Assignment Cover Sheet

Qualification Module Number and Title

Higher National Diploma in Computing & SEC4102-Business Information Systems
System Development
Student Name & No. Assessor
Mr Viputhanath
Hand out date Submission Date

27/04/2020 12/05/2020
Assessment type Duration/Length of Weighting of Assessment
Assessment Type
Course work 3000 (Group course 70%
work)
Presentation 30%
20 minutes (Group
Presentation)

Learner declaration

I, ………………………………………….<name of the student and registration number>,

certify that the work submitted for this assignment is my own and research sources are fully
acknowledged.

Marks Awarded
First assessor

IV marks

Agreed grade

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 Marks Awarded:

Coursework – Information System for a selected business – 100 Marks

Learning outcomes covered

LO1: Identify the information needs of the organizations and its departments
LO2: Identify and evaluate different information systems for organizational development.
LO3: Recommend the most suitable information system/s to a given context

Scenario and the Task

You are supposed to select and analyze a medium size business which is already using
information systems to handle their business processes. These information systems may be
manual or partially computerized systems. Gather information using requirement gathering
techniques such as interviews, observations, questionnaires, document reviews, web site reviews
and sampling. You are asked to make an analysis with the current information systems. Then
evaluate the system capabilities with the corporate goal of the company. Produce a report based
on the findings and propose an enhanced information system/s for the company.

Students can add any functionality which will enhance the system and make the proposed
solution more comprehensive.

Use Harvard referencing to properly acknowledge all the external sources you use.

Tasks:

1. Identify business objectives of the selected organization and draw an organization structure
diagram. Recognize different managerial levels of the organization. (LO1) (20 Marks)

2. Organizations have different functional areas. Explain the functions of different functional
areas of the selected business organization. Identify and evaluate the information needs of
them. (LO1) (20 Marks)

3. Identify the different types of information systems available in above functional areas of the
selected business organization. Explain the functions available in those Information Systems
which is relevant for organizational development. (LO2) (30 Marks)

4. Evaluate different information systems with pros and cons which can be used to solve
business problems in current context. Identify a business problem from your organization and

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recommend most suitable information system to solve that problem concerning the current
trends in the selected industry. (LO3) (30 Marks)

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Presentation

5. You are supposed to do a 20-minute presentation regarding your selected organization which
is already using information systems to handle their business processes. Further you have to
study about the functional areas and its information needs. In addition, you have to study
about the current information system(s) that it uses for the moment by discussing the pros
and cons of it. It has to be extended to propose an information system/s by considering new
trends.

You have to provide evidences in how you have gather information using requirement gathering
methods such as interviews, observations, questionnaires, document reviews, web site reviews
and etc. (LO1, LO2, LO3) -(100 Marks)

Assessment Criteria

Task-1 contains 20 marks

Criteria Mark Marks obtained by

s the student for the
answer provided
Out
of 20
Poor 0-8
 Identify business objectives and levels of
management of the organization
Satisfactory 8-12
 Explain business objectives and levels of
management of the organization including
organization structure diagram
Good 12-14
 Critically Explain business objectives of the
organization and describe levels of management of
the organization
 Detail organization structure diagram
Excellent 14-20
 Detail discussion on business objectives and levels
of management of the organization
 Well-presented complete organization structure
diagram

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Task-2 contains 20 marks
Marks Marks
obtained by
Criteria the student
Out of 20 for the
answer
provided
Poor
 Identify the functional areas (3)
 Identify the departments (3) 0-8
 Define the information related to the department (3)

Satisfactory
 Explain the functional areas (3)
 Identify the information needs (3) 8-12
 Evaluate the information needs of the department (3)

Good
 Critically explain different functional area
 Explain the information needs 12-14
 Critically evaluate the information needs of the
department
Excellent
 Detail description of different functional area and its
importance to cooperate objective of the organization
 Detail description about the different functional area of 14-20
the selected organization
 Detail evaluation about the information needs of the
departments

Task-3 contains 30 marks

Marks Marks
Criteria obtained by
the student
Out of 30 for the answer
provided
Poor
 Definition of an Information System
 Identify different information systems for
different functional area 0-12
 Identify the functions available in IS

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Satisfactory
 Identify the different types of information systems
 Explain the functions available in those
12-18
Information Systems
 Evaluate the suitability of different information
systems for different functional area
Good

 Explain different types of information systems

 Critically explain the functions available 18-21
 Critically evaluate the suitability of different
information systems for different functional area

Excellent

 Detail discussion on the different information

systems
21-30
 Detail explanation on the functions available
 Detail discussion on the suitability of different
information systems for different functional area

Task-4 contains 30 marks

Criteria Marks Marks
Out of 20 obtained by
the student
for the
answer
provided
Poor 0-8
 Identify different information systems available to
solve the business problems
 Identify how information system help management to
make decisions
 Define a business problem
 Identify latest information system solutions
Satisfactory 8-12
 Analyze different information systems available to
solve the business problems
 Identify business problems from your organization
 Recommend an information system to solve that

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 problem
 Analyze how it will be helpful to produce
information for the management
 Justify your finding by providing valid evidences
Good 12-14
 Critically analyze different information systems
available to solve the business problems
 Critically analyze the business problems from the
organization
 Discuss the recommended solution with the
cooperate objective of the organization
 Discuss the answer with TPS, MIS and DSS
 Explain the findings
Excellent 14-20
 Detail description on analyzed information systems
available to solve the business problems
 Detail discussion on business problems from the
organization
 Critical discussion on recommended solution with the
cooperate objective of the organization
 Detail discussion on the findings
TOTAL 100

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Task-5 contains 100 marks
Marks Marks
Criteria Out of 100 obtained by
the student
for the
answer
provided
Poor 0-40
Delivery
 Holds no eye contact with audience, as entire
report is read from notes.
 Speak in low volume and / or monotonous tone.
Which causes audience to disengage
Content/ Organization
 Does not have grasp of information and cannot
answer questions about subject
 Does not clearly define subject and purpose:
provides weak or no support of subject: gives
insufficient support for ideas or conclusions
Enthusiasm/ Audience Awareness
 Shows no interest in topic presented
 Fails to increase audience understanding of
knowledge of topic

Satisfactory 40-60
Delivery
 Displays minimal eye contact with audience. While
reading mostly from the notes
 Speaks in uneven volume with little or no
inflection
Content/ Organization
 Is uncomfortable with information and is able to
answer only rudimentary questions.
 Attempts to define purpose and subject: provides
weak examples, facts, and /or statistics, which do
not adequately support the subject: includes very
thin data or evidence
Enthusiasm/ Audience Awareness

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  Shows little or mixed feelings about the topic
being presented
 Raises audience understanding and knowledge of
some points

Good 60-70
Delivery
 Consistent use of direct eye contact with audience,
but still returns to notes.
 Speaks with satisfactory variation of volume and
inflection
Content/ Organization
 Is at ease with expected answers to all questions,
without elaboration.
 Has somewhat clear purpose and subject: some
examples, facts, and /or statistics that support the
subject: includes some data or evidence that
supports conclusions.
Enthusiasm/ Audience Awareness
 Shows some enthusiastic feelings about topic
 Raises audience understanding and awareness of
most points

Excellent 70-100
Delivery
 Holds attention of entire audience with the use of
direct eye contact, seldom looking at notes.
 Speak with fluctuation in volume and inflection to
maintain audience interest and emphasize key
points
Content/ Organization
 Demonstrates full knowledge by answering all
class questions with explanations and elaboration
 Provides clear purpose and subject: pertinent
examples, facts, and /or statistics: supports
conclusions /ideas with evidence.
Enthusiasm/ Audience Awareness

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  Demonstrates strong enthusiasm about topic during
entire presentation
 Significantly increases audience understanding and
knowledge of topic: convenience an audience to
recognize the validity and importance of the
subject

TOTAL 100

Report Format:

 Submission format Report

 Paper Size: A4
 Words: 3000 words
 Printing Margins: LHS; RHS: 1 Inch
 Binding Margin: ½ Inch
 Header and Footer: 1 Inch
 Basic Font Size: 12
 Line Spacing: 1.5
 Font Style: Times New Roman
 Referencing should be done strictly using Harvard system

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