Industry Report: Leadership in Operational and Discovery analytics

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Assessment 3 Information

Subject Code: DATA4600 Subject Name: Business Analytics Project Management Assessment Title: Industry Report: Leadership in Operational and Discovery analytics

Assessment Type: Report and Reflection Word Count: 2000 Words (+/-10%) Weighting: 40 % Total Marks: 40 Submission: via Turnitin Due Date: Thursday 23:55pm (AEST), Week 13

• Write your answers in the form of a 2000 word report and submit as a Microsoft word file via

Turnitin. • You will receive marks for appropriate structure and referencing.

Assessment Description

Assume you will be managing two projects- one operational (given below) and one innovative (that you will find yourself). You need to write a report addressing and comparing both projects using the criteria below.

1) Consider the below operational project on determining the optimal number of warehouses for

Eldorado, a Russian electronics Retailer with 350 stores. https://www.anylogistix.com/supply-chain-optimization-for-a-major-retailer-choosing-the-right- location-for-warehouses/

2) Find a discovery project of your own. Ideas for Discovery Analytics Projects: https://data-flair.training/blogs/artificial-intelligence-project-ideas/ https://xo.xello.com.au/blog/iot-australia-innovative-use-cases https://dac.cs.vt.edu/research/ https://www.springboard.com/blog/data-science-projects/ https://inseaddataanalytics.github.io/INSEADAnalytics/ProjectsMenu.html

Find at least five references for each of report A and report B to support your ideas

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Assessment Task Report Structure:

Introduction: Introduce your two projects, identify similarities and differences.

• Operational Project (800 words) based on operational case study:

o Outline the scope of the project

o Evaluate your natural leadership style and how you will use it to lead the project

o Suggest a project management methodology and integrate it with the leadership style

o Estimate the budget of project (estimated- in COVID environment)

o Evaluate possible human resources involved, and associated factors, e.g. workstyles,

training & cultural fit

o Write a short 100-word reflection of issues you may encounter when managing the

project

• Discovery Project (800 words) based on an innovation case study of your choice: o Describe how you will assess the risk of the project using predictive project analytics

(PPA)

o Justify why this project should be undertaken given the PPA relating to its impact

o Choose an optimal leadership style for the project

o Suggest a project management methodology and integrate it with the leadership style

o Estimate the budget of project (estimated- in COVID environment) and why this may

not be possible given the nature of innovation

o Describe the team undertaking the project, or if not mentioned in the case study,

suggest one that might be suitable and diverse

o Explain how you would democratise the project across the business

o Write a short 100-word reflection of issues you may encounter when managing the

project

Conclusion: (400 words)

• Compare the two projects in terms of: o Characteristics o Project methodologies o Human resource requirements o Optimal leadership styles for both

Draw conclusions about how running these two projects would differ.

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Important Study Information Academic Integrity Policy KBS values academic integrity. All students must understand the meaning and consequences of cheating, plagiarism and other academic offences under the Academic Integrity and Conduct Policy. What is academic integrity and misconduct? What are the penalties for academic misconduct? What are the late penalties? How can I appeal my grade? Click here for answers to these questions: http://www.kbs.edu.au/current-students/student-policies/. Word Limits for Written Assessments Submissions that exceed the word limit by more than 10% will cease to be marked from the point at which that limit is exceeded. Study Assistance Students may seek study assistance from their local Academic Learning Advisor or refer to the resources on the MyKBS Academic Success Centre page. Click here for this information.

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Assessment Marking Guide

Criteria Criteria NN (Fail) 0%-49%

P (Pass) 50%-64%

CR (Credit) 74%-65%

DN (Distinction) 75%-84%

HD (High Distinction) 85%-100%

Operational Project Analysis (15 Marks) Students to address

scope, resources, leadership & management style in the context of an operational project

Irrelevant ideas or missing answers

No flow or little idea about the project

Basic report Simple flow and evidence of a small amount of research Management and leadership style may not fit that well

Good report Clear flow and evidence of research Management and leadership style fit

Well structured and mostly integrated report Clear flow and evidence of a large amount of research Management and leadership style fit well

Well structured, integrated and

engaging report

Has some novelty

Clear flow and evidence of a large amount of research

Management and

leadership style are optimal and practical

Discovery Project Analysis (15 Marks) Students to address

scope, resources, PPA, leadership & management style in the context of an innovation project

Irrelevant ideas or missing answers

No flow or little idea about the project

No idea of the difference between project types

Basic report Simple flow and evidence of a small amount of research Management and leadership style may not fit that well

Good report Clear flow and evidence of research Management and leadership style fit

Well structured and mostly integrated report Clear flow and evidence of a large amount of research Management and leadership style fit well

Well structured, integrated and engaging report Has some novelty Clear flow and evidence of a large amount of research Management and leadership style are optimal and practical

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Reflection and Summary (6 marks)

Reflect and draw conclusions about the differences and similarities between operational and discovery projects in terms of scope, project management style, human resource requirements and leadership style. Integrate and synthesise concepts from the course to make a conclusion about different analytics project types.

No differences/ similarities addressed or synthesis

Reflection missing

Leadership styles not explained or not relevant

Basic differences/ similarities addressed

Minimum synthesis and little integration

Maybe some mismatches

Short summary and may be repetitive

Clear differences/ similarities addressed

Clear and relevant synthesis and some integration

Clear summary wrapping up concepts and case study

Well thought out and clear differences/ similarities addressed

Clear synthesis and integration

Report flows very well

Engaging and clear differences/ similarities addressed

Clear and practical synthesis and integration

Report flows very well and has novel components

Structure & references (4 marks)

Students to have appropriate headings, references and structure

Poor structure, and/or no references

Basic formatting and referencing May be a few small errors

Correct formatting Credible references

Correct formatting and a diverse range of credible references

Practical and relevant references which are integrated with the cases Formatting correct and is structure is novel

Comments:

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Assignment Submission

Students must submit their individual analysis via Turnitin on Thursday of Week 13 at 23:55pm AEST. This file must be submitted as a M i c r o s o f t word document to avoid any technical issues that may occur from incorrect file format upload. Uploaded files with a virus will not be considered as a legitimate submission. Turnitin will notify you if there is any issue with the submitted file. In this case, you must contact your lecturer via email and provide a brief description of the issue and a screen shot of the Turnitin error message.

Students are also encouraged to submit their work well in advance of the time deadline to avoid any possible delay with Turnitin similarity report generation or any other technical difficulties.

Late assignment submission penalties

Penalties will be imposed on late assignment submissions in accordance with Kaplan Business School’s Assessment Policy.

Number of days

Penalty

1* - 9 days 5% per day for each calendar day late deducted from the student’s total Marks.

10 - 14 days 50% deducted from the student’s total marks. After 14 days Assignments that are submitted more than 14 calendar days after the

due date will not be accepted and the student will receive a mark of zero for the assignment(s).

Note Notwithstanding the above penalty rules, assignments will also be given a mark of zero if they are submitted after assignments have been returned to students.

*Assignments submitted at any stage within the first 24 hours after deadline will be considered to be one day late and therefore subject to the associated penalty.

If you are unable to complete this assessment by the due date/time, please refer to the Special Consideration Application Form, which is available at the end of the KBS Assessment Policy:

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