associated with digital innovation. You should discuss these with the
strategic alignment of digital innovations in the selected organisation/business. It is important
to synthesize your critical analysis while providing the potential solution and
recommendations for the selected organisation/business.
Journal 2
Write a report of 800 words to demonstrate your understanding of the implementation aspects
of digital innovation in the selected organisation/Business.
Your journal should cover following aspects:
1. Use a framework to assess the organisations current digital innovation.
2. Going through this framework and discuss the issues uncovered through the
assessment.
3. From the issues identified discuss how the proposed digital innovation could assist in
solving the issues.
4. Use the same framework to reassess the proposed digital innovation.
5. Perform a cost benefit analysis, integration analysis to existing products or processes,
and implementation analyses for the proposed digital innovation.
Special Instructions
1. Remember, you need to do TWO reviews, mark the work of other students submitted
through peer review system, once you have submitted your own assessment item.
2. You need to upload your essay in pdf file through the link available on the course web
site.
3. You are not required to submit the plagiarism report for the journal. However, you are
strongly recommended to check the journals using a plagiarism application (this can
be any application that detects plagiarism) and keep the report safely. If the report is
found to contain 'similarities' then you will be awarded with a 'zero' and
automatically referred to the Faculty for further action.
4. Email submission will NOT be accepted in any circumstance.
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5. Students should complete this assignment individually. You are encouraged to
discuss the assignment with others to improve your understanding and clarify
requirements but you should develop the solution to the assignment on your own.
6. Any delays in submission MUST be accompanied with proper approval
documentation, despite the course leader approving this. So please attach the approval
to this assignment as markers may not have access to delay approvals. If the approval
documentation is not found, late penalty, as per university rules, will be levied.
7. Assignments MUST be submitted in the link provided. If they are not submitted via
the link, then it is assumed that submission was not made. If the assignments were
submitted in other locations, it is very difficult to track them, as the course team have
no access to other locations.
8. No need to attach plagiarism report. You keep it for any future reference.
9. Late submission may attract penalties as per the USQ/BELA requirements (for further
details see the www.usq.edu.au )
Marking Criteria
Aspect 1 – Assessment Framework for Digital Innovation (pre and post solutions)
1: Poor (lack of understanding grammar and spelling mistakes, no references and research,
poor expression) (0- 5 points)
2: Average (minimum understanding, grammar and spelling mistakes, limited references
and research, weak expression) (6 – 10 points)
3: Good (good understanding, no grammar and spelling mistakes, good references and
research, acceptable expression) (11 – 15 points)
4: Excellent (great understanding, expressed well with no grammatical or spelling errors,
great references and research) (16 – 20 points)
Aspect 2 – Identification of issues, analysis and justifications of solutions
1: Poor (lack of understanding grammar and spelling mistakes, no references and research,
poor expression) (0- 10 points)
2: Average (minimum understanding, grammar and spelling mistakes, limited references
and research, weak expression) (11 – 20 points)
3: Good (good understanding, no grammar and spelling mistakes, good references and
research, acceptable expression) (21 – 30 points)
4: Excellent (great understanding, expressed well with no grammatical or spelling errors,
great references and research) (31 – 40 points)
Aspect 3 – Cost benefit, integration, and implementation analysis
1: Poor (lack of understanding grammar and spelling mistakes, no references and research,
poor expression) (0- 5 points)
2: Average (minimum understanding, grammar and spelling mistakes, limited references
and research, weak expression) (6 – 10 points)
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3: Good (good understanding, no grammar and spelling mistakes, good references and
research, acceptable expression) (11 – 15 points)
4: Excellent (great understanding, expressed well with no grammatical or spelling errors,
great references and research) (16 – 20 points)
Aspect 4 – Conclusion
1: Poor (lack of understanding grammar and spelling mistakes, no references and research,
poor expression) (0- 5 points)
2: Average (minimum understanding, grammar and spelling mistakes, limited references
and research, weak expression) (6 – 10 points)
3: Good (good understanding, no grammar and spelling mistakes, good references and
research, acceptable expression) (11 – 15 points)
4: Excellent (great understanding, expressed well with no grammatical or spelling errors,
great references and research) (16 – 20 points)