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Preparing for the 5G Revolution in Business

EAC594/EAC894CE
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Seneca Polytechnic
Seneca Polytechnic
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Luca Sirianni
Employer Relations Specialist
2
Timeline
  • September 3, 2019
    Experience start
  • June 15, 2019
    Project Scope Meeting
  • December 14, 2019
    Experience end
Experience
1 projects wanted
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any
Sales, Retail, Legal, Banking & finance, Marketing & advertising, Trade & international business, Business & management, Human resources & recruitment
Categories
Leadership Communications Operations Project management Humanities
Skills
innovative and creative thinking collaboaration leadership
Learner goals and capabilities

How will your company respond to the 5G revolution? Students from business programs will analyze how 5G may affect your business sector, organization, or occupation and will report on one (or several) of the following areas:

  • Communication and conferencing
  • Customer service
  • Efficiencies, tasks, and workflow
  • Finances
  • Occupations, employment, and career searches
  • Office usage and remote work
  • Organizational behaviour and mental health
  • Training and on-boarding
  • Transportation, deliveries, and commutes
Learners
Undergraduate
Any level
35 learners
Project
20 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 4
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Students will create a report (equivalent to a 10-page document) that will include a description of how 5G can be used to advantage by your organization. The report may take a number of forms, such as informational, recommendation, problem-solving, proposal. Documentation may be in the form of any of the following types:

  • Formal report
  • Infographic
  • Slide report
  • Visual/oral presentation
  • Visual story
Project timeline
  • September 3, 2019
    Experience start
  • June 15, 2019
    Project Scope Meeting
  • December 14, 2019
    Experience end
Project Examples

What is the 5G Revolution?

5G is the imminent global paradigm shift in wireless standards that will allow devices to connect with each other in rapid and seamless information sharing. Once implemented, 5G networks will increase the speed of data flows and decrease latency or wait time to near real time responsiveness. The changes will be so significant that it is difficult to predict exactly what new businesses, technologies, industries, and services will arise from the implementation of this new technology. With machine to machine communications, 5G within the next 5 years will significantly impact media, workflows, and occupations in all facets of business, agriculture, manufacturing, construction, urban planning, education, transportation, energy, and financial services.

How will this project help you prepare?

Students in human resources, international business, marketing, and transportation and customs programs will present their findings and provide you with relevant information for managing workplace changes resulting from the 5G revolution. They will create a report which will identify and describe company and/or business sector challenges found in outward and inward facing processes relating to workflow, communication, human resources, logistics, and/or finances .

Examples:

  • Students will examine existing communication and workflow (e.g., conferencing, on-boarding, telecommuting, training, etc.) within your company and describe how 5G can increase efficiencies and efficacy
  • Students will examine an existing model within your business sector (e.g., just-in-time transportation) and provide conclusions on how 5G will transform this model
  • Students will review common operations within your organization (e.g., customer service, stock control and delivery) and provide a proposal on how to optimize these processes using IoT

Learn more about 5G and this project by downloading the class information document from this page (click "View Details" to access it).

If you are interesting in this course, but don't have a specific project in mind, simply submit a project proposal that says "Yes, I would like to find out how students can research the impact of 5G on my business." The instructor will work with you to determine the students' project focus.

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.

Be available for a quick phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.

Incentives, prizes, and/or awards (hereafter referred to as “Incentives”) may or may not be offered at the sole discretion of the organization and awarded upon the completion of the project. Instructors will not be involved in any part of the selection, ranking, or awarding of Incentive winners. Organizations that elect to offer Incentives are solely responsible for the screening, selection, awarding, and provision of any Incentives. Seneca College assumes no liability and is not responsible for the selection, ranking, awarding or provision of the Incentives to the winners.