organizational analyses 2500 Problem Solving Case Study and Proposal Report
Organisational Analysis Organisations as Systems of Rationality
Tutorial Guide
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Business Analysts
Managers need to communicate to a variety of people, clients, stakeholders, engineers, HR……..
Is learning to understand different perspectives crucial?
Would you put this in your own CV?
How would you prove you are a good business analyst?
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Critical Discussion of Readings
Have you read the paper - “The Four Paradigms of Information Systems Development”
What is described?
Which are the four ……?
What are the roles described?
How would these map to the rationales described in the lecture?
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Systems Analysis
Why are systems failures attributed to analysis problems?
How would you describe the business domain?
What can you achieve by treating the business using tools of rationality?
Why rationality in the first place?
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Analysts as Systems Experts
Ashworth, C. M. (1988). Structured Systems Analysis and Design Method (SSADM). Information and Software Technology, 30(3), pp. 153-163.
Identify what systems experts do.
What are the stages of design?
Can you perform a project management role?
Can you manage systems experts?
Do you understand enough to know what systems experts will advise you on?
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Assignment
Form Groups for Assignment 2
Observe your colleagues
Who would you want in your team?
Which team would you want to be in?
Would you make friends or….?
Critically think about your own attitudes towards your own learning and future
Discuss the Assignment
Have you downloaded the readings?
Do you know how to download the readings?
Have you read the readings?
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The Role of Analysts
What roles do analysts perform according to the first rationale or perspective?
How would they gather data?
How would they interpret data?
How would they present their findings?
What assumptions about their findings would they make?
How would they defend their assumptions?
How would they defend their findings?
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