Essay Industry and Ethics Analysis – Analysis of Contemporary Issues – Report Writing Management Assignment Help

Assignment Task:

The Brief.

Analysis of contemporary issues, opportunities, trends, challenges or innovation in the ICT industry.

Analysis of contemporary issues, opportunities, trends, challenges or innovation within an ICT Company (a company compatible with the student’s 5-year plan career aspirations is suggested, though not mandatory, as the assignment may be of assistance as a sample of your work during a job interview). This will include considerations such as organisation/management structure, mission statement, company objectives, the market, ethics and business practices, ability to deliver on their business objectives through their people and processes, SWOT, dependencies, major projects, risks, issues and strategic forecasts. The Report will support the exploration of business opportunities with the ICT Company. This work may assist the students in creating a plan (in Assignment 2) that will outline where they would like to be in five years.

Note that the depth of analysis of organizational ethics and ethical consideration of engagement is an important component of this work. You will be assessed on the following:

i.    The relevance of the selected topic and submission to the Assignment specification

ii.    Depth of analysis of topic related to the ICT industry. This relates to the depth and breadth of analyses of companies.

iii.  Quality of writing and clarity of content’s structure

iv. Appropriate citation of sources

v. Depth of analysis of organizational ethics and ethical consideration of engagement.

Scenario. 

Team, this Assignment is an individual work and has been set up as a parallel to your individual Assignment 3 e-portfolio, to assist you with analysis of a company, perhaps one where you might like to be within five years. 

In this context, you are to choose a company (Company-1) within the ICT industry of your choice. The ICT industry will be relevant to your future interests within the ICT profession. Company-1 may be national or international and need not necessarily be Australian. 

The scenario is that you have either been contracted as a Consultant or Employee of Company-2. 

Company-2 Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is about to visit Company-1. She will visit Company-1 shortly after you hand in your report, in order to investigate the possibility of developing a business relationship. Moreover, she will rely only upon your report as her preparation for visiting Company-1. In this context, you need to both analyse Company-1 and provide a report to Company-2 CEO so she if fully prepared and informed when she visits Company-1. No surprises! 

This also means you will need to briefly define the nature of Company-2 that you are working for, to establish the context for possible collaboration or involvement with Company-1. (i.e. what Company-2 does and anything else you need to define in order to investigate the viability of doing business with Company-1). 

The deliverable will be a document in which you will analyse contemporary issues, opportunities, trends, challenges or innovation within the ICT Industry associated with Company-1. This may include considerations such as organisation/management structure, mission statement, company objectives, the market, ethics and business practices, ability to deliver on their business objectives through their people and processes, SWOT, dependencies, major projects, risks and issues and your strategic forecasts.  Remember, although you are reviewing Company-1 in detail, the CEO of Company-2 will want to know the benefits (or disbenefits or drawbacks) for Company-2 in working with Company-1. For example, if you choose IBM as Company-1, it will not suffice to simply talk about all the great things IBM can do and why it is a great company. Rather, you need to analyse and review your findings in order to provide your CEO with recommendations as to which areas she should target so as to give benefit to her Company-2. It is also possible that your findings indicate it is unwise for her to seek a relationship with Company-1. 

You must also consider what value or benefit Company-1would get from a relationship with Company-2 and advise your CEO accordingly.  That is, what value or benefit can Company-2 offer Company-1?

Of particular interest to The CEO of Company-2 are the Ethical practices and conduct of Company-1 and its employees. You will need to include an analysis of how the company addresses ethics and sustainability. You may consider this in the context of market research on a competitor or as research pre-investment in that company.