There are two primary goals for this project. 1) Examine an emerging technology and prepare a business assessment report of that technology. 2) Develop presentation summarizing your findings and present this to the class. Examples of some technologies that you might investigate are: Personal Digital Assistants (PDA’s), voice response systems, neural networks, digital cash, virtual reality, data mining, online analytic processing (OLAP), etc. You may interview an expert for selecting a new technology that he/she has heard about or read about. Selection will be assigned on a first-come-first served basis based on the timestamp of your project proposal. The project report, written in Word, should contain a title page, cover letter, report, appendices, and reference sections in APA[ You are to properly cite your references in the body of the report. The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition), ISBN 1433805618, is the best source of information on the APA writing style. Citations must be given for all books, articles, online resources and interviews. The Center for Business Communications on the 2nd floor of the Business School can provide guidance, but it is best to make an appointment.] format. The title page must include the course designator (MGSC 290) and section number (001); the full name of the course; the instructor’s name, your name, and the assignment title, “Group Project Option 3 – Tech Note Project: name of the technology are to be inserted here” The report is to be divided into several sections. The first section is “Origin of Technology,” where you are to provide “where (which field) did this technology come from.” The second section is “Fundamental Concepts,” where you are to explain “how does this technology work.” The third section is “Current Research,” where you need to provide a high-level and concise technical report to introduce recent studies and approaches for the technology. The fourth sections is “Applications,” where you are to summarize a couple of flag-ship applications of the technology. The fifth section is “Business Implications,” where you are to summarize some business implications of the technology. The focus of the section should more on “what can this technology do for a business,” than just a simple implication. Thus, you need to demonstrate a good understanding of the technology and convey this in your written report. The fifth section should include a SWOT Analysis, where you are to discuss about Strength, Weakness, Opportunity and Threat of the technology. Some discussions could be 1) current status of the technology compared to other technologies (e.g., under R&D, newly released, mature — estimate of reliability, estimate of availability, prediction of future development), 2) strategic context where this technology might best be applied (Business strategy or organizational transformation this technology may help to support for firms), 3) best estimates of cost (What is the cost of this and associated technologies if a firm wanted to use it?), 4) implementation issues (possible problems, training required), 5) possible threats (What may substitute the technology in near future?). You will probably have to rely heavily on information from the Internet. But, our university libraries (https://www.sc.edu/study/libraries_and_collections/) could provide a better information and also how you conduct this type of research using web/library resource. You have the freedom to enhance the richness of your report with “relevant” photos, tables, figures, and hyperlinks. The sixth section, “Summary,” is your opportunity to discuss this process and your experiences. Feel free to discuss whether or not you think it was of value. Discuss any new things you learned that will help you in the future. Discuss obstacles that you had to overcome. These obstacles could be any of several challenges from difficulty in getting this research paper done in a timely manner to doing section breaks in Word. Appendix one is your present résumé for use in applying for an internship or after-school employment. The “References” section should list, in APA style, all the citations within the body of the report. Interviews should be cited and referenced. This report will be graded on a number of criteria including: the depth of research demonstrated, clarity of presentation, overall usefulness of the report to someone wishing to understand the new technology and its possible business implications. You will be asked to present your research to the class and will be notified of the exact date and time later in the semester. Any member(s) of your team may make the presentation. You need to prepare PowerPoint slides in order to make a professional presentation.
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