Global Information System

CIS8000 Global Information Systems Strategy

Assignment B

Description Marks out of Wtg(%) Due date

Assignment B (written report) 100 50% Refer to study schedule

CIS8000 Global Information Systems Strategy 3000 words

This written assignment is to be electronically submitted through the EASE system in

the CIS8000 Study Desk. Hardcopy or email submission will NOT be accepted.

Learning objectives

This assignment specifically addresses the following learning objectives of the course:

LO2 Identify and explore contemporary challenges and opportunities in information

systems and to formulate an opinion or judgement and offer possible solutions.

LO3 Demonstrate ability to identify potential opportunities for creative and sustainable

use of information technologies to achieve corporate objectives.

LO4 Demonstrate ability to collaborate with peers to analyse and solve business problems

with information technologies, and present the solution in a team report.

LO5 Demonstrate effective communication by composing writing that communicates

ideas, meaning and/or argument in a format that broadly follows conventions in the

information systems field.

LO6 Apply technology and online skills to locate relevant information for the

assignments, analyse the presented problems and data, and engage in the use of the

resources provided on the USQ web-site.

Option for team submission

Students may choose to either work in a group of 2 students maximum or alone to complete

the assignment. Please don’t ask to work in a larger team; if you wish to find a partner you

can post a note on Study Desk.

You need to register your team with the names and student numbers of both members on the

Team Registration site under Assignment 4 on Study Desk – clearly indicate who the team

leader is who will submit the assignment through EASE. The other member must not submit.

For joint submission, the team should:

 Submit only one set of reports through the EASE system – ie only your Team Leader should submit the report; if the other team member submits then any mark given for that

will be disregarded even if it is higher.

Further details of submission and marking will be posted on Study Desk.

Plagiarism check

You must subject your written assignment to a plagiarism check by the TURNITIN

software prior to its submission in the EASE system. The TURNITIN software can be

indirectly accessed through the Study Desk without the need to provide any login-id or

password. Further details on how you should interpret the TURNITIN results will be posted

in the Study Desk.

No assignment will be marked if it is not accompanied by the TURNITIN summary

report.

CIS8000 Global Information Systems Strategy

Activity A: Journal (maximum 500 words)

Prepare a journal which records your activities and progress related to completing this

assignment. In date order, clearly list the following:

● Date of research activity/discussion/meeting/participants ● Topic researched, discussed or other activity ● Time duration ● Brief description of research activity/discussion – and what tasks each team

member did Submit this journal as an appendix to Activity B.

Activity B: Report to CEO (maximum 2500 words)

Background: This assignment follows on from the previous assignment.

Analysis of business challenges using the management, organisation and technology model

Based on your research for assignment A, identify a set of business challenges that the

organisation might experience in implementing the new wearable technology. Using the

management, organisation and technology model, describe and analyse with justifications

how information systems could provide the answer to these challenges. You should organise

your solution as follows:

 Describe the business challenges with respect to introducing the new technology to manage payroll information

 Analyse these business challenges in terms of: management, organisation and technology

 Summarise the information systems requirements  Describe the IT infrastructure investment requirements in terms of Figure 5-9: The

IT infrastructure ecosystem in p.206 of the textbook (note that not all of the seven components will be relevant to your discussion), and

 Provide a graphical summary of your solution in terms of the management, organisation and technology model.

Marking criteria

You are strongly advised to read the marking criteria carefully before starting on your

assignment. In particular, note the marks allocation for each part and sub-part in Activities.

Ensure that the length of your solution should be commensurate with the allocated marks.

General guidelines for Activity B

 Your submission must be submitted to the CEO as a report in a single document, not an essay. Please note that reports do have subheadings and an appropriate letter of transmittal is required.

 The word count does not include the following: executive summary, letter of transmittal, table of contents, figures, tables, references or appendices.

 The body of the report should be about 2500 words in length and you may lose marks if it varies by more than 10%.

CIS8000 Global Information Systems Strategy

 You must demonstrate additional research from outside the text. Suggestions for other references include other general texts on information systems management, industry journals, periodicals, electronic databases etc. (many of which are available online from the USQ Library at: <http://www.usq.edu.au/library/>.

 Use the Harvard referencing format for in-text references and the reference list. Your references should include at least one web/electronic link but all the references should not be from the web (ie URLs). Refer to chapter 2 (referencing) of the Communication Skills Handbook 3ed. for further details.

 Inappropriate referencing or excessive grammar/spelling errors will incur a penalty. You should refrain from cutting and pasting chunks of materials from the Internet as this will be treated as plagiarism. To avoid any allegation of academic misconduct from unintentional plagiarism from Internet sources it is compulsory that you use the TURNITIN software to check your work before submitting it. Remember TURNITIN may take more than 24 hours to produce the report. There are few other free applications available on the net to check plagiarism and you are allowed to use them as well.

Report formatting instructions

 Major headings should be in upper case, 14 point Times New Roman Bold.  Minor headings should be in lower-case, 12 point Times New Roman Bold.  Body text should be formatted to 12 point, Times New Roman.  Page size should be A4. Allow for a 25 mm margin on both sides of each page, a 25

mm margin at the top of each page and a 25 mm margin at the bottom of each page.  Use single line spacing.  Your assignment should be submitted in one of the following formats:

- Portable Document Format (.pdf).

CIS8000 Global Information Systems Strategy

Marking criteria for Assignment B (CIS8000) You are strongly advised to read the marking criteria carefully before starting on your

assignment.

Marking Criteria Max

Marks

Marks

Obtained

Introduction & project background An appropriate title, details of the author, an agenda and the purpose of the

report should be stated. This should be followed by relevant set of assumptions,

introduction, background information available through the assignment and

those you obtained through your research.

MARKER COMMENTS

7

Depth of business challenges discussed with respect to the new technology

introduction in the organisation

MARKER COMMENTS

20

Quality of analysis of these business challenges in terms of: management,

organisation and technology

MARKER COMMENTS

20

Synthesis of the information systems requirements

MARKER COMMENTS

15

Quality and depth of IT infrastructure investment considerations in terms of

Figure 5-9: The IT infrastructure ecosystem in p.206 of the textbook

MARKER COMMENTS

20

Presentation of your solution in terms of the management, organisation and

technology model.

MARKER COMMENTS

10

Conclusion and recommendations The conclusion should summarise the key points of your report. The

recommendations should highlight the funding sought and a specific course of

action.

MARKER COMMENTS

6

List of references Your list of references should adhere to the Harvard referencing style.

MARKER COMMENTS

2

Total (I) = 100 0.0

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Evidence of plagiarism or collusion

Spelling and grammatical errors

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Late submission (rate indicated in course spec)

Total (II) = (Max. –

100) 0.0

Final marks (I) – (II) = 0.0

OVERALL COMMENTS: