Literature review

Assessment Guidelines for Literature Review

Assessment Weighting: This assessment contributes 30% to your final grade

Assessment Length: 2000 words (plus or minus 10%)

Individual or Group: Individual

Assessment covers:

This assessment covers the following unit learning objectives:

1. Articulate the characteristics and elements underpinning business and IS strategies and apply appropriate analytical tools and techniques to align business and IS planning and decision‐making strategies

2. Analyse and evaluate problems, opportunities and challenges in IS management and make recommendations based on sound IS management theory and practice

Assessment Details

Some of the following are in the list of the top 10 issues that keep CIOs awake at night. Your task is to select One (1) topic and write a review of literature which highlights the reasons why the topic area may be of concern to senior IT managers.

1. Big data

2. Data mining

3. Business Intelligent tools and techniques

4. Social and Digital Commerce

5. Fog computing

6. Role and responsibilities of social media and internet-based companies in managing personal user data, information management, misinformation, fake news.

7. The implications of social media on social, environmental, and economic sustainability.

8. Discuss the role of regulation in a rapidly evolving industry.

9. Mobile payments and the Cashless Society

10. Cloud and IT Governance

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In this assignment you will:

· Develop an appreciation of key issues facing IS Managers in contemporary organisations;

· Show familiarity with research in the IS management area; and

· Develop critical thinking skills through identifying, analysing, evaluating and developing arguments which illustrate thoughtful appreciation of aspects of IS management.

The review should be structured with an introduction, body and conclusion and include in‐text citations. The review should be followed by a reference list constructed in Harvard referencing style which includes ONLY those references in your review. Please see the Harvard Quick Guide pdf in the Resources Folder in Canvas for further details on formatting expectations for Harvard and clarification on the difference between a reference list and a bibliography.

What do we mean by a ‘literature review’?

The literature review will provide a critical evaluation of relevant existing literature on the chosen topic. To review something implies that you should examine a subject critically. This means that you need to present a number of points relevant to the topic title, evaluate those points, compare and contrast different perspectives, give a range of information, evidence and informed opinion, and thus develop a well‐balanced, well‐informed argument that is supported by reference to the appropriate relevant, quality literature. You should identify common themes that appear in a number of articles, and also look for divergent viewpoint.

You should use ten (10) sources of literature (articles) from quality sources such as peer‐reviewed academic journals, industry magazines and books.

Expectations

Your marker will expect that you independently and actively search out information regarding the topic by Google Scholar, become familiar with the characteristic style of this type of assessment document (literature reviews are different in look and structure than other reports) and to seek guidance on any uncertainties you may have in completing this assessment item to the best of your ability