Assignment
Task:
Research Report
Your boss/stakeholder in your project has asked you to write an informative, interesting, analytical, recommendations research report on one of the topics below (see list of topics or choose a topic of your own and ask me to approve it). Following the report format (Week 4 and 6 Content) you will investigate this topic/issue, provide researched information about various aspects on the topic and conclude with a list of recommendations (based on your research findings). A sample report will be discussed in Weeks 4- 6 in class.
Research Component:
• Include at least five sources from places such as the Internet, newspapers, magazines, books, interviews, etc.
• At least one of these sources must be peer reviewed. You must include at least one citation or paraphrase from each source, using the APA style of documentation.
• Ensure you consult the CRAAP/COCOA for reliability of sources.
• There must be a References page at the end of your report that should be linked to your in-text references.
*Note: Wikipedia is not an acceptable source and will not count towards your research component.
Requirements:
• Format: formal report addressed to me OR to your boss/stakeholder
• Length: approx. 12-15 pages long, including graphics and References page
• Components: title page, table of contents, list of figures, executive summary, introduction, body, conclusions & recommendations, appendix (if applicable), References
• Pattern: direct or the indirect, depending on your audience
• Correct APA format throughout, including in-text citations and References page (for information regarding APA format, consult the Purdue University Online Writing Lab: APA Formatting and Style Guide)
• Organization: sections with effective headings and subheadings
• Full block format; single-spaced, 1 blank line between paragraphs; main sections start on a new page
• Font: Times New Roman 12-point for text. You can use larger font for headings.
• Style and Grammar: Apply all of the principles of effective business communication, including correct punctuation, grammar, and spelling
*Note: this should be a recommendations report- not an informational report. Overall you are providing the reader with information (in the beginning) about your topic to eventually convince them of your recommendations (at the end).
This list of possible topics may form the basis of your research reports (depending on breadth and scope of material available). You may also submit a topic for approval outside of this list via email.
• Can video gaming make a better world? youtube Video: "Gaming can make a better world | Jane McGonigal"
• How has social media helped solve and/or create problems in North America and throughout the globe?
• To what extent can governments such as that of China effectively control citizens' access to information via the internet?
• IS Privacy Issues: If individuals have genetic testing, who should have access to that information? Should healthcare companies have access? Should employers?
• Linking Information Systems to Professional Communication: how does technology change they way in which we share/communicate/disseminate information within the professional environment?
• Information Systems, Communication and the Effects of Mobile Technology
• Leveraging Social Media in IS
• Exploring the effects and potential of Artificial Intelligence in IS
• Risk Management and Information Systems
• Integrating Information Systems Technology and Big Data into Supply Chains
• Customer-Driven Information Systems Models
• Information Systems vs. Information Overload: When it comes to information, how much is too much?
• Failures in IS: What Can Be Learned?
• How will haptic technologies change business communication? (Possible Sources: Gregory Mone, "Feeling Sounds, Hearing Sights," Communications of the ACM, January 2018, 15-17; Wearable X website, accessed 31 January 2018, ; Andrew Wade, "Revolution in Touch," The Engineer, September 2017, 22-24; Roland Moore-Colyer, "Good Vibrations: What's Next for Haptics in Wearable Tech?" Wareable, 22 August 2016.)
• How is Google Search changing us? Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the Internet is Doing to our Brains
• The Gender Gap in Tech: Unconscious bias and our online presence.
• As noted in WIRED magazine, "Depending on who you ask, blockchains are either the most important technological innovation since the internet or a solution looking for a problem". How is blockchain impacting trust and the ways in which we communicate and exchange value?
• Cambridge Analytica.
• Ignorant Software: Uber's Deadly Accident.
• How will haptic technologies change business communication? (Possible Sources: Gregory Mone, "Feeling Sounds, Hearing Sights," Communications of the ACM, January 2018, 15-17; Wearable X website, accessed 31 January 2018; Andrew Wade, "Revolution in Touch," The Engineer, September 2017, 22-24; Roland Moore-Colyer, "Good Vibrations: What's Next for Haptics in Wearable Tech?" Wareable, 22 August 2016.)
• As noted in WIRED magazine, "Depending on who you ask, blockchains are either the most important technological innovation since the internet or a solution looking for a problem". How is blockchain impacting trust and the ways in which we communicate and exchange value?
• Ignorant Software: Uber's Deadly Accident.
Academic Integrity:
All papers will be checked for plagiarism using Turnitin. Please make sure you reference your sources correctly and view your % of copied text. It is acceptable for this report to have approximately 10-15% of matching text to your references and or in-text quotations. If you are concerned please check the Turnitin score before the due date. Submissions cannot be altered after the due date has passed.