19 April 2021

Assignment 2

Assignment 2 – case study

Type: Individual assignment
Purpose: Apply concepts, frameworks/models to real-life business situations
Deadline: 27th of April at 23:59
Submission: PowerPoint presentation (PPT)
Preparation,
discussions and
presentation: 26th of April - seminar 4
Weighting: 10 points
Grades: 5 points is required on the assignment to pass the course

Purpose
This assignment is a case study. The purpose of the assignment is to provide you the
opportunity to apply concepts, frameworks/models studied thus far in the course to real-life
business situations.

Task
In this assignment your task is to discuss digital innovation initiatives within a business context
and answer three questions. This entails the use of literature, e.g., concepts, frameworks/
models from the course, or other materials of relevance that you may find appropriate, to
elaborate and support your answers.

Requirements
The individual assignment is prepared, discussed, and presented at seminar 4 on 26th of April.
The seminar starts with individually answering the questions for the assigned case. Craft a PPT
presentation, which includes slides with:
- your name, date of submission and the name of the case
- the answers to the questions related to the case
- information about the literature used to support your answers
- reflections

The seminar continues with discussions of your answers and preparation of a joint PPT
presentation in small groups and then presented to the class.

After the seminar finalize your PPT presentation individually, e.g., update your answers, check
the layout, gramma, structure, etc. Name the file as Name and assignment number (e.g.
Mihailescu Daniela assignment 2). and remember to write your name and date of submission in
the document as well.

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Deadline for individually submitting the assignment is 27th of April at 23.59. Upload your pdf file
on the e-learning platform/course/assignment 2.

Assigned cases and related questions

The cases reviewed in the individual assignment 2 are available electronically on the e-learning
platform (MSI4/Seminariul 4). To each case there are three questions to be answered.

No. Name Case

1 Bălan D. Cătălin
2 Chinţoi D. Marilena - Beatrice
3 Duma V. Vlad – Tudor
Case study 1 – question 1 - 3
4 Iordănescu O.L. Andrada - Elena
5 Niţu I.V. Sebastian
6 Pelmuş C. Gabriel
7 Brânzea C.I. Bianca - Teodora
8 Cîrnici V. Loredana – Elena
9 Gărăoiu D. Georgiana
Case study 1 – question 4 - 6
10 Mihai M. Simona
11 Oancea G. Larisa - Georgiana
12 Pînzaru C.D. Mădălin - Cosmin
13 Buzatu D.Ș. Sabina
14 Dan D. Denisa – Diana
15 Ghiuş N. Roxana - Andreea
Case study 2 – question 1 - 3
16 Moraru R. Radu – Daniel
17 Pavel I. Iulia
18 Rogoz C. Andreea – Elena
19 Capătă G. Georgiana
20 Drugă G. Meridiana - Cristina
21 Ichim V.S. Vlad
22 Nagy G. Tekla Case study 2 – question 4 - 6
23 Pătrunjel C. Andreea - Patricia
24 Savin P. Maria – Mădălina
25 Tudorache N. Nicoleta

Examination and Grades

The assignment is examined through written submission and seminar participation. Your
discussion and presentation during the seminar give 2 points, first question gives 2 points and
second and third question give 3 points. The assignment will be evaluated on the criteria
illustrated in table 1:

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Table 1 - Evaluation criteria.

1 point 2 point 3 points

Question 1 A surface level answer

A good answer based on the N/A
with no details or
case.
Written- significant gaps.
submission

Very clear answer

Question 2 & 3 A surface level answer In general, a good answer
anchored both in the case
with no details or but with some gaps and/or
and the literature.
Written- significant gaps. no link to the literature.
submission
Discussions and
No participation in Active involvement in
Presentation
discussions and discussions and N/A
Seminar
presentation. presentation.
participation

Grades
Assignment 2 represents 10% of the total course points, i.e., maximum 10 points and a
minimum of 5 points is required to pass the course.

NB!
- Failure to meet assigned deadline results in a mark not exceeding 50% for the
assignment in question.

- Similarly, if you fail to reach a passing grade on your assignment and get a “revision”,
which is re-submitted and graded during the examination period of the course (June
2021), the mark on your resubmission will not exceed 50% for the assignment in
question.

Good luck!

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