ASSESSMENT BRIEF Course Code and Title MGMT6013 Managing Informaton System Assessment Assessment 1: Critque and Risk Assessment Report Individual/Group Individual Length 3000 words Learning Outcomes a) Analyse the impact that Informaton Systems has on organisatons and the consequent changes which have occurred to business managerial roles and compettve advantage b) Analyse management informaton systems using a range of analytcal approaches and their impact on business process engineering c) Identfy the elements that combine to form an informaton vision and informaton technology (IT) strategy for an organisaton Submission Flex Students – Due End of Module 3 Online Students - Due End of Module 3 Weightng 50% Total Marks 100 marks Objectves:  Develop innovatve approaches and creatve thinking;  Clearly describe the process used to analyse strategic issues;  Develop awareness of ethical and social consideratons for strategic solutons;  Enhance global perspectves for strategy;  Awareness of ethical and social consideratons for strategic issues;  Assess organisatonal strengths and limitatons. How the assessment fts into the subject/course: Manipulaton and presentaton of data in organisatons is becoming increasingly important in the management of stakeholder expectatons. The assessment in this subject allows students opportunites to explore the role of managing informaton systems, the impact of technological change on the management of informaton. Assessment Linkages of Assessments 1 and 2: Assessment 1 supports student in progressively building knowledge to support in the completon of Assessment 2 where students are asked to consider policy, identfy risk in organisatons taking into account legal, cultural and ethical issues in context. MGMT6013_Assessment 1 brief.docx Page 1 of 6Instructons: Students will investgate and report on IS and IT systems in an organisaton of their choice, identfying risks and proposing mitgaton strategies. Students should: defne informaton systems and discuss its role in the organisaton; use various models presented in the subject to critque the use of informaton systems according to business problems and characterise. Students are expected to use and cite external literature extensively. Students should consider what risk means to the contemporary organisaton and how informaton systems both pose and mitgate risk. The report should include an executve summary (not included in the word count), introducton and conclusion to support their arguments. Output/Deliverable and parameters of the assessment  Students are expected to submit a report consistng of 3000 words for Assessment 1. RESOURCES TO BE PROVIDED:  Access to IS and IT system reports databases  An electronic library and reading guide is provided to all students including a range of etextbooks and journals available through online journal databases including EBSCO. Criteria  Innovatve approach and creatve thinking  Clear descripton of the process used to analyse strategic issues  Ethical and social consideratons for strategic solutons  Global perspectves for strategy  Ethical and social consideratons for strategic issues  Assessment of organisaton’s strengths and limitatons Learning Outcomes  Analyse the impact that Informaton Systems has on organisatons and the consequent changes which have occurred to business managerial roles and compettve advantage due to IS.  Analyse Management informaton systems using a range of analytcal approaches and assess the impact of MIS upon business process engineering.  Identfy the elements that combine to form an informaton vision and informaton technology (IT) strategy for an organisaton. MGMT6013_Assessment 1 brief.docx Page 2 of 6Learning Rubrics Assessment Atributes Fail (Unacceptable) Pass (Functonal) Credit (Profcient) Distncton (Advanced) High Distncton (Exceptonal) Innovatve approach and creatve thinking 20% Analyse the impact that Informaton Systems has on organisatons and the consequent changes which have occurred to business managerial roles and compettve advantage due to IS. Shows limited knowledge of innovaton and demonstrates a preponderance of traditonal thinking. Shows evidence of lateral and creatve thinking. Undertakes trend analysis to inform business. Understands change management principles and processes. Understands change and the impact on business and staff. Advocates and implements contnuous improvement. Communicates the need for change. Supports new ideas, strategies and processes. Understands the role of culture on change. Shows evidence of having sought out new ideas to generate alternatves. Indicates how others will be involved in creatng further innovaton Has a plan for developing individual and team commitment to new solutons. Has a plan for encouraging knowledge sharing. Has undertaken scenario planning. Acknowledges and addresses obstacles. Focuses and fosters internal organisatonal entrepreneurship. Proposes a program to rewards innovaton. Builds the strategic framework to foster innovaton and learning. Has a comprehensive plan to create a learning organisaton. Clear descripton of the process used to analyse strategic issues 20% Neglects key strategic issues or steps in the process used to analyse strategic issues Clearly describes the steps in the process of analysing strategic issues Clearly describes the analysis and elaborates each step of process Identfes key premises of a strategy to analyse issues and elaborate each step in the analytc process Shows innovaton in the process of analysis and elaborates pros and cons considered for each key step of analysis MGMT6013_Assessment 1 brief.docx Page 3 of 6Analyse Management informaton systems using a range of analytcal approaches and assess the impact of MIS upon business process engineering. Ethical and social consideratons for strategic solutons 15% Develop informaton security policies and controls that address potental threats and vulnerabilites and plan for business contnuity, including contnuity during a process of technological change. Lack of recogniton of ethical principles and competng interests. Does not clearly demonstrate moralethical reasoning. Strategies are not based on moral-ethical principles but recognise diversity. Strategies are justfed based on moral-ethical principles and incorporate diversity. Formulates and justfes strategies based on moralethical principles. Conciliates competng interests by identfying ethical issues embodied in them. Uses a clear framework to identfy competng interests and views. Sophistcated understanding of the ethical and moral positons and the need to address cultural difference. Global perspectves for strategy Shows limited knowledge, skill and/or experience in global perspectves. Adequately describes current internatonal business trends and developments. Analyses current internatonal business trends and developments. Analyses differences among developed and developing Considers foreign direct investment, regional economic integraton and the MGMT6013_Assessment 1 brief.docx Page 4 of 615% Identfes objectves and strategies of internatonal business in the context of global competton, including economic analysis of the forces driving internatonal business. countries, cultural differences, internatonal trade policies and insttutons. internatonal monetary system. Elaborates compettve advantage and compettve strategies for internatonal businesses. Ethical and social consideratons for strategic issues 15% Analyse IS for compliance with ethical and legal frameworks, making recommendatons on the use and applicaton of data Difculty in formulatng own opinion and lack of recogniton of ethical principles and competng interests. Does not clearly demonstrate moralethical reasoning. Difculty in justfying conclusions based on moral-ethical principles but recognises different viewpoints. Conclusions are justfed based on moral-ethical principles. Formulates and justfes conclusions based on moral-ethical principles. Can recognise the competng interests in arguments and identfy ethical issues embodied in them. Uses ethical principles to identfy competng interests and views. Sophistcated understanding of the ethical and moral positons. Well-artculated viewpoint based on moral-ethical reasoning. Assessment of organisaton’s strengths and limitatons 15% Identfy the elements that combine to form an informaton vision Neglects one or more elements of a SWOT analysis Completes all elements of a SWOT analysis Elaborates all elements of the SWOT analysis beyond basic requirements Elaborates all elements of the SWOT analysis beyond basic requirements and includes elements of politcal, economic, social and technological factors Demonstrates a sophistcated understanding of each element of the SWOT analysis and integrates PEST analysis factors MGMT6013_Assessment 1 brief.docx Page 5 of 6and informaton technology (IT) strategy for an organisaton. Develop informaton security policies and controls that address potental threats and vulnerabilites and plan for business contnuity, including contnuity during a process of technological change. MGMT6013_Assessment 1 brief.docx Page 6 of 6 .