Select an organization of your choice representing manufacturing and services sectors. (Eg: Manufacturing: Textiles, Toys, Food and beverages etc. Services: Banking, Ticketing, Hotel industry, etc.) Task 1: Information needs of different functional areas 1.1 Identify and evaluate the information needs of the different functional areas of the selected organization (LO 1.1) 1.2 Evaluate the suitability of information systems for each of the different functional areas identified above (LO 2.3) Learners are encouraged to concentrate on M1 and D3 in order to achieve distinction and merit grade descriptors when addressing the above tasks. Task 2: Different types of Information systems and their uses 2.1 Describe different types of information systems used the organization selected above (LO 2.1) 2.2 Investigate the current trends in using information system applications to solve business problems in three functional areas of the selected organization (Eg: HR, Marketing, Sales etc.) (LO 2.2) Learners are encouraged to concentrate on M2, M3 and D1 in order to achieve distinction and merit grade descriptors when addressing the above tasks. Task 3: Use of information systems to generate productive results 3.1 Use an information system to generate valid, accurate and useful information for a business problem identified in task 2.2. (LO 3.1) 3.2 Evaluate the alternative methods of solving the business problem discussed in task 3.1 (LO 3.2)