Information Systems for Business Professionals

COIT20274 Information Systems for Business Professionals

 Assignment 2 Business Report

 Task Description

In this assignment, we would like you to write a business report to provide sound arguments and recommendations to a Case Study organisation. You will demonstrate your research skills and your ability to apply information systems theory.

You may work on this assignment on an individual basis, or in a group of up to three students.

As the CIO of the case study organisation, your brief is to provide your organisation with actionable recommendations. You do this by addressing the Case Study questions from Assignment 1.

Ten References Required

You will also demonstrate your ability to research and use the references found in Assignment 1, plus references from further research.

Please use the references you identified in Assignment 1 plus five more references, making a minimum total of ten references.

Your use of references should incorporate the feedback you received from Assignment 1. For example, if a reference was marked as inappropriate in assignment 1, then that reference should not be used in Assignment 2. Please select a new reference to replace the inappropriate one. Assignment 1 will not be marked again so do not re-submit it – the replacement reference(s) will be marked on its merits in Assignment 2 with no further opportunity to change it.

Your references will be assessed for appropriateness on aspects such as currency, coverage, relevance, authority and objectivity.

Currency: Your references must be current, that is, within the last five years.

Authority: Your references must include at least seven academic (scholarly) references from peer reviewed journals or conference proceedings. All seven academic references must be available in full text from the CQUni Library databases.

Some paper and online sources are not acceptable as reference sources in research tasks. These include printed encyclopaedias, popular magazines, newspapers general

websites such as Wikipedia, and student study sites that publish papers in various study categories.

You may use the following as general references:

Organisational web sites, and Your prescribed textbook.

Report

Please review the ALC’s report writing resources.

Write a 3000-4000 word report that includes the following sections:

Title page including the assignment title, a suitable report title, your name and student number, unit code and name, term and year, name of your tutor,due date, and the date submitted.

Executive Summary: state the purpose of the report, summarise your major findings, conclusions, and explicitly state your specific recommendations.

Place this on its own page.

Introduction: state the purpose of the report, and outline the content of the report.

Summary and Recommendations: brief wrap-up of your major points, and then based on your discussion and analyses, state explicitly what your recommendations are. Use appropriate headings in your report, but do not present your discussion in question/answer format.

Reference List: a complete reference list at the end of the report using Harvard referencing style. Place this on its own page.

Do not discuss hardware and software specifications, such as memory or response times. You must focus on addressing the concerns of management as detailed in the Case Study Questions, in a way that is understandable by non-technical managers.

Make any assumptions that you find necessary; however, be sure to state your assumptions within the report.

There is no single “correct” solution for the report. It is possible for students to make different recommendations. What is crucial is that the argument presented is logical and consistent, and clearly addresses the Case Study Questions.

Other Report Formatting Requirements

Header: assignment title, centred, and page number, right aligned

Footer: student ID and your last name, left aligned, and unit code/term/year, right aligned

The header and footer should start from the page containing the ‘Introduction’ heading. Use section breaks to control this.

Text formatting:  Times New Roman, 12pt., single-spaced.

You may use appropriate emphasis such as bold and italics. Do not underscore any text unless it is a URL.

Paragraph formatting: left aligned, single spaced and 6 pt space after each paragraph.

Page formatting: should be in A4, portrait orientation, with 2.54cm margins. Do not number or bullet-point Headings and Sub-headings.

Use CQUni Harvard Referencing

Use CQUni Harvard referencing style for in-text referencing and for the References List. Check the University’s library web site for links to help with referencing and the CQUni Harvard referencing guide.

Groupwork

You do not need to let your lecturer know if you form a group.

If you work in a group, include a self and peer assessment rating out of ten for each member in your group. You can do this by including a table such as the following in the coversheet of your submission:

	Ming Yen		Serena Smith	Soon Li	Arishma Gupta
Rating		8	10	10	10

When rating yourself and others, try to consider the overall quality of impact of the contributions of each individual. If you do not include ratings, it will be assumed that you rate each member the same.

If your group splits, you need to inform your lecturer and the unit coordinator as soon as possible. All work developed as a group up until that point in time must be emailed to your lecturer and the unit coordinator. You can then continue to complete the assignment separately. Your final mark may be adjusted based on the groups you belonged to.

Assessment Criteria

The following is indicative of the downloadable marking criteria sheet.

	Criterion			Description
	Case Study			Quality, clarity, logic and literature support.
	Questions
					Executive Summary
				An engaging introduction with a clear thesis
Report				Style, grammar & spelling
				Report structure & formatting
Components
					Summary & Recommendations
				Quality and quantity of references (at least seven
					scholarly references)
	Referencing			Meticulous use of CQU Abridged Harvard Referencing Style.
	Mechanics
Groupwork				Your self- and peer-assessment ratings may be used to adjust
adjustment				individual marks.

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