Managing Information Systems

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Managing Information Systems
Coursework
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Coursework

• Select a publicly quoted company, and using your
  research skills, evaluate how they use
  information systems (IS) in their business model.
  You should look at how they have used IS in the
  past, how they use it now and formulate some
  ideas as to how you think they should use IS in
  the future.

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Submission

• The results of your researches should be
  presented in a report of NO MORE than 5,000 words
  due 500pm Thursday 26th May 2005. The report and
  the research should be A GROUP WORK and all your
  own work with appropriate referencing. When
  writing your report please bear in mind the
  topics covered in the course and make sure that
  your report addresses all those that are
  applicable.
• You are also required to make a powerpoint
  presentation of 10 minutes each on the 27th.

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Assessment Criteria

• The report will be marked according to the
  following criteria
• Research (20 marks)
• Reference to course topics (20 marks)
• Analysis (30 marks)
• Report (20 marks)
• Presentation skills (10 marks)

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Example Organisations

• What example organisations have you got?

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FAQs

• What is a publicly quoted company?
• Any one in which information is available (on the
  web, for example)
• Not a small company that it is impossible to
  determine if they exist or not
• Nearly all companies have a web presence

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Example Systems

• What example Information Systems have you got?

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FAQs

• What Information Systems should I look at?
• What IS is currently in use and how they fit into
  business model
• How company operated in the past
• Attempt to evaluate the effectiveness of their IS
• Future considerations how should they change?
• Either
• Briefly look at all IS in the company
• Or
• Focus on one IS in depth

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Example Sources

• What example information sources have you got?

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FAQs

• How do I find information?
• Web sites
• Academic institutions
• Text books
• Business publications
• Professional publications
• Case studies
• Interviews

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Example Topics

• What course topics are you going to look at?

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FAQs

• How do I relate my research to the course?
• What types of IS are you investigating?
• How do they relate to the organisation and
  business processes / functions
• How do they relate to the ideals of IS?
• Implementation and management
• Cost of ownership
• Security
• Are they justified?

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Example

• Samsonite Europe NV1
• Improvements in sales force efficiency
• Problems with too much paper
• Solution?
• Implement an Information System
• Pen-based computing

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Example

• What to include?
• Background to company
• Reason for change
• Existing practice business processes
• What other IS are used by the company?
• How do IS relate together across functional and
  managerial areas?

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Example

• What to include?
• How change was implemented
• New practice modified business processes
• Evaluation of change is it more efficient?
• The future is more change required, if so what?

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Example

• What to include?
• How information was obtained
• References to all material
• Individual work
• Maximum 5,000 words
• Presentation max 8-10 slides.