ASSIGNMENT 1 INF80042 TECHNOLOGY ESSENTIALS FOR MANAGERS Page 1 of 3 Technology Awareness Assessment Structure: Portfolio/Report Individual or Group: Individual Learning outcomes assessed: This assessment task is designed to test your achievement of learning outcomes 1 & 2 Word limit: 2000 words +/- 10% Weighting: This assessment task contributes 20% to your final grade Due Date & Submission: This assessment is due by: By 11.59 pm(EST), 19/3/2017 end of week 3. This assessment task must be submitted inside the Assessment 1 submission link on the Blackboard site. Task details: This assessment is to raise your level of awareness of technology. Organisations are constantly trying to improve their internal processes, products, and services. Exploiting technology is an obvious way of doing this. Business operations, products, services and even the structure of the organisation could change by the introduction of new technologies. One definition of ‘technology’ provided in Week 1 was: “…the knowledge, products, processes, tools, and systems used in the creation of goods or in the provision of services”. Your task for this assignment is to research the different components of technology mentioned in the definition and describe different examples of those components. For example, you may wish to describe a piece of hardware (iPhone), a software application (an ‘App’) and a process (Radio frequency Identification RFID). Your Portfolio/Report should include an Introduction, Description of your three selected technology components and a Conclusion. Each example should have approximately 500 words of description of the technology component and be supported by relevant images and website links. Referencing You must use the Harvard Referencing style throughout your assessment and include an accurate reference list at the end of the assessment. Submission Requirements  Assessments must be submitted via the Blackboard unit site through the ‘Assessments’ facility.  Do not email the assessment to either the convenor or tutor unless you are unable to submit the assessment item through Blackboard.  Keep a MS Word backup of your Portfolio/Report submissions. If your assessment goes astray, whether your fault or ours, you will be required to re-produce it.  It is expected that all work submitted, will have been edited for spelling, grammar and clarity.  The word count does not include references or appendices. Marking RubricASSIGNMENT 1 INF80042 TECHNOLOGY ESSENTIALS FOR MANAGERS Page 2 of 3 Grades Depth and Breadth Critical Analysis Conventions High Distinction 80 - 100% All of the question was addressed and appropriately researched in great depth Great depth of analysis, evaluation and interpretation. Evidence of deep and broad understanding All components conform to high academic / professional standards Distinction 70 – 79% Most of the question was addressed and appropriately researched in great depth Evidence of analysis, evaluation and interpretation Most components conform to high academic / professional standards Credit 60 – 69% Most of the question was addressed and mostly researched appropriately Some evidence of elementary analysis and evaluation Most components conform to acceptable academic / professional standards Pass 50 – 59 % Basic components of the question were addressed and mostly researched appropriately Descriptive and/or summary Key concepts understood Basic structure Expressed in own words Fail < 50% Superficial and/or inadequate addressing of question Limited / poor understanding of key concepts Poor structure and/or lack of clarity and /or using the words of others Adapted from Vardi, E 2012 Effective feedback for student learning in higher education. Milperra, NSW: Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia. p. 29. Extensions and Late Submission Please reread the section on Extensions and Late Submission that can be found in the Unit Outline. Extension requests must be directed to the unit convenor, using the Application for an Extension for a piece of Assessment form, available in the Blackboard site. Late submission of an assessment will result in a late penalty being applied as required by Swinburne University assessment guidelines. Plagiarism Please reread the section on plagiarism that can be found in the Unit Outline. Any evidence of plagiarism will result in a Fail. Collaborative discussion with other participants in the unit around concepts and additional examples is highly recommended, but don’t copy. Assessment HelpASSIGNMENT 1 INF80042 TECHNOLOGY ESSENTIALS FOR MANAGERS Page 3 of 3 If you have any queries or concerns you may discuss it with the convenor and/or tutor in class IT Technical Help Technical assistance on any IT related issues can be obtained from the Swinburne Service Desk (03) 9214 5000.