PROJECT DELIVERABLE 3: BUSINESSREPORT

At this stage of your project, you should have done some research and performed an analysis and assessment of your organization’s external and internal operating environments. For this assignment, you need to relate your analysis of the organization to the unutilized opportunities or specific challenges related to knowledge management or utilization of information/knowledge/competence resources, and provide solutions that will help in improving the performance of the organization.

Instructions

The report should include the following:

1.Executive Summary (about half a page) (For information on how to write an executive summary go tohttp://bit.ly/2wp0HZG).

• Introduction(include a description of the project topic, the importance of the topic and which aspects of the topic you are going to write about; a description of the structure of the report, i.e., you should explain how you have structured your report which aspects you are going to deal first, second and soon)
• Conclusion (briefly summarize the main results of the project report in three or four short sentences. Then, you should give your point of view. Try to explain why some authors are wrong or right and what you think about the topic, but you have to base your own opinion on reasonable arguments. The conclusion should be no longer than 1page).
• Reference list (Correctly cite sources (APA 6th ed.format)).
• Appendix (if needed) (information that supports your analysis but is not essential toits explanation).

3.Main body of thereport

A brief description of the organization, summarizing the organizational external and internal analysis you provided in deliverable2.

An analysis of how the organization currently manages knowledge and/or utilizes information/knowledge/competenceresources.

Identification and presentation of the unutilized opportunities or specificchallenges related to knowledge management and/or utilization of information/knowledge/competenceresources.

Discussion and analysis of your research into knowledge management or utilization of information/knowledge/competenceresources.

Recommendations of solutions that will help in improving the performance ofthe organization (providing justification from your research and identifying risks / strengths of yoursuggestions).

7.Length: approx. 5-6 pages, single-spaced (excluding appendices andreferences).

IMPORTANT NOTE: relevant research and statistics to back up your assessment of the organization and your recommended solutions, including current trends and industry best practices must be included throughout the main body of your report. Remember, your recommendations are only as good as the evidencethat you present to back them up. If you simply state your opinion without references to support it, you will definitely lose marks.