Assessment task Students are required to write an academic report as per the format outlined in chapter 5 of the textbook. The report must follow either the Harvard citation and referencing guidelines or APA referencing style. Please note that the prescribed textbook uses APA referencing guidelines but the School of Engineering and Technology recommends Harvard style. See also the Referencing Style subsection below. The report is to be based on the following case study scenario about Bring Your Own Devices (BYOD).

BYOD refers to the situation where organisations allow their employees to bring their personal mobile devices (such as, laptop computers, tablet computers and smart phones) into the workplace and to use those devices to access the organisations' Wi-Fi, intranet, organisational information and computer applications. The term BYOD is also used to describe the same practice being applied to students using their personal devices at school or university. Staff who choose to BYOD argue that it is more convenient for them and makes them more productive in the workplace. Advantages for organisations include the potential for cost savings and increased morale of their employees. However, BYOD also brings significant risks. To ensure that confidential organisational information does not end up with their competitors, organisations need to ensure that they have adequate security measures in place. BYOD increases the opportunities for security breaches to occur. For example, family or friends of employees may have access to the devices in the home environment which could allow non-employees to access confidential information. In addition devices may be lost, misplaced or sold (without first removing the sensitive information) which could result in unauthorised access to an organisations' sensitive data. Another issue with BYOD is the lack of standardisation. It is hard for technical staff to support a variety of BYODs that all have a range of software applications on them. You are the ICT manager of a large software development company based in Sydney. Your organisation has a diversified business model that includes mobile application development as well as developing information systems applications for large organisations. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has asked you to research BYOD at your organisation. She is interested in finding out how the use of BYOD could be used to improve its business model both locally and globally over the next five years. She is also concerned about any possible negative impacts on your organisation. You are to write a report to be presented at the next executive meeting. The report should address the following tasks: 1. What are BYODs and how are they currently being used. You should explore a range of applications of BYOD,

for example, in areas such as healthcare, education and other software companies. 2. Discuss at least three ways that BYODs could be used to enhance your organisation over the next five years. In particular the CEO would like you to explore ways BYODs could be used to provide opportunities to expand your business both locally and globally. Analyse potential options that could lead to recommendations at the end of your report. 3. Assess the advantages and disadvantages of using BYODs. Consider the current uses by various organisations and possibilities for your organisation (especially those you have considered in tasks 1 and 2 above). Explore the ethical, social and legal considerations, and the potential positive and negative impacts your organisation should consider. These should lead to some recommendations at the end of your report. Your report should conclude with a list of recommendations for your organisation with respect to the current and future use of BYODs. Before making specific recommendations at the end of your report, you should evaluate the options as part of your report discussion. Please note that you will need to make some assumptions about the organisation in order to write this report. These assumptions should be incorporated in the introduction to your report when you describe the organisation and outline the problem to be solved. Relevant assumptions should be incorporated when addressing tasks 2 and 3 above. Do not make assumptions that are not relevant or will not be used in your report discussion. Specifically your report should include the following (word count details are approximate guidelines only):

1. Title page: student name, student number, email address, course code, assignment number, assignment due date, academic referencing style, campus lecturer/tutor, and course coordinator. Not counted in the word count. Note the title page must indicate which academic referencing style you have used: APA or Harvard. 2. Executive summary: should include the purpose of the report, the problem and how it was investigated, your findings and your recommendations.

Should be approximately 300 words. 3. Table of Contents: should list the report topics using decimal notation. Needs to include the main headings and subheadings with corresponding page numbers, using a format that makes the hierarchy of topics clear Use MS Word's ToC auto-generator rather than manually typing out the ToC. Instructions can be found here https://support.office.com/en-gb/article/Create-a-table-of-contents-or-update-a-table-of-contents-eb275189-b93e-4559-8dd9-c279457bfd72#__create_a_table. Not counted in the word count. 4. Introduction: provide a brief description of the organisation, a concise overview of the problem you have been asked to research, the objectives to be achieved by writing the report and how you investigated the problem. Provide an outline of the sections of the report. Note that you will have to make assumptions about what type of organisation you are working for in this case study. Should be approximately 400 words. 5. Body of the report (use appropriate headings in the body of the report.): Define key terms you will use in your report, such as what is meant by 'BYOD'. Present your ideas on the topic and discuss the information you found in your research that was relevant to the report's objectives. Provide an analysis of the information that you gathered. Ensure that you explore the three tasks listed in the case study scenario. You also need to discuss the ethical, social and legal aspects surrounding this issue. In your discussion, examine the issues from a global perspective as well as from the local perspective (of the fictional organisation that is the centre of this report). Do NOT use 'Body of the Report' as a heading. Create meaningful headings that reflect the content of your report. Should be approximately 1500 words.

6. Conclusion: based on your research and analysis. Explain the significance of your findings and your discussion. State if your report has achieved its objectives. Should be approximately 400 words. 7. Recommendations: (must be based on your findings) what would your recommendations be to your CEO and the executive management team in this situation? Provide some guidelines for the organisation with respect to the implementation and use of BYODs. Should be approximately 400 words. 8. Reference list. Not counted in the word count.

9. Appendices if necessary. Not counted in the word count.