Business Report
Phase One: Background Write-up: (500 Words) this includes defining and selecting a topic of interest to the student, identifying the specific technology and organisation context. Then, it is necessary to write a short synopsis to provide the relevant background details of the chosen topic.
Phase One Guide 500 Words
Topic of Interest -on a topic that relates to the syllabus of this unit, as well as the students' interest and considerations such as their career options and/or workplace contexts
Synopsis of the chosen topic indicating background of the topic, problem for technology to solve or ameliorate and how this will be discussed e.g using case tools presented in class.
Note: student is not restricted to use this form of analysis)
Discussion of why you think the topic is of importance/relevance to Health Informatics Management as presented in the course syllabus
INTRODUCTION TO TOPIC OF INTEREST
Briefly describe the topic and key research goals
Outline the problem under consideration and the question(s) to address this.
SYNOPSIS OF ANALYSIS APPROACH
Outline of the approach to analysis you intend to take and why you think this approach will be useful.
Proposed methodology and research design - how will you go about to systematically answer the questions raised - what methods will you use and how will you structure your study - how will you know you are researching what you plan to research?
Discussion
WHY TOPIC IS OF IMPORTANCE / RELEVANCE TO HEALTH INFORMATICS MANAGEMENT
Exploration of why topic is of importance, interesting, novel or relevance to health informatics management
Phase Two Report:
Phase 2: The Final Report: Based on the Background write-up provided in Phase 1, the Final Report will provide the detailed analysis for implementing, designing and developing the chosen technology solution in the chosen topic and utilising theory and lessons throughout the unit to provide a compelling justification for the adoption of the chosen technology solution.
Executive summary
Background of the study including Problem description
Methodology/Analysis
How technology will resolve identified issues/problems
Any barriers/facilitators/ complexities. Also, it is recommended but not compulsory to use analysis tools presented during the class to assist and guide your analysis.
Discussion
Implication for theory/ practice and policy/management.
Applications generalisability for all
relevant stake holders.
Conclusions including Lessons learnt,
inferences and recommendations arising from the analysis of your topic.
Evidence from literature and readings that are properly referenced in support of your analysis.
Phase Two Example Outline: TITLE PAGE report title
Your name Submission date
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
(This should be no more than 100 words and serves to summarise the planned project. (5 marks)
Overview of subject matter Methods of analysis Findings Recommendations
TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of numbered sections in report and their page numbers
INTRODUCTION
Terms of reference
Outline of report's structure
BODY
This section includes information on method of data collection (if applicable).
This section should include analysis of the chosen topic e.g. using one of the approaches to case studies explained in lecture one: e.g. SWOT, Value Chain, Fishbone, Porter Five Forces, Leavitt, PESTEL or combination) or some other analysis approach if that was agreed in your Phase One document.
This section should also include discussion of options (if any) expressed in business language with appropriate referencing.
Include headings and sub-headings which reflect the contents of each section:
Background and Aims Methodology
Results / Findings Analysis / Discussion
CONCLUSION
States the major inferences that can be drawn from the discussion and recommendations from the analysis of your topic
REFERENCE LIST
List of reference material consulted during research for report. You need to provide references in support of your recommendations for all citations from other used sources. Also, a strong link to the lecture course material and learnings from the presented case studies is expected.
APPENDIX
Information that supports your analysis but is not essential to its explanation