FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENT, AND COMPUTING

FACULTY OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS

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Surname(s) HAYFORD Module

No.
First
KARIAH EFUA GTU206CDE
name(s)

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ID (from 0501200002
your student card)

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(hrs) (per student for
group coursework)

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TABLEiOFiCONTENTS
iSECTIONi1......................................................................................................................

PARTi1i.........................................................................................................................

i1.1iREFLECTIVEiDISCUSSIONi...................................................................

i1.2iSKILLSiAUDIT...........................................................................................

iPARTi2i.........................................................................................................................

COVERiLETTER.....................................................................................................

CURRICULUMiVITAE.......................................................................................i

Sectioni2i......................................................................................................................ii

LITERATUREiREVIEWi.......................................................................................i

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iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiSECTIONi1
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiSKILLSiAUDIT,iACTIONiPLAN,iAMDiCAREER-RELATEDiCOLLATERAL

Thisisectionihasibeenigroupediintoitwoi(2)iparts,itheifirstiparticomprisesitheireflectiveidiscussioniofimyi
experience,ievaluationiofiskillsiandiexperiencesibasedionitheidiscussionireflection,iandicareerigoalsiandi
actioniplan.iTheisecondipartiofithisisectionicontainsiallitheiinformationionijob-
relatedicollateral,ithus;icurriculumivitaeiandiaicoveriletterirelatingitoianiaward-
relatedijobiadvertisement.i

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiPARTi1i
1.1iREFLECTIVEiDISCUSSIONi

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMYiEXPERIENCEiOFiBEINGiAiSTUDENTiDATABASEiiADMINISTRATORi.i

Beingiaichild,iIihaditheipassioniforianythingirelatingibusiness.iIiwasiableitoistudyitheicourseibusinessiwh
ileiIiwasiinitheisecondaryischool.iInitheiyeari2019,iIihadimyimatriculationiceremonyitoibeianiofficialistu
dentiofiaigreatiandinobleiuniversityiafteripassingimyisecondaryischooliexamsiinitheiyeari2018.iPursingi
BusinessiInformationiSystemsiwithiai0.05%iunderstandingiofitheicourseiandieveniwhatiitientails.iBut,iaf
terisometimeiIistartedireadingifurtheriandibroaderioniwhatithisiwholeicourseientails.i

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiForimyidesiresiofiadvancingiandibroadenimyiknowledgeiinitheifieldiofibusinessiinformationis
ystem,iattendingitheiuniversityitoigainiaidegreeiwasitheifirstidecisioniIipicked.iIniaicountryilikeiGhana,it
oibeiableitoigetiaiprofessionalijobiinianyiorganizationiofichoice,ioneineedsitoiattainiaicertainiformiofice
rtificateirelatingitoitheiprofessioniofichoice.

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiWheniIistartedischoolingiinitheiuniversity.iIirealizedihowisomeiofimyiseniorsiattendiprojects
ifromidifferenticooperateibodiesiandidifferenticompanies.iIithenifeltiwithinimeithatiIihaveiaistrongitech
nicaliskillitoiboastitoiworkiwith.iEvenithoughiIiwasiattendingiclasses,imyiattentionsibecomeidivided.iIiw
asifocusingimoreionienhancingimyiskillsiandienhanceimyiacademicidroppedipoorly.iAfterirealizingithisiIi

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decideditoimeetimyifriendsiaftericlassitoiteachimeitheithingsiIifoundidifficultiandihelpimeiwithiiiit.iAlso,
iIicreatediaiprivateitimetableiforimyself,ithisihelpedimeiailotitoiputimeibackionitrackigradually.i

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiOnitheiotherihand,iIiwasiableitoipolishicertainiskillsiIidevelopediandiotherinon-
iacademiciworks.iWhereasimyiacademicitoibecomeistable.iBasedionitheseifactsiandiexperienceiIiwouldi
concludeithatiitiisibetteritoiacquireitheirequirediskillsiandibroadeniyouriknowledgeiifimadeipossible,iint
ernshipitoiisialsoianioptioniasiaistudentiifiyouiwantitoiacquireiaicertainicertificateiforiaiparticulariprofes
sionitoibuildiyouriexperience.i

1.2iiiiSKILLSiAUDITi

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiAlthoughigoingithroughidatabaseiadministrationiwasiveryitiring,iIiwasiableitoigainitheiskillsian
diknowledgeiIineedinow.i

Skillsi

• goodiorganizationaliskills
• flexibilityiandiadaptability
• theiabilityitoicreateiandimaintainistrongiworkingirelationshipsiwithicolleaguesiandicustomer
s
• businessiawarenessiandiunderstandingiofibusinessirequirementsiofiIT
• goodicommunication,iteamworkiandinegotiationiskills
• familiarityiwithitheimainidataimanipulationilanguagesianditheiprinciplesiofidatabaseidesign

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iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiPARTi2i

Thisiisisecondisection;iiticomesiwithiaiwell-
iwrittenitargetedicoveriletteriandicurriculumivitaeitoiVodafoneiGhanaibasedioniaijobiadvertisementibyi
them.

CViLAYOUTiANDiCONTENTiINFORMATIONii

iiiiiiiiiTheitargetediCVihasibeenidividediintoicomponents,inamelyitheiheadingiandiaddress,ipersonalistat
ement,ieducationalibackground,iworkiexperience,iskillsiandireferences.iTheiheadingiofitheiCVientails,if
ulliname,icarrierititle,icontactinumber,iemailiaddress,iandimyilocation.iTheipersonalistatementiisiaiveryi
shortiparagraphiwhichitalksiaboutimyicontributionitoigrowingitheicompanyiwithimyivariousiskillsiandie
xperiences.iTheieducationalibackgroundialsoitalksiaboutitheilistioficertificatesiachievediwithitheiridurati
onidates.i

iiiiiiiiiAlsoiunderitheiworkiexperience,iallitheicompanyioricompaniesiIihaveiworkediwithiwillibeilisted.iTh
isicomprisesiofitheicompanyiname,itheitimeiofiservice,itheiroleiIiplayediinitheicompanyiandisomeiachie
vementiIiwasiableitoiacquire.

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiLastly,itheiskillsicomponentientailsiofitheilistiofirequirediskillsifromitheijobiadvertisementithatia
miproficientiwithiandianotheriskillitheitargetedicompanyiwillilookioutifor.

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COVERiLETTERii

KariahiEfuaiHayford,
kariahhayford@gmail.com,
Accra-North,
0241435936.

Mr.iSamueliObeng,iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiSenioriDatabaseiAdministrator,iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiCircle,iAccra,iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiPMBiANi221.iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii25thiiiMayi2022

DeariSir,i

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiAPPLICATIONiFORiiTHEiPOSITIONiOFiDATABASEiADMINISTRATOR.i

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiWithireferenceiforiyouriadvertisementiforiaidatabaseiadministratoriviaijobberman.comian
dialsoiyourimainiwebsite,iIisincerelyiwantitoiexpressimyiinterestiinitheientryileveliasiaidatabaseiadminis
tratoripositioniiniyouricompany,iVodafoneiGhana.i

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiIihaveiaiveryigreatiinterestitoiworkiatiyouricompany,ithisiisibecauseiaftericountlessiresea
rchiaboutidatabaseionidifferentiwebsites,imeijoiningiyouriDatabaseiAdministratoriteamiwillibeioneiofit
heigreatestiopportunitiesiforimeiandiwillibeiaigoodisteppingistoneiforimeitoiexhibitimyiskills.iii

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iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiForitheipasti3iyearsiofibeingiinitheiuniversity,iIihaveibeenienhancingimyicommunicationis
kills,imyitechnicaliskills,imyiflexibilityiandiadaptabilityiandimanyimoreiandiwithimyiexperienceiandikno
wledge,iIibelieveiIicanicontributeieffectivelyitoiyouricompany.i

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiThanksiforiyouriconsiderationianditime,iIilookiforwarditoihearingifromiyouiinidueicourse.iS
houldiyouineedianyimoreiinformation,ikindlyicontactimei0241435936.iIiamiavailableiforianiinterviewian
yimomentifrominow.ii

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiYouriFaithfully,

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiKariaiEfuaiHayford.

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iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiCURRICULUMiVITAEii

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiKARIAiEFUAiHAYFORDi

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiDATABASEiADMINISTRARTORii

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii0241435936,ikariahhayford@gmail.comi

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiAccrai–iNorth.

PERSONALiSTATEMENTi.

Iiwantitoirenderivalue-
iaddediservicesitoiyouricompany,iVodafoneiGhana,ithroughicontinuousilearningiandidevelopment.iToio
btainianientryiintoithisinobleiandireputableicompanyiwithimyiacademicsiandimyiacquirediskills,iIiwould
ilikeitoibeiaipartiofiaigreatiorientediorganizationithaticanitriggerimyiabilitiesiandicompetencyitoifacilitat
eimeitoicontributeigreatlyitoitheiinterestiofitheicompany.

EDUCATIONi

CoventryiUniversityi

Januaryi2020i–iSeptemberi2022

DegreeiiniBSc.iBusinessiInformationiSystemi

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EdinamaniSenioriHighiSchooli

Septemberi2015i–iSeptemberi2017

PresetiPacesettersiSenioriHighiSchooli

Septemberi2017i–iJunei2018i

WASSCEiCertification,iBusinessi

WORKiEXPERIENCEi

MULTIMEDIAiHOUSEi

Octoberi2021i–iDecemberi2021

SKILLS

iiii•iGoodipersonaliorganizationi

iiii•iProficiencyiwithiMySQL,iMongoDBiandiPostgresii

iiii•iGoodiCommunicationiSkillsi

iiii•iiCriticalireasoningiiniproblem-isolvingi

iiii

INTERESTi

•Readingi

•swimmingi

•imusici

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i•Involvingiinicommunityiactivitiesi

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiSectioni2i
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Thisisectionicontainsiofiaifullyiliteratureireview.

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiLITERATUREiREVIEWi

Abstracti

iiiiLotsiofistandsiofiliteratureireviewsiaimitoidiscussitheiimpact,ieffectiveness,ioriusefulnessiofitheiprofe
ssionaliandiethicalistandardsiaboutinumerousiprofessions.iThisireviewiwillidiscussisomeirelevantiideasit
oitheiimpactiofiethicalistandardsiinitheifieldiofisoftwareiengineeringiwhichiwasidesignibyitheiIEEE-
CSi(InstituteiofiElectricaliandiElectronicsiEngineersiComputeriSociety).iHowever,ithisireviewisuggestsith
atiinabilityitoienforceitheicodeiofiethicsiiniaisoftwareiengineeringiorganizationiisiailiability.i

Introduction

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iiiiiiSoftwareiengineeringiisiaisystematic,idisciplined,iquantifiableiapproachitoitheidevelopment,ioperati
on,iandimaintenanceiofisoftwarei(DonaldiGotterban,i2000).iSoftwareiisioneiofitheifast-
growingiprofessionsidueitoiitsihighitechnologicaliinfluenceionitheienvironment.iDueitoiitsihighidemandi
toitheigeneralipublic,iitsiethicalistandardsioriobligationsiwereibecomingiaiheadache.iTheiIEEE-
CSiisiaiprofessionalisourceiunderitheiIEEEitoiprovideiinspiration,iinformation,iandicollaborationiinicomp
uteriscienceiandiengineeri(IEEE-CS,i2021).iSo,itheiIEEE-
CSiandiotheriprofessionalicomputingibodiesirefineditheiricodeiofiethicsi[iaiguilditoihelpiprofessionalsip
erformibusinessiwithiintegrityiandihonestyi(AdamiHayes,i2021)].

Discussioni

iiiiiThereiareiseveralicooperativeiorganizationsiacrossitheiworldiwhichidealsiwithisoftwareiengineeringis
ervicesiandiwouldiensureithatialliprincipleioristandardsiareiobeyediorirespected.iTheienforcementiofith
isiprincipleihasisomeiimpactsionitheiorganization,isomeiofitheseiimpactsiare;

iiiiiiiiiiiiiIncreaseiinitheihonestyianditrustworthinessiofisoftwareiengineersiinitheiorganizationiwheniethi
caliconductiisiobeyed.iTheithirdigeneraliethicaliprincipleiofitheiACMiexplainsithatiprofessionalsi(softwar
eiengineers)iwillibeitransparentiiniprovidingiaifullideclarationiofiallirelevanticapabilitiesiofiaisystem,ipot
entialiproblems,iandilimitationsitoiorganizationaliclientsi(ACM,i2018).

Increaseiinitheirecommendationifromiclientsiandiemployers.iSoftwareiengineersishalliactiiniaiwayithatir
esultsiinitheiinterestiofitheiriclientiandiemployeri(IEEEi1999).iSoftwareiengineersimayienjoyirecommen
dationsifromibothiclientsiandiemployersiwheniethicaliconductiandiwellienforced

Summaryi

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Professionaliandiethicalistandardiplaysianiimportantiroleiinialliprofessionalismsiandiorganizations.iTheis
oftwareiengineeringienvironmentiisioneiofitheiprofessionsiwhichineeditoiensureithat,itheicodeioficond
uctiprovidedibyitheiIEEE-
CSiisienforcediandieffective,iirrespectiveiofitheiprojectiatihand.iTakingithisicodeioficonductiintoiconside
rationiwilliincreaseihonestyianditrustworthiness,iincreaseiorganizationaliproductivity,iriseiinirecommen
dationsifromiclientsiandiemployers,iandialsoibettermentiofisoftwareimanagementiandiintegrity.iLastly,i
theseiprofessionalicodesioficonductishouldibeitaughtiinivariousischoolsiunderitheidepartmentioficomp
utingitoimakeisureithatitheinextigenerationiofisoftwareiengineersiareiwellivestediwithiit.

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