(IT for Managers course) MBA level

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS The theme of this research paper is Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Business. For this assignment, you must think about the future of business, considering current trends toward automation of business processes. You must research current trends and summarize your research as a report. The general structure of the report is as follows: 1. An introductory section about current technological trends providing context for your report;

2. A description of select applications of AI to business (minimum 3). Have particularly business areas (of your interest) in mind (e.g., HR, Marketing and Sales, Finance, Operations). You must also describe and analyze these technologies based on their potential to be game changers;

3. The challenges for such applications to become widespread and beneficial to companies; 4. A conclusion section (with your takeaway from the discussion). SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS To write the report you will need to cover at least the following: 1. Your report must adhere to APA formatting;

2. You must research at least 5 recent (i.e., less than 10 years) peer-reviewed articles. Exceptionally, highly regarded industry sources (e.g., IBM, Oracle, SAP, McKinsey, Accenture, Deloitte, Capgemini) will be accepted.