1.Produce a report then 2. Develop and demonstrate a website

Section A: Learning Outcomes (LO) to be assessed

· To be completed by the lecturer from the DMD. Please include with the assessment brief and post a copy onto Moodle. Add in more rows if necessary.

LO	LO Description	Comment on LO attainment	LO Achieved: Yes/No
A4	The adoption of Internet technology for use as a business resource.
A5	The difference between data, information and knowledge, and their individual business value.
A8	The role of information systems in supporting decision-making throughout the organisation
A10	The role of business information systems within the organisation
B2	Understand and evaluate the various factors that relate to the business adoption of business information systems
C2	Ability to use software application packages to create artefacts relevant to business communications.
D2	Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing

Section B: ILSC Study Skills Incorporated and Tested

Skills	Yes/No	Comments
Personal Development (Self-reflection, responding to feedback)	Yes	Students will demonstrate their website and then based on the feedback can make the changes and submit the final website for marking
Presentation Skills	Yes	Students have to demonstrate the website in week 9
Listening Skills	No
Self - Directed Study	Yes	Student have to do research
Writing Skills (Accuracy, Coherence)	Yes	Students have to write a report where their writing skills will be assessed
Analysis and Problem Solving	Yes	Students have to analyse the case study and then propose a solution
Planning Aspects (Structure, Content Development)	Yes	Students need to have a proper structure of the report and the content should be well organised
Working with Others	No	It’s an individual piece of work

The Case Study

Figura Leisure Centre (FLC) was established in 1989 by converting an old hospital. FLC provides a room space for the community which is visited by nearly 100, 000 people every year. Centre contains a fitness gym, school nursery and several offices for the local charities and is visited by several groups who runs their personal or activities for the community.

Centre is run by a small management committee which is formed of volunteer trustees of the association and works directly with the local city council. Management volunteers are drawn from the local community and are responsible for the development of the centre. FLC mission is to provide affordable high-quality comfort to the visitors and their customers are from the different sections of the society. The centre has been enjoying an enviable reputation for the quality and comfort of its rooms and customer service support due to the dedication of its staff. The FLC competitive strategy has been to ensure the utmost satisfaction of their customers from a policy of continuous monitoring by management staff. This has not gone unnoticed by customers wishing to have an excellent place to organise their activities i.e. birthday parties, wedding receptions, yoga and Pilates classes, karate, basketball and football games, etc, and there has been no problem in attracting customers.

The centre, having no website, promotes itself by way of flyers, local newspaper and magazine advertising, and ‘word-of-mouth’. Most of their work is still taken manually and the management committee have felt that most of their rooms and facilities were not in use throughout the day, thus, they are loosing revenue. Several people works in the centre on the rota basis and the staff don’t get to see each other unless there is a social gathering or a staff meeting. Due to the lack of communication between the staff several problems arises in the centre to deal with the customers queries. At the same time centre staff having a problem to chase the customers to make the payment.

Management committee have heard about new innovative technology ‘cloud’ which is helping the traditional business world. They have find out that cloud computing is the fastest

growing form of computing and according to Gartner the worldwide public cloud service market will grow from $182 billion in 2018 to $331.2 billion in 2022. See the figure below:

Management has realised that with the cloud technology the centre can solve their problems and provide better service to their customers and improve the occupancy rate to increase the revenue.

Management have decided to use cloud based SaaS (Software as a Service) based business information system, for example, management information system, customer management system, accounting information system, etc, which can be used to analyse their customers patterns to offer them better deals and attract more customers in the off peak time.

Management have approached a number of consultants, to find out the right SaaS system for the centre and identify the benefits, challenges for adopting the SaaS based system with the approaches to minimise the impact of challenges you have identified. They have requested that the tender be in the form of an oral/visual presentation and written report.

The Tasks

There are tasks to be completed:

1. You are required to produce a report of approximately 2,000 words (excluding appendices) which should include:

2a. Write an introduction, which is expected to be a simple and brief overview of what you are discussing in your document. (5 Marks)

2b. In the context of cloud computing provide a definition of the term “Software as a Service (SaaS)” drawn from research using articles/journals. (10 Marks)

2c. Discuss two key benefits for Figura Leisure Centre for adopting cloud-based SaaS model for the type of information system (for example, accounting information system, management information systems, CRM, etc) you have identified. Your answer should be supported by articles/journals from your research. (10 Marks)

2d. Identify three key challenges associated with introducing cloud-based information

system relating to the business information system you have identified in part 5a. (15

Marks)

2e. For each of the three key challenges identified in part 5b, use supporting evidence

from your research to analyse three key measures/approaches that minimise the impact

of the challenges you have identified. (15 Marks)

2f. Use of relevant structure, spelling, grammar and APA 7 referencing (5 Marks)

For APA 7 referencing style see the below link   https://library.port.ac.uk/w165.html  

2. Develop and demonstrate a website which encapsulates the essence of the centre and provides an attractive resource for the promotion of the leisure centre to potential customers. Your website should contain a home page which provides links to at least four further pages each of which will contain more specific information about an aspect of Figura Leisure Centre rooms’ tariff, facilities, groups and way to book the rooms.

Website should be made by using HTML. No marks will be awarded if any software tool is used to build the website. Breakdown of the demo and the website are given in the last page of the assignment brief.

Important: there are penalties for failing to meet the deadlines shown in the Proposal Deadlines section below. It is your responsibility to ensure these deadlines are met.

Proposal Deadlines

Submit the following deliverables by the deadlines shown.

Deliverable 1:

Deadline: 1600 hrs (4pm) Friday, 5th March, 2021

The following items must be uploaded to Moodle by the above deadline:

1. Logo and motto.

Deliverable 2:

Deadline: 1600 hrs (4pm) Friday, 9th April, 2021:

A file containing your report and ‘zipped’ website file uploaded to Moodle.

NOTE: You must follow the ICP House Style attached for your report.

For late submissions marks will be capped as per ICP policies.

Notes on Tasks

Please note that the nature of this assessment makes anonymous marking impossible.

In addition to the knowledge acquired in the BIS module, you should draw on knowledge gained in other modules of the course, for example: study skills, marketing, organisational behaviour, accounting/finance, etc.

Course book

Bocij, P. Greasley, A. & Hickie, S., 2008, Business Information Systems, 4th Edition. FT Prentice Hall (ISBN: 9780273716624).

Marking Criteria

The demonstration and supporting documentation will be assessed according to the general criteria shown below:

Mark	Characteristics of the work
0 – 29% (Fail)	No serious attempt to address the task, and/or shows a serious misunderstanding of the requirements. Acutely deficient in all respects.
30 – 39% (Fail)	Attempts to address the task but is substantially incomplete and deficient.
40 – 49%	Adequate work that attempts to focus on and show basic grasp of the task but is limited in range.
50 – 59%	A solid piece of work. Meets the basic requirements of the task and makes some attempt to go beyond them.
60 – 69%	Very good work. Tackles the task in a thorough, thoughtful, competent manner with few errors or gaps in content, explanation or accuracy. Well-presented and clearly written.
70% +	Excellent work showing some originality or creativity. Shows evidence of considerable research

Marks awarded:

· Website 30%

· Report 60%