Part 1. Team Research Project (Initial Report) on Starbucks

Weight 10% of the final grade

Due no later than 11:00 p.m. on Sunday of Unit 4

Objectives

Upon successful completion of this assignment, students will have achieved the following:

analyze the structure of an organization and role of IT,

describe IT systems in an organization, and

evaluate IT system needs in an organization.

Brief Description

Analyze an organizations background, governance and leadership structure, competitors, IT operations, and IT challenges.

Submission Instructions

Organizations today rely heavily on information technology in their daily operations and providing services. In this project, you will select an organization/enterprise according to the theme provided by your instructor, and identify and analyze the information technology being used in that organization/enterprise. At the start of the course, the instructor will elaborate on the theme and also create the teams. For example, the instructor may suggest that you only select an organization within a geographic region or within an industry sector. The project will be completed in two parts. Each part should not be more than 1000 words.

Initial part of your report will have the following sections:

a) Introduction - Provide a brief introduction to your report and the overall IT topic that you will study. Briefly describe what the organization specializes in terms of providing services or producing goods.

b) Organizational Description - Provide a description of the organizational and governance structure including the leadership team, the locations, headquarters, number of employees, and its competitors.

c) Information Technology Systems Describe the IT systems utilized by the company such as the software and hardware. Try to be as specific as possible.

d) Information Technology Challenges and Opportunities Identify an IT challenge or a challenge that can be solved using IT. Briefly describe how the organization is solving this challenge. Be as specific as possible.

This part of the report should not be more than 1000 words.