Introduction

As part of the formal assessment for the programme you are required to submit an Information Systems in Organisations assignment. Please refer to your Student Handbook for full details of the programme assessment scheme and general information on preparing and submitting assignments.

Learning Outcomes:

After completing the module, you should be able to:

1) Demonstrate an understanding of information needs within different functional areas of organisations.

2) Compare and contrast information systems within different structural and functional areas of organisations.

3) Use information systems to produce management information at middle and senior management levels of organisations.

4) Communicate technical information in language appropriate for the target readership. Graduate attributes:

5) Demonstrate an awareness of legal and ethical issues in the context of information systems.

Drawing a proposal summary with selecting and justifying the choice of a local SME (Small to Medium-sized Enterprise) or job you currently are working at, or a large / global corporation you have researched and are interested in finding more about, you (acting as an IS Consultant) will attempt the following tasks which will research, analyse, evaluate and reflect on the process.

Note: Provide the web address of this organization so that the marker can follow it up and, to add visual appeal, include a screenshot of their home page.

Task 1

Select two different functional areas of the business – Finance, IT, Marketing, Logistics etc. – and carry out research to answer the following:

1. a) Explain and justify the information needs of the two selected functional areas. Ensure you include issues such as the inputs required, outputs generated, and processing activities undertaken for each functional area.
2. b) Compare and contrast the information systems that the two structural and functional areas could make use of to manage the information that they use.

Task 2

1. a) Identify and explain how information systems are used in one of the functional areas you selected in Task 1 to produce management information at middle and senior management levels of the business.
2. b) List and comment on the key technical details of the information system and the business considerations to middle and senior managements of the business.

Task 3

Identify and explain the social and ethical issues are linked to the information system of the business. Does the organisation have a mission, vision and value statement? If so, what is their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy?