Task Your task is to write a report that critically analyses the implications of “Big Data” to business organizations, explain the relationship between Big Data and Business Analytics, and discuss challenges and benefits of Big Data to business organizations, particularly from an accounting perspective. You are required to conduct a literature review and analysis, particularly using academic journal articles found through the library databases and industry articles on this topic.
Your report must be structured as follows:
1) Introduction (approximately 100 words) – Provide an overview of the report that follows.
2) What is Big Data? (approximately 300 words) - Provide an explanation of Big Data. What is the relationship between Big Data and Business Analytics? Provide examples of other commercial software to deal with Big Data available on the market.
3) Search and provide a case example of a company. Students can search from news articles. Then, discuss the company’s challenges and benefits on Big Data Management (approximately 1000 words). You must add the URL of the news articles in the reference list. a. Brief background to the case (200 words) b. Challenges of Big Data to the case (400 words) c. Benefits of Big Data to the case (400 words)
4) Conclusion (approximately 100 words) – Summarize and synthesize the report. Deliverables ï‚· 1,500 word report that addresses all of the above sections. ï‚· Format requirements: “Times New Roman” size 12 with 1.5 line spacing, 1500 words in total (not including references). You must include the total of words used in your report. The report should have appropriate headings and subheadings (including an introduction and conclusion). ï‚· You must acknowledge the use of the work of others (e.g. the academic journal articles on which your report is based) using the Harvard referencing style (see http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/research/referencing.html). Any ideas or quotations must be correctly cited in the body of your report and a reference list must be provided at the end of your report. ï‚· Once you have submitted your report, check the originality report in turn-it-in and ensure similarity with other sources are referenced. You can resubmit your report until the due date. ï‚· Please note that the originality report for a resubmission takes 24 hours to be produced. Please ensure that you allow adequate time, if you are considering resubmission.
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