abstract-writing-assignment

The goal of Individual Assignment 1 is for students to select a topic and write a brief abstract of 150 describing what you wish to research. For this class, I would like to focus on the challenge of digitization. Digitization is the transformation (e.g. conversion and automation) of manual process, data, and information to digital formats so they can be more effectively and efficiently process, utilize, and leverage information. Nearly all industries and organizations are confronting this challenge.

I would like students here to focus on this problem of digitalization in the context of an industry or organization and essentially address these five questions:

1. What is digitization and examples for the chosen company or industry? (For example: higher education)

2. What are the opportunities and threats presented (for the chosen organizations or industries)?

3. What are the challenges for the chosen organizations and industries embracing digitization?

4. What is the current progress? What has the chosen company or industry done to date? Where is this heading

5. Finally, put on the “hat of a professional business person” and discuss what it means for project project/program/portfolio/risk management, PMO, or strategic business execution.

To fulfill this assignment, please write a 150 words abstract and address the following: 1) what is the working title of your paper? 2) what is the problem you are trying to solve, whether it is digitization or something else. 3) what is the industry or company that you plan to focus on? 4) What are the top five questions that you plan to address (which you can adopt for the five questions above but you should customize it for your interest? 5) A brief description on how you plan to research this paper (e.g., if it’s a real project in your organization, you plan to talk to your colleagues… if it’s a more general topic, such as digitization in higher education, then describe what you plan to do…)