For those who missed the quizes (this is a combined assignment) last date to submit coming sunday (20 sep)

[shubham]

Hi

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



With Best Regards

Shubham Yadav