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From: PREM PRAKASH DEWANI Student <pr...@iimahd.ernet.in>
To: yshubham48 <yshub...@yahoo.in>
Sent: Thu, 16 September, 2010 12:52:49 AM
Subject: for those who missed the quizes (this is a combined assignment) last date to submit coming sunday (20 sep)
Task: In this assignment you are required to undertake research (literature review – at least 25 quality
peer reviewed/refereed references) and present your findings related to a current topic of interest
relating to this course. You are required to write a research paper on
"Social and cultural issues posed to e-transformation"
Please note that you will be heavily penalized if you use non refereed references.
Length and Presentation:
Minimum of 2000 words excluding figures, appendices, and references. Please note that this assignment
should be presented as a research paper for a hypothetical journal. This means that it follows the
structure and style of a journal article.
Graduate Qualities Assessed:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7
This task will require you to have a good understanding of the current body of knowledge in the topic
area (Graduate Quality 1) and to undertake research in the area (Graduate Quality 2). Graduate Quality
3 will be developed as you make recommendations in the final sections of the paper. This is an individual
assignment (Graduate Quality 4) and ethical considerations will come into play (Graduate Quality 5)
as you consider equity issues and corporate social responsibility. Finally, international perspectives
(Graduate Quality 7) will play a role in some of the current practices and perspectives considered.
For reference you can use
Reference Books
Farhoomand, A (2005) Managing (e) business transformation: a global perspective, Palgrave
MacMillan. (ISBN: 1-4039-3604-8)
Gelinas Jr., UJ, Sutton, SJ, Fedorowicz, J (2004), Business Processes and Information
Technology, Thomson Learning, New York, (ISBN 0-324-00878-3).
Ross, JW, Weill, P, and Robertson, D, (2006), Enterprise Architecture As Strategy: Creating a
Foundation for Business Execution, Harvard Business School Press, MA. (ISBN: 1591398398)
Finkelstein, C (2006), Enterprise Architecture for Integration: Rapid Delivery Methods and
Technologies, Artech House Publishers, London. (ISBN: 1580537138)
IT Governance Institute, Governance, Control and Audit for Information and Related Technology
(COBIT Version 4.1).
El Sawy, Omar A (2001), Redesigning Enterprise Processes for e-business, McGraw Hill, New
York. (ISBN 007118113X).
Apart from that you can use online sources also but remember not to copy and paste, as I would be evaluating using software, and any attempt of direct copy and paste would yield you heavy penalty
PD
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Best
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Prem P. Dewani
FPM IV (Marketing)
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
MSH-1901
IIM A (New Campus), Gujarat
Indian.
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