•Report must be on the correct topic for this term and the case scenario.
•?Report is being read by internal ******ience. So write for an internal ******ience (no need to explain about the location being Australia but include other directly relevant details provided in the case scenario).
•Report must be written in third person (referring to the author, report etc. and not I, you we, me etc.).
•Although you are the author of the report (ICT manager), the report must not state 'as the ICT Manager, I am providing recommendations' etc.
About the organisation:
•Do not write about a generic organisation.
•Give a name to your organisation and refer to it as needed in the report.
•?Do not select an existing company an??d use its details (from the website or anywhere else).
?Do not even change the name and relate it to your case study a little bit while the majority of the details come from the organisation's web site. It has happened before and the students got low marks, and in some cases plagiarism penalties as they copied from a website without acknowledgement.
•Write about the organisation in the case scenario by developing further details (assumptions) as necessary for your report. See next section.
Assumptions:??
•Assumptions are what is not provided in the case study but what will be accepted as truth without the need for evidence (do a Google search for more details). Any assumptions made for this report must be relevant for the case scenario and useful for the report. Do not make irrelevant assumptions.
•An assumption could be the level of exposure at present to robotics.
•Case scenario indicates this as a side-line business but is it at a very early stage or a bit beyond it (level of maturity)?
•?Is your organisation a developer of actual products sent to the market or is it a supplier of parts etc. for larger organisations?
?These details are not in the case study so it is up to you to work out and use a bit of critical thinking s******s.
?You might want to think along these lines when you consider the recommendations as well. You will need to do some reading if you are not familiar with the technology.
•Make assumptions which are best for your report. You may also think about the existing s******s and s****** gaps etc.
Current business scope and use of examples:
•In class discussions, we realised that many students have missed the domestic use aspect in the case scenario. When you are considering the current industry practices, don't forget about the domestic market as well.
•There must be unique examples about the current usages. Do not leave generic and vague examples (e.g. health industry uses must be linked with an actual example of what is being used where kind of details). Each domestic or commercial analysis must have at least one relevant example.
Future incorporation:
•Consider your organisation's current level of maturity with the technology and business line (see above on assumptions).
•Also consider the current practices (above section)
•What do you think as the best direction for your organisation?
•What limitations/risks do you see? How can they be addressed?
•This section needs your critical thinking s******s and imagination at a high level
•Use relevant references to highlight your arguments.
•Discuss options that will lead to recommendations. Prioritise if you have more than one recommendation for one problem.
Have you addressed your organisation's problem?
•Address all of the tasks and sub-tasks.
•Read the report specifications document.
Use of graphs and tables etc., and placement in the report:
•You can use graphs, tables etc. but clearly relate to them in your explanation - do not just say refer to table.
•You must cite them in-text (your source). If tables and images are small, you may want to place them in the report analysis itself but place large items in the appendix.
•Do not use tables to build up the report's word count. Word count is what you write as the analysis.
•Appendix content should not be longer than the report analysis. Appendices are for supporting evidence that cannot be placed in the main report. You are NOT required to have an Appendix.
Research and references:
•M?inimum requirement is for 10 recent references including 6 academic sources. This should help to************ pass ************?Also, my experience is that there is not much value with just 10 references.
•15 references are a good target with up to 10 academic sources (peer reviewed journals and textbooks on the subject etc.).
•Do not go over 20 as your report will be full of citations and not original analysis.
•You may write a good report with 10 to 14 references. It is the quality that matters.
•Non-academic sources should be from industry based websites and magazines which provide most of the new technology details and some consumer aspects as well (don't forget about the domestic uses). You may use examples from news papers or other sources but they are not your key references.
•Do not use blogs etc which would not add value.
•Use Triple R framework in selecting your references whether the search is for academic or non-academic sources.
•Cite references correctly in APA style and also format the list correctly.
Analysis:
•Use the c?ompare, contrast, pros and cons, and similarities and differences methods as well as SWOT (see week 1 slides) in you analysis.
•Use examples (references) to support your arguments.
Logical flow:
•The ideas should be logically developed?. See week 7 PPTs about essay writing and case studies as well as weeks 5 and 6 PPTs. We covered these in class to discuss how you can improve writing s******s.