Rock Solid Industrial Parts

Rock Solid Industrial Parts

03/06/2020

Report Expressly for: Name

Executive Summary

Write a small paragraph here detailing the case. Instructions in red

Four to five sentences on the cover page summarizing your analysis. An Executive Summary’s main goal is to provide a condensed version of the content of a longer report. It is not a summary of the table of contents or what you are going to cover in your case. [Do not write: “I will cover….”, “This report will cover….” Or “This report will analyze….” or anything similar – This is obvious because you better cover the requirements.] [Do not write that your analysis will be “through”, “exhaustive”, “in-depth” or anything similar. Let your reader decide.] Executive summaries generally make a recommendation. Do not just copy your Introduction or Summary.

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Introduction/Thesis

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Your paper should start by identifying relevant information that provides context to the issue(s) to be addressed in the case. The case or articles referenced may contain some important background information that should be summarized in this section. The questions asked by the case (or your manager) will also provide you with hints as to what to include in this section as background information. The length should be one to two paragraphs. Avoid the obvious. (Both you and your reader work for the company so they know the history and the people.)

The Questions

For each question write a short paragraph to set-up the background for the question. Then answer the question in as many as paragraphs or sub-headers as required. Summarize the answer in a final paragraph. Consider illustrations, graphs and/or tables to increase readability and to emphasize your answers/conclusions. Make sure you have relevant, cited facts to support your thesis. Do this for each question/section.

Here is where you will need to do some web and print research to support your answers. You may want to compare and contrast other companies/people/subject matter experts in similar situations and how they solved/addressed the issues posed by the question. There may be some additional information that would add depth and completeness to your analysis. Use the following technique: Ask “who, what, when, where, why, how” about the case questions. Ex: Why is the question important? What are the elements of the question that are important? What other company may have been faced with the same issue? How have other companies or more importantly, other competitors solved the issue? How might I use what I learned in class, in my job or in my reading/research to answer the case question?

Questions down below. 5 questions… pertaining to the case or some of which require your own research. Look at the example to help you also change the title of the questions so they are not question format. The example answers all these questions but the person who wrote it reworded the questions you must do the same.

1. Areas to Consider: Cover the four main areas* in the exact following order:

1.Process (Put your quantified benefits here)

2.Technology (Software, Hardware, Data, Supporting Infrastructure) [Note: A case specific infrastructure diagram is absolutely required!]

3. People
4. Structure
5. High-level Budget for the implementation (presented in a table). Cite your sources.
6. Timeline for the Implementation.
7. What will the most difficult implementation task be?
8. What are the top 3 risks of your IT/IS digital transformation strategy recommendation? How will you mitigate them? Do your research to discover what the experts say about digital transformation/business process redesign success/failure. And, remember, if you highlight a Risk you must always immediately propose a Solution to mitigate the Risk.

The Summary/Conclusion

It is your final paragraph to draw some type of conclusion about what you learned from the analysis. A conclusion should help your readers see why your analysis and information should matter to them after they put the paper down.

It is the place to synthesize your thoughts, to demonstrate the importance of your ideas, and to propel your reader to a new view of the subject. It is also your opportunity to make a good final impression and to end on a positive note. You should make a relevant observation. Maybe you learned some interesting fact from the research you did for the case. However, please do not use the phrase “I learned….” anywhere in this paragraph.

Endnotes

All information and ideas presented in your paper that do not originate with you personally should be endnoted carefully. The idea of endnoting is so a reader of your work should be able to easily go back to your original source if desired. If you do not know what an endnote is, Google it. Business writing does not use MLA or APA, business writing uses Chicago Manual of Style (often simply written Chicago Style) endnotes. This also means that there is no biography – The citations are the biography.