The Strategic Role of Information Systems in Business
Transformation
1. Introduction
This, INS468 – IT Strategy and Governance, project involves writing a detailed report, preparing
a presentation (3-5 slides), and creating a Blog that shows the key findings of the report. Your
report should cover a relevant topic to our subject. Such a topic, that is made possible with the
prefoliation and mass use of information systems and technologies today, provides a strategic
advantage to organizations today, including enabling them to create and use new and emerging
business models, sustain their competitive advantages, increase their work flexibility settings, or
optimize their business processes more efficiently and effectively.
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2. Topics
The following are only some suggested topics. You are welcome to bring another relevant topic of
your interest. But, make sure to discuss it with your Instructor before writing about it:
1 Digital Systems for enabling telecommuting and telework
2 Increase productivity with online collaborative tools
3 Social IT for building a social business strategy
4 Enabling co-opetition
5 IST for business an ecosystem
6 Building strategic alliances using IST
7 Creating the elastic and zero-time organizations
3. Objectives of the Group Project
A. Choose a specific topic from the list above or select your own after discussing it with
your Instructor, and then read all attainable and relevant material about it from
academic articles, Websites, books, and industry reports.
B. Once you have enough material, you are expected to clearly and fully discuss the topic
in a written report, 5-7 pages, in terms of:
a) The technology or information system embedded or used,
b) Success stories from around the world utilizing such topic,
c) Current state of implementation/ adoption for the topic in UAE/GCC market,
d) How your topic would help companies realizing their strategic business objectives, and
e) Key conclusions/ contributions of your report for readers for other companies who consider
about acquiring/purchasing/implementing similar topic.
C. Prepare a presentation about your discussion/findings and deliver the presentation’s
slides at the end of your written report.
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D. Each group is also required to design its own Blog, using any of the free online
Blogging services (e.g., Wix, theblogstarter, webself, WordPress, etc.). Post the main
findings of your report on your Blog and provide the link of the Blog in your report.
4. Report Structure and Format
A. Title page: Must contain topic title, group members names and IDs, and course name.
B. Abstract: About 150 words (Summary of the key findings of the report)
C. Table of Contents
D. Main body of the report
E. Conclusion
F. References in Harvard style format. Examples:
Books: Wit, J. S., Poneman, D. B. & Gallucci, R. L. 2004. Going critical: the first North
Korean nuclear crisis. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press
Website: Dawson, J., Deubert, K., Grey-Smith, S. & Smith, L. 2002. ‘S’ Trek 6:
Referencing, not plagiarism. [Online]. Available:
http://lisweb.curtin.edu.au/guides/studytrekk/strek6.html. [4 September 2004].
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5. Important Notes:
1. Work in a group consisting of two or three members only.
2. Pay attention to the following Rubric for this assignment since your answers will be
evaluated based on it:
No. Criteria Weight
1 Clarity and Depth 30%
2 Formatting and Organization 15%
3 Delivery of Presentation 15%
4 Creating a Blog 15%
5 Resources and References 15%
6 Grammar 10%
3. The due date of submission for this assignment is Thursday, October 11th, 2018.
4. You must cover all the requirements (i.e., comprehensive report + presentation + Blog).
The discussion in your report must be written with clear and solid arguments and
supported with academic/industrial/professional references.
5. Plagiarism is a serious offense. Therefore, write the report and the Blog in your own
style. Use references when appropriate and check your report before submitting it.
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