Summarize each trend and its impact on society as supported by each publication.
Write a critical analysis for each of the three books you have selected related to the corresponding topics.
Summarize each trend and its impact on society as supported by each publication.
A. Summarize risks described in each publication that are associated with each trend’s implementation, including the likelihood, severity, and mitigation strategies for each of the risks identified.
B. Describe how each trend applies to the experiences you have had in your academic or professional life.
C. Justify how aspects of each trend can be implemented in an organization, using research to support your claims.
D. Identify the indicators of successful application of each trend, including any organizational strategies, goals, or key performance indicators (KPIs) that would be positively affected if the trend were successfully implemented in an organization.
E. Evaluate the short-term benefit or long-term application, the level of market applicability, and organizational relevance for each trend, providing details from each publication to support your claims.
F. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
G. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
As Information Technology leaders, we are tasked with identifying and analyzing emerging technologies that will result in a disruptive influence on our organization’s ability to compete and to successfully accomplish our mission. To help support and guide our organization and teams during these exciting times, we need to continuously explore emerging organizational leadership trends and communicate the benefits of the changes with stakeholders. The ability of Information Technology leaders to lead change and to learn from others who are in the process of changing, will become an essential quality for helping the organization successfully benefit from emerging technology advancements.
Choose ONE of the following books to examine how notable leaders have used emerging organizational leadership trends to address disruption and rapid change:
• The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization from the Ground Up
• Rocket Man: Elon Musk In His Own Words (In Their Own Words)
• The Airbnb Story: How Three Ordinary Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions and Created Plenty of Controversy.
• Digital Wars: Apple, Google, Microsoft and the Battle for the Internet – 2nd edition
• Disruptive Leadership
2. It isn’t enough to understand how technology is changing. As Information Technology leaders, we must also find new and innovative ways to improve how the organization can embrace emerging technologies. While this may not be an area where technicians have typically thrived, it is an area that leaders embrace to successfully achieve the mission and vision of the organization and the Information Technology teams. We can explore best practices in principle and process in the various business areas such as human resources, accounting, and marketing and especially information technology that one year may be embracing processes such as system development lifecycles and the next exploring agile development teams. The principles and processes are how we interpret and implement the various emerging technology trends.
Choose ONE of the following books to examine how notable leaders have used emerging principle and process trends to address disruption and rapid change:
• What to Do When Machines Do Everything: How to Get Ahead in a World of AI, Algorithms, Bots, and Big Data
• Building the Internet of Things: Implement New Business Models, Disrupt Competitors, Transform Your Industry
• Leading Change
Emerging Technology trends vary year from year. While futurists try to predict where technology will be in both the near and far future, Information Technology leaders focus on what trends can be found by grouping together categories of technological change and finding ways to help their organization embrace actionable and beneficial disruption. Within the realm of emerging technology trends we also find innovation accelerators and, we explore systems of engagement technologies, systems of insight technologies, and supporting technologies. The Information Technology Professional will examine those trends along with others in the future to help guide their organization in continuous success.
Choose ONE of the following books to examine how notable leaders have used emerging organizational leadership trends to address disruption and rapid change:
• Disruptive Technologies
• The Second Machine Age – Work, Progress and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies
• The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Management of Innovation and Change)
• Hacking Innovation
• Transform: How Leading Companies are Winning with Disruptive Social Technology
COMPETENCIES
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432.01.8:Emerging Organizational Leadership Trends
The graduate evaluates current trends in organizational leadership for applicability within an organization.
432.01.9:Emerging Principle and Process Trends
The graduate evaluates current trends in emerging principles and processes for applicability within an organization.
432.01.10:Emerging Technology Trends
The graduate evaluates current emerging technologies for applicability within an organization.
INTRODUCTION
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Throughout your professional career you will need to seek out ways to integrate emerging trends in organizational leadership, principles and processes, and technologies in the field of IT to further the mission/vision of your department or organization. You will read three books, one from each list of publications provided. The lists are organized by topic: organizational leadership, principles and processes, and technologies. When viewed together, the trends found in emerging organizational leadership, principles and processes, and technologies allow an information technology professional the ability to perform analysis of their organization’s ability to maximize their current technology and their readiness to embrace beneficial and necessary change in the area of current and emerging technology.
For this task you will reflect on your own experiences while reading each book you have selected related to corresponding topics. You will then write three critical analyses, one for each book you have selected.
REQUIREMENTS
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Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. An originality report is provided when you submit your task that can be used as a guide.
You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.
Critical Analysis for Each Topic
Write a critical analysis for each of the three books you have selected related to the corresponding topics.
A. Summarize each trend and its impact on society as supported by each publication.
B. Summarize risks described in each publication that are associated with each trend’s implementation, including the likelihood, severity, and mitigation strategies for each of the risks identified.
C. Describe how each trend applies to the experiences you have had in your academic or professional life.
D. Justify how aspects of each trend can be implemented in an organization, using research to support your claims.
E. Identify the indicators of successful application of each trend, including any organizational strategies, goals, or key performance indicators (KPIs) that would be positively affected if the trend were successfully implemented in an organization.
F. Evaluate the short-term benefit or long-term application, the level of market applicability, and organizational relevance for each trend, providing details from each publication to support your claims.
G. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
H. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
RUBRIC
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A:SUMMARY
NOT EVIDENT
The submission does not include a summary of each trend. APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The submission summarizes each trend covered in the publication, but the summaries contain inaccuracies or do not include publication-supported evidence of the impact each of the trends have on society. COMPETENT
The submission summarizes each trend and the impact each of the trends has on society, providing evidence of the impact supported by each publication.
B:RISKS
NOT EVIDENT
The submission does not summarize the risks of each trend’s implementation. APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The submission summarizes risks described in each publication that are associated with each trend’s implementation, but does not include details regarding the likelihood, severity, and mitigation strategies for each of the risks identified or the information provided contains inaccuracies. COMPETENT
The submission summarizes risks described in each publication that are associated with each trend’s implementation, including details regarding the likelihood, severity, and mitigation strategies for each of the risks identified.
C:EXPERIENCE APPLICABILITY
NOT EVIDENT
The submission does not describe each trend’s applicability. APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The submission describes how each trend applies to the experiences the candidate has had in academic or professional life, but the the trend and the experience lack applicabilityor the description contains inaccuracies. COMPETENT
The submission accurately describes how each trend applies to the experiences the candidate has had in academic or professional life.
D:JUSTIFICATION
NOT EVIDENT
The submission does not contain research based justifications of each trend. APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The submission justifies how aspects of each trend can be implemented in an organization, but the justifications are not supported by research or does not include references from the publication. COMPETENT
The submission justifies how aspects of each trend can be implemented in an organization and uses research to support these claims.
E:SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION
NOT EVIDENT
The submission does not identify indicators of successful application of each trend. APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The submission identifies indicators of successful application for each trend, but does not include organizational strategies, goals, or key performance indicators (KPIs) that would be positively affected if the trend were successfully implemented in an organization. Or the information provided contains inaccuracies. COMPETENT
The submission identifies accurate indicators of successful application for each trend, including organizational strategies, goals, or key performance indicators (KPIs) that would be positively affected if the trend were successfully implemented in an organization.
F:SHORT- AND LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY
NOT EVIDENT
The submission does not provide an evaluation of each trend. APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The submission evaluates the short-term benefit or long-term application, but not both, or the level of market applicability or organizational relevance, but not both, for each trend. Details provided are not supported by each publication or the evaluations contain inaccuracies. COMPETENT
The submission evaluates the short-term benefit or long-term application, the level of market applicability, and organizational relevance for each trend. Accurate details are provided from each publication to support the claims.
G:SOURCES
NOT EVIDENT
The submission does not include both in-text citations and a reference list for sources that are quoted, paraphrased, or summarized. APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The submission includes in-text citations for sources that are quoted, paraphrased, or summarized and a reference list; however, the citations or reference list is incomplete or inaccurate. COMPETENT
The submission includes in-text citations for sources that are properly quoted, paraphrased, or summarized and a reference list that accurately identifies the author, date, title, and source location as available.
H:PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION
NOT EVIDENT
Content is unstructured, is disjointed, or contains pervasive errors in mechanics, usage, or grammar. Vocabulary or tone is unprofessional or distracts from the topic. APPROACHING COMPETENCE
Content is poorly organized, is difficult to follow, or contains errors in mechanics, usage, or grammar that cause confusion. Terminology is misused or ineffective. COMPETENT
Content reflects attention to detail, is organized, and focuses on the main ideas as prescribed in the task or chosen by the candidate. Terminology is pertinent, is used correctly, and effectively conveys the intended meaning. Mechanics, usage, and grammar promote accurate interpretation and understanding.