Management Information Systems

COURSE CODE: BCO216MIS COURSE NAME: Management of Information Systems Task brief & rubrics

Task

Mowoot is a startup company that develops and manufactures and sells a medical device for chronical constipation. They a huge market worldwide, and recently they have the authorization of health authorities (EMA and FDA) to sell their product in all European countries and in USA. The business will increase its operations exponentially, and therefore, all the areas of the company need to adapt very quickly to the new scenario. Nowadays, the company has this areas or departments as critical to face the challenge: Marketing and Sales, Production, and Financial.

From every department of those recognized as critical, you must identify their needs in terms of Information Systems. Once these needs have been identified, you have to describe your proposal of information systems infrastructure and data management, to solve the needs of the company.

Your proposal must clarify the value that it brings to the business in two assumptions. First, the implementation of the information systems for the 3 initial business areas (Marketing and Sales, Production, and Financial). Second, the implementation of the additional information systems needed by the rest of the company (Human Resources, Legal, Quality, and IT).

Details of the task

• Individual • The expected table of contents should include the analysis of the situation, the proposal of the initial implementation, and the proposal for the

extension of additional business areas • The deliverable is a document, with all the figures you consider necessary, in pdf format

Formalities:

• Wordcount: aprox. 1.500 words • Cover, Table of Contents, References and Appendix are excluded of the total wordcount. • Font: Arial 12,5 pts. • Text alignment: Justified. • The in-text References and the Bibliography have to be in Harvard’s citation style.

Submission: Week 5 – Via Moodle (Turnitin) – Deadline: Sunday 31/10/2021 23:59 CEST.

Weight: This task is a 30% of your total grade for this subject.

It assesses the following learning outcomes:

• Outcome 1: understand what information systems and its main components is. • Outcome 2: distinguish between the main types of information systems and innovative methods of reducing costs and improving service through

management information systems.

Rubrics

Exceptional 90-100 Good 80-89 Fair 70-79 Marginal fail 60-69 Knowledge &

Understanding (20%)

Student demonstrates excellent understanding of key concepts and uses vocabulary in an entirely appropriate manner.

Student demonstrates good understanding of the task and mentions some relevant concepts and demonstrates use of the relevant vocabulary.

Student understands the task and provides minimum theory and/or some use of vocabulary.

Student understands the task and attempts to answer the question but does not mention key concepts or uses minimum amount of relevant vocabulary.

Application (30%) Student applies fully relevant knowledge from the topics delivered in class.

Student applies mostly relevant knowledge from the topics delivered in class.

Student applies some relevant knowledge from the topics delivered in class. Misunderstanding may be evident.

Student applies little relevant knowledge from the topics delivered in class. Misunderstands are evident.

Critical Thinking (30%)

Student critically assesses in excellent ways, drawing outstanding conclusions from relevant authors.

Student critically assesses in good ways, drawing conclusions from relevant authors and references.

Student provides some insights but stays on the surface of the topic. References may not be relevant.

Student makes little or none critical thinking insights, does not quote appropriate authors, and does not provide valid sources.

Communication (20%)

Student communicates their ideas extremely clearly and concisely, respecting word count, grammar and spellcheck

Student communicates their ideas clearly and concisely, respecting word count, grammar and spellcheck

Student communicates their ideas with some clarity and concision. It may be slightly over or under the wordcount limit. Some misspelling errors may be evident.

Student communicates their ideas in a somewhat unclear and unconcise way. Does not reach or does exceed wordcount excessively and misspelling errors are evident.