Vision Statement for Interdisciplinary Management Program – Leaders, Who Make a Difference

Choose a technology on the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies 2020 (Appendix 1) [Decision #1], and choose either a specific organization or a specific segment of Canadian society that will be impacted by this technology [Decision #2]. Prepare a report introducing that technology, why it is relevant to that organization (or segment of society), and how it is likely to impact your chosen organization/segment. Your report must include a cover letter addressed to an audience to receive your report: this can be a senior leader in the organization or an organization that services that segment of society [Decision #3].

FINAL PROJECT
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Vision Statement for Interdisciplinary Management Program – Leaders, Who Make a
Difference
This course places management in its broadest context and helps students from diverse
disciplines understand the complex social, economic, ecological, political, corporate, and
technical forces shaping 21st-century leadership in the public, private and non-profit sectors. We
see students who successfully complete MGMT 1301/1302 as holistic, critical, and strategic
thinkers, acting with integrity to engage stakeholders, individually and in teams, to achieve
personal, organizational, and societal goals through interdisciplinary approaches. MGMT
1301/1302 graduates will possess the ability to think globally, strategically, boldly, holistically
and interdisciplinary while considering local ecological, economic, and cultural differences.
The goal of this project is to provide you with the opportunity to build on knowledge and
information obtained from this course and grapple with some of them, often complex,
challenges involved in developing and managing a business (or other management) project in
the real world. This assignment is designed to give you experience with understanding how
emerging technology impacts all aspects of an organization.
Guidelines:
Submissions should be no longer than 10-12 double-spaced pages, 12-point font. Include
references using APA format. Include a minimum of two credible sources beyond those listed
on the course Brightspace. You may work in groups: size is a minimum of one and maximum of
three. Groups that submit collectively will all receive the same grade on the assignment. Each
group member should submit a copy of the report with ALL group members’ names and
banner numbers listed. Failure to do so will result in a mark of “0”. Submissions should
consider and respond to the issues raised below. Submissions will be evaluated on the degree
to which they engage these issues, the critical rigor and quality of argument they bring to bear
in that engagement, and the clarity with which they explain how they will overcome the issues
they are likely to engage. A well-developed paper will have an introduction, table of contents,
body with headings, and conclusion.
The Task:
Choose a technology on the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies 2020 (Appendix 1)
[Decision #1], and choose either a specific organization or a specific segment of Canadian
society that will be impacted by this technology [Decision #2]. Prepare a report introducing that
technology, why it is relevant to that organization (or segment of society), and how it is likely to
impact your chosen organization/segment. Your report must include a cover letter addressed
to an audience to receive your report: this can be a senior leader in the organization or an
organization that services that segment of society [Decision #3].
Potential examples of these three decisions might be:
Technology Organization/Segment Report recipient
Blockchain Bank of Montreal Superintendent of Financial
Institutions
Virtual Assistants Seniors in Rural Nova
Scotia
CEO of Shannex
Smart Dust The Canadian Military Chief of the Defence Staff OR
The director of the Canadian
Voice of Women for Peace
Volumetric Displays Canadian Consumers Ecology Action Centre OR
Merchandiser at Best Buy
Note: your report must demonstrate why your recipient would be concerned with the impact
of your technology on that organization or social segment, and must clearly communicate your
three choices.
Your report should identify the most important information to communicate about your chosen
emerging technology. You may wish to consider the following elements:
• What the key points of resistance will be in your organization?
• What the key points of resistance will be in society?
• What is new about this technology? Are any elements particularly disruptive?
• How will people use this technology in ways that are different from how we’ve used
technology before?
• Who are the key stakeholders of this technology (within the context of the organization or
a segment of society you identify), and what opportunities and challenges does this
Does technology represent these stakeholders?
• What are the potential risks to each of the stakeholders you named?
• What should be the priorities of any early adopters of this technology?
• What are the environmental implications of this technology (e.g., are they negative or
positive)?
• What are the implications of adopting this technology for how the organization functions,
and its operational culture?
• What new capacities will the organization need to develop in order to adopt, or respond to
the adoption of, this new technology (e.g. What new staff might they need? What skills
might their staff need? What additional resources might be required?)
• Who will gain and who will lose with this technology?
• How does this technology relate to the trends discussed in class?
• How is the leadership of the organization responding to this technology currently, if at all?
• How will this technology impact leaders/management of the organization receiving the
report?
Grading Rubrics
Component Value
General Look/Layout 10
Description of emerging technology 10
Key points of resistances to organization/society 10
What is new about this technology (disruptive) 10
Explanation of how technology will require a change in the
organization
10
Risk of implementing technology 10
Identification of trends 10
Environmental impact of technology 10
Technological impact on leaders/managers decision making 10
Grammar/Spelling 10
Criteria You can do better! Competent Distinguished
General Look and
Layout
Fails to have a well-organized
paper,
including cover
the letter, table of
contents, subtitles,
APA-formatted
references. (0)
Submits a well organized
paper,
including cover
the letter, table of
contents, subtitles,
APA-formatted
references. (7)
Submits an
exceptionally well organized
paper,
including cover
a letter, table of
contents, subtitles,
APA-formatted
references. (10)
Description of
Emerging
Technology
Fails to include any
description of the
emerging
technology (0)
Includes a
description of the
emerging
technology with
minimal supporting
information. (6)
Describes the
emerging
technology in a
well-articulated
manner with
exceptional
thoroughness,
literary support and
clarity. (10)
Identifies key points
of Resistances
Fails to identify key
points of
resistances to the
organization/
society (0)
Properly identifies
key points of
resistance without
linking to the
organization or
society. (6)
Clearly identifies
key points of
resistances linking
to the organization,
society and class
discussions, and
uses support from
scholarly literature
(10)
Identifies what is Fails to identify new Properly identifies Clearly identifies
new about this
technology
issues with chosen
technology (0)
issues for the
organization and/or
society in relation to
the chosen
technology but fails
to incorporate
meaningful literary
support (6)
issues for the
organization and/or
society in relation to
the chosen
technology by
reflecting on course
discussions and
using literary
support and clarity
(10)
Explanation of how
technology will
require change in
the organization
Fails to identify any
change required. (0)
Clearly identifies
changes required by
the organization to
implement new
technology but fails
to include literary
support (6)
Clearly identifies
changes required by
the organization to
implement new
technology with
literary support and
clarity (10)
Risk of
implementing
technology
Fails to identify any
risk issues (0)
Clearly identifies
risk of
implementing the
technology but fails
to include literary
support (6)
Clearly identifies
risk of
implementing the
technology with
exceptional
thoroughness,
literary support and
clarity (10)
Identification
Trends
Fails to a identifying a
trend or how it is
related to the
organization and
technological
advancement (0)
Cleary identifies a
a trend that is related
to the organization
and technological
advancement but
fails to include
literary support (6)
Cleary identifies a
a trend that is related
to the organization
and technological
advancement with
exceptional
thoroughness,
literary support and
clarity (10)
Environmental
Impact on
Technology
Fails to identify any
environmental
impact (0)
Properly identifies
environmental
impact factors but
fails to use a course
discussions or
literary support (6)
Clearly reports
environmental
impact factors with
exceptional
thoroughness,
literature support
and clarity (10)
Impact on Decision
Making
Fails to incorporate
a recommendation
Clearly includes a
recommendation to
Clearly includes a
recommendation to
on implementation
(0)
aid
leaders/managers
in their decision
making but fails to
support the final
decision (7)
aid
leaders/managers
in their decision
making by drawing
on information
contained in their
report (10)
Grammar and
Spelling
Has over 10 spelling
and grammar
mistakes (0)
Has between 4-7
grammar/spelling
mistakes (7)
Has 1-2
spelling/grammar
errors (10)
Appendix 1