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Contents 1 Introduction 3 1.1 Problem statement 3 2 Methodology – Demonstration of Critical analysis – thinking (how) 3 3 Literature Review (Find and Generate) 4 4 Solution Development and Proposal 4 4.1 Business Taxonomy 4 4.2 Process Model 5 5 Discussion 7 6 References 7 7 Equity of Contribution 7 8 Appendices 7

Introduction

Tell the reader what is in your group’s answer and why it is important for the client to read your group’s report. Covey the loss to the individual (company) what they will lose out on by not reading your group’s work.

What are the contributions (value-add) in this report?

Describe the layout or structure of the report (lead up to the justification of your group’s solution proposal). What will the reader expect to see?

Problem statement

The problem statement is an incisive, insightful, powerful and engaging statement of the problem. This section conveys your groups’ identification of the problem. Remember, what an organization states as being the problem may be vague and it is the result of your group’s critical engagement with the problem that has resulted in your group’s statement of what you present the problem to be.

What perspectives have you used? Did you reframe the problem because you used a different perspective?

Methodology – Demonstration of Critical analysis – thinking (how)

To help you write the methodology, you must draw from the given readings from Assignment 1 when constructing this section.

As reminder, one of the required readings is: Hirschheim, R. and Klein, H. K. (1989). Four Paradigms of Information Systems Development. Communications of the ACM, 32(10), pp. 1199-1216.

You must also drawing from the two matched readings, by using relevant concepts from the methodology sections of the two matched readings.

Critically explain how the selection of methodology was made and why the methodology is justified for the problem you are trying to address.

Tools:

· Remember the self and group reflexive interview guides that were provided.

Literature Review (Find and Generate)

Explore the literature on (i) organizational taxonomies and (ii) process models to guide your group’s solution development.

· Demonstrate your group’s ability to identify areas of scholarship that informed the solution.

Tools:

· Remember the given self and group reflexive guides

· Demonstrate your group’s ability to identify themes to show how the solution was influenced and grounded in literature, i.e. scholarly research.

· What literature are you relying on to justify your group’s solutions?

· Has the methodology caused any bias in your group’s selection of solution?

Solution Development and Proposal

Present your group’s solution proposal (i) Taxonomy and (ii) Process Model.

· Think also about how, i.e. how the taxonomy was developed.

Tools:

· Remember the interview questions

· Remember the given self and group reflexive guides

Describe how your group’s solution was synthesised from different sources:

· Describe how you synthesised your group’s ideas from (i) literature and (ii) interviews and group discussions.

· In your group meetings, did anyone play the role of the consultant and client?

· Did you rotate the role of consultant? What questions were asked? Did the solution change? what questions did you ask?

Business Taxonomy

Describe the model showing your group’s business taxonomy, identifying how the functional and social relativist perspectives were used to develop the taxonomy. See the example of a taxonomy below.

The taxonomy of cheese on the left, is an example of a taxonomy. The abstract classifications provide the “labels” or themes for organising more specialized themes.

You need to present a taxonomy detailing your group’s solution.

Tips:

For the client, how would you group organise the information given in the assignment brief (i) function, (ii) location and (iii) artefacts into one taxonomy? As acting consultants, are you able to suggest missing elements?

Process Model

Draw a process model which describes how the company may use the business taxonomy as a means for promoting knowledge sharing within the company.

The process flow chart on the left gives an example of how this tool may be used.

Design your group’s own flow chart to describe how the company can use the taxonomy to share knowledge across the organization, about what functions are performed and what locations.

In your group’s flow chart, you may consider:

· How can the client use the taxonomy to think about organizing information

· How may the client use the taxonomy to assist others in finding relevant information

· Remember, not everyone will agree with the taxonomy, and as a consultant, you have to offer a solution. Therefore, how may the client use the process model to train people to adopt and use the same taxonomy?

Discussion

This section may be used to highlight the value add of your group’s solution to the client. Bring in your group reflections about the processes. In your group’s discussion, how were various tools were used to deliver the best value to the client. Discuss the usefulness of the taxonomy in diagnostics, i.e. organisational problem solving. Think about these points:

· How did you apply the tools of the Social Relativist and Systems Expert?

· How did the perspectives help or hinder the process?

· How did the perspectives help shape the taxonomy?

· What are the consequences of applying only two perspectives?

· Which part of the project execution did you apply the perspectives?

If your group’s work is advanced and wishes explore in further depth, drawing on the methodology section, discuss the two epistemologies that were applied.