Assignment title: Information


Task: Analyse and critique two current journal articles relating to information governance. The choice of articles is yours; however please ensure that these articles have Information Values and IS Risks, Guidelines for IS Auditing, Information Auditing Process and Management, IS Governance – Planning & Management. In detail journal article should contain and cover most of the topic listed below. • Governance & IT Governance • Information Governance Aims and Objectives • Information Governance Scope • Standards and Legislations • Information and Knowledge • Information Quality • Threats to Information • Risk Management • Audit Fundamentals • Audit Process • Types of Audit • Audit Planning Process • Structure of the Audit Plan • Elements of an Audit Plan • Audit Staffing • Application Audit Tools • Computer Assisted Audit Solutions • Test Transaction Techniques • Audit Reporting • Types of Follow-up Actions • IS Infrastructure Management • IT/IS Control • Management of Information Resources • IT Project Management • IT Project Lifecycles – Waterfall & Vee • Operational & Technical Support • IS Strategic Planning • Strategic Management • Strategic Drivers • Business Process Re-engineering Motivation • IS as an Enabler of Re-engineering • Information Resource Management • Strategic Planning for IS • Issues • Privacy • Copyrights, Trademarks, and Patents • Ethics Please provide the complete references of the articles in your assignment using correct Harvard citation styles. For this assignment, you are required to: 1. Provide an abstract or annotation of no more than 50 words of the reading. That will be given a subheading of "annotation." Going over the word count by more than 10 words will cause a deduction in the mark. 2. Critically analyse the content of each article, whereby you must make informed comments on the content of the article that you are reviewing by comparing the main points raised in the article with the ideas, research findings, and opinions of other authors who have published in the area that is under review. Definition of some key words Annotation: give explanatory notes on the article Compare: look for similarities and differences between propositions. Critically analyse: showing the essence of something, by breaking it down into components, and critically examining each in detail. Your judgment about the merit of each part is given and supported by a discussion of the evidence. Review: examining the subject critically not descriptively. Summary (of the contents): give a concise account of the chief points or substance of the matter, omitting details and examples. If there are paraphrasing or direct quotations of the articles that are under review, please provide an in-text citation. All other authors or materials that are used that are quoted or paraphrased should be cited and then placed in a reference list. Length and presentation: Maximum of 1100 words is for this assignment excluding figures, appendices, and references. Please remember that grammar, spelling, and citation style count. So prior to turning in your assignment please proofread it. Format In general, this assignment is presented in essay format that is logically divided in to four sections, i.e. annotation, introduction, analysis, and conclusion. Please note that it is inappropriate to present your assignment in dot point form. For this assignment, you could write one long review that integrates, compares, and contrasts the two articles rather than two separate reviews.