DT249 Information Systems in Organisations
Assignment:
Information Systems in Practice
Date of Submission: Tue 11th November 2014
The objective of this assignment is to look at Management Information Systems to
identify the present and leading edge of Management Information Systems in
organisations.
In this course module you are focusing on the management of Information Systems,
how they are established and operated in organisations.
The assignment will be delivered in the following (report) format;
o Cover Page with the usual information; your name, student number, module
title, course code, course title, assignment title.
o An introduction explaining the main sections of the report.
o A review of the research you identified relevant to your topics - did you look
at websites, white papers, books, etc.
o Information on current course topics in relation to an Information System.
o A reflective section where you discuss how long it took you to complete the
project and what you thought of it.
o Concluding remarks.
Submission of Assignment:
You are required to either submit electronically or hand in a hard copy of your
assignment on or before the due date. Please sign the group name list at one of the
Tuesday evening lectures to confirm submission.
To submit electronically:
e-mail to Art.Sloan@dit.ie
with the following subject heading "DT249/1 Assignment – Info Systems in Orgs"
1
Systems For Organisations
Below are some topics that are concerned with the use of Information Systems in
business; in this exercise you need to choose any three topics of the eleven below –
then write between 250 words and 350 words on each of the three topics in relation
to an organisation with which you are familiar or one or more that you have studies
among the literature (books, journals, internet).
If you feel that you are not in a position to observe an organisational information
system then you might choose to cite examples from books, academic publications or
the internet: e.g. case studies.
Questions to consider – for example – in relation to this task are:
 What levels of management exist and over how many departments?
 Is the management structure subject to change?
 How do the IT systems manage organisational data/information?
 How are the Information Systems integrated? (If they are)
There are many other issues that relate to information systems in orgaisations that you
might want to include instead.
Here are the eleven subheadings that you might choose three from:
1. The structure of organisations
2. Models of Information Systems and organisational departments
3. Strategies for business and Information Systems
4. Modelling Information Systems concepts
5. Information Systems applications
6. Selection and acquisition of Information Systems
7. Building Information Systems
8. Managing the operation of Information Systems
9. Information Systems security
10. Information Technology legality, e.g. regulation and compliance
11. Interacting with computers, e.g. user interface, training
Marks awarded based on relevance, quality, and creativeness.
2
Word Count:
Quantity is not a big issue and quality always leads the scores, but you might use a
word count of around 1,000 – 1,200 words as a guide to what is normally expected for
these sorts of assignment.
Marks Allocation:
Introduction
(0-20)
Main Section
(0-60)
Conclusions/Quality
(0-20)
Total as
%
Factorised Total
0-30%
Please enjoy this assessment of work! Thanks!
Art
3