Week 1
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ENM 600 – Week 1 Assignment #1
Individual Assignment
Due: End of First Week Sunday midnight (San Diego time),
MS Word document to be submitted into the Dropbox.
APA Format High quality graduate level writing expected.
This homework carries 10% of the course grade.
Q1. Conduct research on the internet/periodicals/journals/news media and write a
report on the biggest engineering technology management challenge today’s
corporations face and write a report not exceeding 1,000 words or 4 pages, with
recommendations to overcome the challenges.
The document will have a title page (student name, company or industry chosen.
Students need to use the template provided in Brightspace.
At least 2 new external research references with date accessed.
You can use your own company in this homework.
You can also tailor this to a specific industry – such as: Semi-Conductors,
Automobile, Apparel, Software, eCommerce, etc.
Tie the challenge to a company’s vision/mission.
Include exploring with new and developing technologies like Artificial
Intelligence, Blockchain, etc., and indicate how it would help to meet the
challenge.
The conclusion should include your views and thoughts on the challenge and what
you would recommend should be changed or initiated to meet the challenge.
Use the tools like SWOT analysis and gap analysis to make your argument as to
why the industry/company is having the challenge.
Identify new and different strategies required to meet the challenge.
This essay homework writing should be properly organized by sections (see point
allocations below as a guidance) and NOT a long essay.
The ideas communicated must be clear, brief and to the point.
Turnitin Score to be 12% of less. See details in Brightspace support tools
NOTE:
1. Per APA there will be one title page, one reference page, plus 4 pages written for
a total of 6 pages. Please do not write anything more since it will affect your
grade points.
2. Need to see your references show up in the essay text.
3. You have to run your report through Turnitn, and the similarity index has to be
10% or less. I have set up Turnitin such that it will allows you submit more than
once so you can check, correct, and re-submit (it will overwrite your previous
submissions till the due date).
1. A brief introduction should clearly identify the industry or company and
engineering management challenge faced – 2 points
2. Data to support the challenge – 2.5 points
3. Analysis of the challenge including people, process and technologies that will
help to overcome the challenge ( data charts, tables, etc.) – 2.5 points
4. Conclusion and recommendation – 1 points
5. Essay/report Organization 1 point
6. Reference – 1 point