Research Paper

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RESEARCH PAPER

Select a topic from the following list on which you would like to conduct an in-depth investigation:

• Information systems infrastructure: evolution and trends

• Strategic importance of cloud computing in business organizations

• Big data and its business impacts

• Managerial issues of a networked organization

• Emerging enterprise network applications

• Mobile computing and its business implications

Note: The above topics are also the basis of the discussion questions. You may use up to three resources found by yourself or your peers as peers as resources for the paper.

Research paper basics:

• 10-12 pages in length

• APA formatted

• Minimum six (6) sources – at least two (2) from peer reviewed journals

• Include an abstract, introduction, and conclusion

• See rubric for more detailed grading criteria

Some good questions to ask yourself before turning in your research paper:

• Is the paper of optimal length?

• Is the paper well organized?

• Is the paper clear and concise?

• Is the title appropriate?

• Does the abstract summarize well?

• Are individual ideas assimilated well?

• Are wording, punctuation, etc. correct?

• Is the paper well motivated?

• Is interesting problem/issue addressed?

• Is knowledge of the area demonstrated?

• Have all key reference been cited?

• Are conclusions valid and appropriate?

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RESEARCH PAPER GRADING RUBRIC

Criteria/Categories Indicators/Levels

Score 5 4 3-2 1

Abstract and

Introduction

x 5 =

/25 Introduction

should be clear

with a preview of

the main points

Good

introductory

statement, but

the preview of

the main points

is lacking

Introductory

statement is

vague and main

points are

unclear

Issue not clear

and preview of

the main points

is incomplete

Main Points and /100 Main points are Main points are Main points are Main points are Sub Points clearly stated and clearly stated not clear. not clear, x 20 = developed; but Audience has Audience

specific development of difficulty cannot examples/support examples/suppo following understand ing points are rting points are presentation presentation appropriate and lacking; smooth because student because there is clearly transitions jumps around. no sequence of developed; between points. Examples/supp information. smooth orting points are Examples/supp transitions and appropriate but orting points are well organized. need inappropriate elaboration or for issue. are not well thought out.

Conclusion /25 Well-thought out Well-thought Does not have a Has neither a

x 5 = concluding out concluding well-thought well-thought statement that statement but out concluding out concluding summarizes main does not statement, but statement nor points well. summarize summarizes summarizes main points main points main points well. well. well.

Spelling, /30 No more than No more than Eight to twenty More than grammar and two errors in any eight errors in errors in these twenty errors in punctuation of these any of these categories these categories x 6 = categories categories combined. combined.

combined combined

Summary /20 Very interesting A rather Satisfactory Lack of writing

x 4 = question. interesting and work, but does skills seen by Evidence that challenging not engage the the quality of student has put a work, but reader work. The great amount of student doesn’t concept was thought into the show much clearly not well subject. excitement in thought out. the subject matter.

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HELPFUL RESOURCES

The Agile Architecture Revolution: How Cloud Computing, REST-Based SOA, and Mobile Computing are Changing Enterprise IT, 2013, Jason Bloomberg, Wiley & Sons, Inc., ISBN: 978-1-118-

40977-0.

The Architecture of Computer Hardware and System Software: An Information Technology Approach, 5th edition, 2013, Irv Englander. Wiley & Sons, Inc., ISBN: 978-1-118-80310-3.

Building a Windows IT Infrastructure in the Cloud, 1st edition, 2012, David K. Rensin, O’Reilly Media, Inc., ISBN: 978-1-449-33358-4.

Business Data Communications and Networking, 11th edition, 2012. Jerry Fitzgerald. Wiley & Sons, Inc., ISBN: 978-1-118-08683-4.

Business Intelligence: A Managerial Perspective on Analytics, 3rd edition, 2014, Ramesh Sharda, Dursun Delen, Efraim Turban, and David King. Pearson Education, Inc., ISBN: 978-0-12-385126-0.

Cloud Computing: Theory and Practice, 2013, Dan C. Marinescu. Elsevier, Inc., ISBN: 978-0-12- 404627-6

Data Architecture, 2011, Charles Tupper, Elsevier, Inc., ISBN: 978-0-12-385126-0.

Green Communications: Principles, Concepts, and Practice, 2015, Konstantinos Samdanis, Peter Rost, Andreas Maeder (Editor), Michela Meo, and Christos Verikoukis (Editors). Wiley& Sons, Inc., ISBN: 978 - 1-118-75926-4.

The Executive’s Guide to Information Technology, 2nd edition, 2007, John Baschab, and Jon Plot. Wiley & Sons, Inc., ISBN: 978-0-470-09521-8.

Mobile Design and Development, 1st edition, 2009, Brian Fling. O’Reilly Media, Inc., ISBN: 978-0-596- 15544-5.