Reference no: EM133756671 , Length: word count:2500

IS Strategy and Innovation

Topic - Company should be successful and assesment need to be made on new innovations.

Literature review should be incoroporated with new innovations and references should be atleast 30-35

Instruction:

Overview:
This assignment challenges you to apply the design thinking methodology to develop an Information Systems (IS) strategy that addresses a real business problem provided in a case study. Your goal is to demonstrate how strategic use of information systems can lead to innovative solutions and support the organization's transformation and renewal.

Objectives:
To enhance your ability to analyze complex business scenarios.
To develop practical solutions using design thinking and information systems.
To critically evaluate the strategic impact of IS innovations on business operations. Assignment Details:

Case Study Analysis:
You will be provided with a case study that describes a business problem in an organizational context. Carefully read and analyze the case to understand the underlying issues.
Design Thinking Application:
Empathize: Gather insights about the organization's needs, challenges, and

Strategic Appraisal:
Assess the potential of the proposed IS solutions to align with and propel the organization's strategic objectives. Discuss the expected impacts, benefits, and possible challenges of implementing your solutions.

Students can choose to write about the same case study, but the approach and the thrust of each paper must be different.
Here are some proposed topics:
Netflix's Cloud Migration
Walmart's Retail Technology Transformation
Blockbuster's Failure to Innovate
Ford Motor Company's Digital Transformation
Zara's Fast-Fashion IT Strategy
DBS Bank's Digital Transformation
General Electric's Predix Platform
Healthcare.gov's Implementation Challenges
Airbnb's Data Science Applications
Toyota's Just-In-Time System

The Key elements of the research proposal
The following elements must be included in your research proposal:
Introduction or background to the research problem or issue, including an identification of the gap in the current research
Research question and, if possible, a thesis statement answering the question
Justification for the proposal research, i.e., why the research is needed.
Preliminary literature review covering what others have already done in the area.
Theoretical framework to be used in the proposed research.
Statement of the contribution of the research to the general area
Proposed research methodology
Research plan and outline.
Timetable of proposed research

List of references used in preparing the proposal

Guidelines for Writing Introduction
The introduction should be as brief as possible (a paragraph or two). Whatever you do, don't ramble on for pages; you need to make this part of the proposal clear and crisp. In the introduction, you need to give a sense of the general field of research of which your area is a part. You then need to narrow to the specific area of your concern. This should lead logically to the gap in the research that you intend to fill. When the gap is identified, a research question can then be raised. The answer to this question is called the thesis statement.

The research questions.

The research question may not be a question as such, but rather a statement of a problem to be investigated.
Justification for the proposed research

one page is usually sufficient for this. You need to tell the reader that the research can justified along four main criteria: (1) The size of the industry/area involved; (2) The gaps in the literature that demand attention; (3) The unusual or improved methodology being used; (4) The benefits in terms of policy and practice

Preliminary literature review
This is where you provide more detail about what others have done in the area, and what you propose to do. You need to write around 2-3 pages in which you cover the following: (1) The major issues or schools of thought
(2) Gaps in the literature (in more detail than is provided in the introduction) (3) Research questions and/or hypotheses which are connected carefully to the literature being reviewed (4) Definitions of key terms, provided either when you introduce each idea, or in a definition sub- section (5) Questions arising from the gaps that can be the focus of data collection or analysis.

Theoretical framework
The theoretical framework usually forms the final part of the literature review section. It describes the concept/theory/model that you are using in the thesis to demonstrate your point.

Contribution of the research
In this section, you outline how your research will make a change to an area of study. This is different from the justification of your research. The justification explains why the research should be done. The contribution section explains how what you will do will lead to certain outcomes. You need to outline: (1) The importance of the research outcome(s); (2) The practical or theoretical nature of the outcome(s).

Proposed research methodology
You do not have to describe the methodology to be used in great detail, but you should justify its use over other methodologies. For example, you could explain the reasons for using: (1) a certain paradigm or theory (2) qualitative or quantitative research (3) a case study of a specific kind (4) surveys, correlational experiments, field studies, specific statistical measurements, etc. (5) certain dependent or independent or moderating variables (6) a particular sampling frame and the size of a sample.

Research plan

The research plan or outline can be discussed in conjunction with a research timetable. However, be aware that they have a different function. A research plan helps you as well as the reader as: (1) it gives you a framework for the direction your research will take (2) it shows the reader the project is well-organized and achievable in the time available (3) it shows your detailed research activities.

Research timetable
The timetable should indicate the weighting of each part of the proposed thesis in percentage terms, the topics covered, approximate word limit and, importantly, the approximate length of time it will take to complete them. You might consider providing a graph for convenience.

List of references
This must be provided in the usual scholarly fashion. It helps to convince your reader that your proposal is worth pursuing if you can identify literature in the field and demonstrate that you understand it. It makes a very strong impact if you can identify where there is a research gap in the literature that your proposal hopes to fill. This is your contribution to the scholarly conversation. You should use academic references (peer reviewed articles), rather than web articles.