This research project in the area of systems design with focuses on business strategies and/or functional areas. You may design a system for an organization (best of all, your own firm you work for). The following topics are recommended, but not limited to, for your research paper:
- Strategic issues
- Industry types
- Service
- Manufacturing
- Non-profit
- Functional areas
- Production and operations
- Materials management
- Inventory control
- Just-in-time manufacturing
- Quality control
- Productivity control
- Logistics, supply chain and marketing
- New product development
- Business function integration
Your selection of the topics should be based on your own preference, experience, and your knowledge in the area. Your system design should be practically applicable. Your research paper should include the following:
- Introduction (identify problems and purpose)
- Review of Literature: what has been said in your topic areas to convince of the need?
- Methodology and Analysis
- data input requirements
- how data are analyzed
- what kind of decisions your system can provide and how to do so.
- Conclusion and Recommendations
- References, End Notes, and Appendix
Your research paper should be in digital format, with no more than 15 single spaced type written pages, including a cover page (with the title, your names, and all email addresses). Computer program, user’s manual, questionnaire, graphs, and data sheets (if you have) must be attached electronically in separate files to your research project. Do not use MS Word to create any graph since it may be distorted. If you do need graphs, insert jpg files into the text. The data input should be in excel file with the columns for the survey questions and the rows for each of the respondents (cases). The content of your paper must be in Microsoft Word format and plain text, with one inch for all margins, and 12 new time roman font, and page number in the bottom center using footer with 0.5 inch width. All the data sheets and graphs must be in Microsoft Excel format. No footnotes or endnotes are permitted. If you do feel that you need to use footnotes or endnotes, you must follow the following format:
i.e. Thomas Edison was considered one of the great scientists in the past one hundred years [1].
Then they can be put in the end of the paper as endnotes
- Smithsonian Museum achieves, Vol. 345, No. 678, 2000, pp. 333-334.
All the footnotes or endnotes should be put in the end of the paper under References, Endnotes, Footnotes, and Appendix. These guidelines will be strictly followed, or a 10% deduction will apply. A 5% deduction will apply if these format guidelines are not followed.
