Coursework 2 – Individual Report The second assignment is worth 70% of the overall mark. This is an individual report (max 2,000 words (+ or – 10%) that will provide a brief assessment of the current status and future potential of a selected emerging information technology that has the potential to disrupt future ways of doing business and the associated business models. The report must also include a justified recommendation of the technology for future investment by a specific, named business that uses technology within its operations in order to provide goods or services to other businesses or to consumers (e.g. Tesco’s, Starbucks, RICOH, Ford, Vodaphone, BBC, GSK, DHL). This report should be written in the style of an informed CIO briefing – presenting the analysis to a board of directors. It should be easily comprehensible by senior managers without technical knowledge. Your assignment should be up-to-date, well-reasoned, practical and decisive. The sources for your research will typically be drawn from the Internet and relevant academic literature and all sources must be cited and referenced. The basic report will consist of the following items: 1. The selected company: 1.1. A brief discussion of a specific company, the nature of its business and its industry; 1.2. A critical analysis of the business model of the selected company with its current application of information technologies; 2. The selected information technology: 2.1. A justified selection and description of one emerging and potentially disruptive technology that can be of future significant to the selected company; 2.2. A critical analysis of the likely benefit, cost and limitation of the selected technology to the business; 3. Discussion and recommendation: 3.1. A discussion of the potential areas of application in the business, the strategic value of the technology and the corresponding business model evolvement; 3.2. A recommendation justifying the emerging technology that the company should ultimately invest in; Some suggested topics include new developments in the following areas (this list is by no means exhaustive): • Brain-computer interfaces • Holographic displays • Augmented reality • Intelligent agents and bots • Cognitive informatics • Drones • Wearable technology • Emerging security technologies • Crowdsourcing technologies • Internet of things • LiFi • Quantified self • Nanotechnology • WiTricity • Quantum computing • Sematic web • 3D web browsers • Domestic service robots • Blue mix • Biometrics • Graphene • 5G • Civic technology/SMART cities • Nanowire lithium-ion batteries • Blockchain technology The report is due for submission on the Wednesday of Week 12 on Turnitin by 12 noon.