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Question
MBA 640 Innovation Through Marketing and Technology
Project 1

Step 1

Technology awareness is very important in today’s modern business environment. Business technology literacy is essential for managers to succeed. Technology literacy includes understanding and being conversant in information technology and the ways technology supports an organization’s mission and strategy. Technology allows you to evaluate information and use it for decision making in the business world.

Take this Technology Awareness Self-Assessment to evaluate your currency in technology. When you have completed the self-assessment, continue to the next step, where you will complete a gap analysis.

Step 2

Use this gap analysis to self-evaluate your course-related knowledge and skills before beginning work on the other projects in this course. Submit your preliminary gap analysis in the designated drop box for Project 1.

When you have completed your Week 1 gap analysis, you will be ready to continue with the rest of the course. When you have completed Projects 2, 3, and 4, you will return in Week 10 to continue with Step 4, in which you will complete your end-of-course gap analysis.

Step 3

Now that you have reached Week 10 of the course and have completed Projects 2, 3, and 4, you are ready to complete your end-of-course gap analysis You’ll complete your end-of-course gap analysis using the same instrument you used in Week 1. Include a maximum 250-word summary of the lessons you learned by completing this gap analysis.

When your gap analysis is complete, continue to the next step, in which you will submit your work.

Step 4

Make a note of the recommended delivery dates in the table below. Since the purpose of this project is to assess your development, it’s important that you follow the suggested timeline. You will receive feedback on all deliverables in Week 11.

Project 1: Summary of Deliverables Timeline

Complete your initial personal knowledge/skills gap analysis for MBA 640.

Title your file using the following protocol: yourlastname_MBA640Week1SkillsGap_date.

Week 1

Technology Awareness Self-Assessment

Week 1

Post your end-of-course gap analysis with brief narrative in your assignment folder.

Keep a copy for posting in MBA 670.

Title your file using the following protocol: yourlastname_MBA640Week10SkillsGap_date.

Week 10

Please submit all Project 1 work to the Connecting the Dots: Innovation and Marketing Leadership folder.

Before you submit your assignment, review the competencies below, which your instructor will use to evaluate your work. A good practice would be to use each competency as a self-check to confirm you have incorporated all of them in your work.

2.1: Identify and clearly explain the issue, question, or problem under critical consideration.

2.2: Locate and access sufficient information to investigate the issue or problem.

2.3: Evaluate the information in a logical and organized manner to determine its value and relevance to the problem.

2.4: Consider and analyze information in context to the issue or problem.

2.5: Develop well-reasoned ideas, conclusions or decisions, checking them against relevant criteria and benchmarks.

5.3: Create, implement, and evaluate a personal leadership development plan.