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THE COUNCIL OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES OF JAMAICA

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE

COURSEWORK

SEMESTER ISEPTEMBER 2013

PROGRAMME: BUSNESS STUDIES

COURSE NAME: MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS

CODE: MISS4701

YEAR GROUP:

DATE: October 11, 2013

TIME:

DURATION: 3 WEEKS

EXAMINATION TYPE: COURSEWORK 1GROUP RESEARCH

DUE DATE: NOVEMBER 1, 2013

INSTRUCTIONS: The many case studies in Laudon & Laudon and other textbooks and

magazines are useful and interesting, but nothing is as educational as uncovering the reality of

information systems for yourself. You are required to select and study a real information system

in a local organisation. Ideally, your study should entail visiting/soliciting from organisation andasking people questions about how and for what purposes information and information systems

are used. In a commercial business, information system activities may include activities in such

areas as:


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a. production planningb. production controlc. product developmentd. marketinge.

salesf. accounting

g. payrollh. personnel, and so on.i. In a hospital, it may be such areas as:j. scheduling operating theatresk. managing patient admissionsl. controlling the issue of drugs.m. In a hotel, it could include:n. reservationso. room assignmentp.

scheduling staffq. keeping track of client accounts (lodging, food, bar bills, etc.).

The following questions must be addressed in your research or study:

1. What are the main uses of computer-based systems in this organisation (the main informationsystems)? You can then work out if they are best described as transaction processing

systems, management information systems, decision support systems, etc.

2. For each system identified, what is the main type of data stored on the computer?3. How is the data stored (in a file, a local database, or a shared database, on disc or on tape)?4. For each system, who are the main users, who puts data into the systems and who makes use

of it subsequently?

5. Has the advent of new systems had a significant impact on the organisation have jobs beenlost or gained, have the required skills altered, has the management structure changed?

6. What are the Business strategic objectives? Does the system support these organisations

strategies in a substantial way? How? Are there possibilities to envisage new systems that

would have a significant strategic role?

7. Who designed the systems, wrote the programs, designed the reports and determined whatdata should be stored in the system? Was it done within the organisation, by consultants or

were software packages bought from outside vendors?

8. Are there any external constraints on how the system operates? For example, an accounting

system may have to meet certain legal requirements. There may be government reporting


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requirements. A system that stores information about people may have to conform to data

protection legislation.

9. Does the system require any particular security measures? Are there only a limited number ofauthorised users? How are others kept away?

10. Does the system provide for web-based interaction with customers? How? Technologyused?

11. What would happen if the system were to fail? Is there a back-up procedure? Are safety

copies made of the stored data? Could the organisation function without the particularsystem? If so, for how longminutes, hours, days or months?


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Mark Scheme

Marks TOTAL

Introduction and Overview of

organization

10 10

Content/Information:

All elements of the topics areaddressed.

The information if technicallysound (analysis considerationwell supported by

documentation)

Coherence of Information

35

10

6

51

Organization and Writing Quality:Table of Contents

Abstract

Presentation of Text (Structure,

appropriate font size and style)Page numbering

Free from grammatical and spelling

errors

1

2

3

2

5

13

Teamwork: 5 5

Appendices 3 3

References: (using APA standards)

Scholarly level of referencesSoundness of reference

3 3

TOTAL 85

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