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Residency Project
Circuit City was an American consumer electronics company founded by Samuel Wurtzel in 1949.
By 1990s, Circuit City became the second largest consumer electronics store in the United States with annual sales of $12 billion.
On March 8 2009, Circuit City shutdown all its stores.
On January 8th at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Circuit City CEO announced a comeback and relaunch of Circuit City into “a dynamic, a social-focused ecommerce site” and a new business strategy for its retail stores12
Residency Project Cont.
In this case study, assume that Circuit City hired you as the new chief information officer (CIO) to help relaunch the company into a global e-commerce multinational company.
Create a PowerPoint presentation containing the IT strategic plan that will address Circuit City ecommerce initiatives.
Residency Project – Deliverables PowerPoint Presentation
PowerPoint presentation
15 to 20 Slides
25 – 30 minutes Presentation
Project Research - Collaborative
Presentation is in group (5 or 6 members for each group)
Team leader for each group. Each member will present part of the presentation
Presentation will be uploaded by Sunday May 23, 2021@ 1:00pm EST (end of Residency)
The following information should be covered in the presentation
1. History of Circuit City
2. What were the issues and challenges that caused the collapse of Circuit City in 2009?
3. What are the issues and challenges with Circuit City 2018 latest e-commerce initiative?
4. Discuss the major competitors in global e-commerce.
5. How would IT deliver value to the business?
The following information should be covered in the presentation cont.
6. Proposed the IT infrastructure required to support global e-commerce
7. Proposed the IT budget for the e-commerce initiative
8. Discuss the IT based risks associated with global e-commerce
9. Discuss how IT can leverage innovative technologies such as social media, big data and business intelligence to provide value to the business
10. Discuss the future or emerging technologies that would be leveraged to give Circuit City a competitive advantage.
Residency Project - Deliverables Documentation
Documentation
10 to 12 pages
APA format
References
Done by each student Individually
Online Residency Schedule
Saturday (February 22, 2021)
8am (EST) Class Attendance – Require each student to show Photo ID to verify the attendance of students via class roster. Recording Required. Directive of how the day should look for students and share daily schedule. Students will continue to work within groups on the group project.
9:00am (EST): GROUP 1A-M50 Presentation*
9:45am (EST): GROUP 2A-M50 Presentation*
10:30am (EST): GROUP 3A-M50 Presentation*
11:15am (EST): GROUP 4A-M50 Presentation*
12:00pm (EST): Lunch Break
1:30pm (EST): Class Attendance – Require each student to show Photo ID to verify the attendance of student. Recording Required.
2:30pm (EST): Practical Connection Assignment – Required on Demand Written Assignment due at 3:00pm EST.
3:00pm (EST): Groups Presentation – Recorded – (each group will have 10 minutes to get ready, 30 minutes for presentation)
Deliverables & Submission
2 documents must be submitted:
Power Point Presentation: The Presentation is group presentation and can be the same for all group members (Due at the end of Residency 5/23/2021 (1:00pm)
15 Slides
Use Professional background
Use Professional Presentation Guidelines
Research Documentation: This document is submitted indivisibly (Each student will submit his own work). Due By 5/23/2021 (1:00pm EST).
10 to 12 Page
Use guidelines provided in the ‘Getting Started” Folder
Use APA