Assessment Paper
Part 1: Disruptive Innovation
Find an article in the popular press (e.g., Financial Times, Guardian, BBC on-line) that describes a new Digital innovation. Review the innovation along the dimensions of Christensen’s Disruptive Innovations model. Comment on whether it meets the criteria for a Disruptive Innovation? Explain why or why it does not meet the criteria as a disruptive innovation?
1000 words
Part 2: Analytics
In this part of the assignment, you will need to use IBM Watson Analytics (or any analytics platform of your choice, e.g. Ibm modeler, RapidMiner). Find a dataset(s) of interest and produce two visualisations of your own choice and include it in the live dashboard. Please explain the rationale behind your choice. Provide the appropriate analytics for the dataset. Write a short report on what was uncovered and what the implications might be.
1000 words
Part 3: Analytics and Leadership
Write a short note on a particular digital innovation(s) that will contribute to the future of strategy in your organization by 2020. Try to focus on an emerging digital innovation, and on the implications on your organizations Digital Strategy. Please include in your note any new forms of governance and/or changes in management or leadership that might need to be leveraged over the coming years.
1000 words The assignment is worth 100% and should not exceed 3000 words. This is a strict limit not a guideline.
Length: 3000 words
Word Count Information
| Number of words | 3000 words
This is a strict limit not a guideline |
| Penalties | This is a strict limit not a guideline:
any piece submitted with more words than the limit will result in the excess not being marked. |
| Included in word count | |
| Coversheet | No |
| Reference list | No |
| Bibliography | No |
| Appendices* | No |
| List of contents | No |
| Abstract | Yes |
| Embedded references/citations | Yes |
| Tables | Yes |
| Diagrams | Yes |
| Charts | Yes |
| Figures | Yes |
| Forumulae | Yes |
| Footnotes* | Yes |
| Images (e.g. photographs which include words, images, | Yes |
| Legends for tables, diagrams, charts, figures etc.) | Yes |
| *Supplementary text | Please note that information in appendices and footnotes should be supplementary but not integral to the submission. Markers may not read supplementary text – especially if it is lengthy – so the main body of work should stand on its own. |
| Referencing system | Please use the Harvard referencing system (click on this to open a new page) |
| Hidden text | All text should be included by the word count software, and any attempt to ‘hide’ text will be considered a mis-statement of word count. |
| Internet material | Should be referenced by URL; links to material not included in the text will be ignored. |
| Typeface / font size | Arial 11pt |
| Spacing | 1.5 lines |
| Margins | 2.54 cm (Normal setting) |
