For your Course Research Project, you will be exploring contemporary issues in Business Management Systems. 

The purpose of your Course Research Project is to demonstrate your understanding, comprehension, and mastery of the following concepts: 

• Identify and recognize issues and/or opportunities in Business Management Systems.
• Understand the role of technology in Business Management Systems
• Use Business Management Systems terminology

Throughout this module you will be acquiring knowledge on Business Management Systems topics, theories, as well as terminology. You will apply this new knowledge to your Course Project. First, you will identify a current Business Management Systems topic. You can choose your topic from the options listed below, or you may choose a current topic that interests you. 

Once you have chosen your topic, you will then choose ten (10) current readings/articles that are directly related to your topic from a credible source. Suggestions for sources are listed below as well. Every week, beginning with Week 2, you will review one of your ten articles, and write a minimum of a 500-word synopsis summarizing the reading, what new information you learned, and how you can apply this new information in a real-world, professional context. At the completion of the 10 weeks you will have accumulated ten article summaries. You will then assemble your ten completed written summaries, a cover page, and a table of contents into one Microsoft Word document to submit for grading during Week 13.

Ideas of topics include:

Digital Business               Ethical Decision-Making               Business intelligence and Analytics

E-Commerce                    Information Systems Security    Internet and Web applications

Cloud Computing                                                            

Ideas for sources include:

• Journals 
• Newspapers 
• Magazines (Newsweek, Business Week, Time)
• Internet 

Deliverables

Final Course Research Project – Will be submitted in a Microsoft Word document and turned in at the end of Week 13 in the following required format:

               1. Cover Page

               2. Table of Contents

               3. Ten Finalized Written 500-word Summaries

               4. Properly formatted APA References page including link to article