Strategic Information Systems (SIS)

Undergraduate 2012 Semester 2 Strategic Information Systems (SIS) module entails one assignment. These have been designed to achieve the learning outcomes of the module and to develop the subject understanding of the student.

SIS Assignment Title:

In this assignment you are expected to show your understanding of the relevance of different concepts and approaches to an organisation of your choice by referring to appropriate literature and real life examples. In this assignment you are asked to:

A. Discuss different uses of an enterprise resource planning system in organisations. Please

refer to IS literature.

B. Investigate the role of information-related strategies in large organisation and any changes
they had to make. Please refer to IS literature.

C. Compare and contrast three IS planning frameworks (Robson, Cassidy, Ward and
Peppard) and highlight their significance in creating an IS strategy in an organisation of your choice.

D. How effective are IS planning tools (such as, IS Applications Portfolio, Boston matrix, Critical
Success Factors, PEST, Porters Five Forces, SWOT, Value chain analysis) in IS planning. Please provide examples and illustrations for each of your answers.
Please make sure that all Figures, tables and diagrams are appended to the back of the assignment and are numbered in a logical way. Refer to these clearly in the text and discuss them as though they were actually within the text. This will expedite our word count when marking your work, as there is a proportionate penalty for over-wording! You are not allowed to exceed 3500 words, although a few extra words will not be a problem.

Lapse Please pay an attention to the marking criteria (attached) that will be used to mark your assignment. The submission date for this assignment is 10th August 2012 before 15.00. Please contact the Chair of Extenuating Circumstances and the Undergraduate Programmes Office if you have extenuating circumstances and cannot submit on time. If an extension is formally agreed, then please let Z.Hussain know via email.

Further notes:
a) Make an early start on your assignment and make a plan for completing the assignment tasks. You will note in the delivery schedule that different sessions can be useful in completing different tasks.

b) Make a shared use of books and return them back to the library as soon as possible. c) Backup your typed work on several drives on regular bases. An extension is unlikely to be granted to anyone claiming to have lost their work through disk failure, printer failure, etc. d) Give relevant real life practical examples that you know about or have read about in the newspapers, books, case studies and/or the Internet. e) Use relevant references throughout the assignment and provide a list of these at the end of the assignment, using Harvard referencing style. The word limit for this assignment is 3500 words. This word limit does not include your references, figures (drawings/diagrams), tables, details on the front cover and appendices. A proportionate penalty applies if you go over the word limit. Please consult the latest edition of the Student Handbook. Count the number of words in the assignment and specify the correct wordage on the coversheet. Note: We check the wordage at the time to marking. Please append all the figures, tables and diagrams to the back of the assignment and refer to them clearly in the assignment body, e.g. please refer to Table 1 in Appendix 1.

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h) Use the following layout guidelines for the whole assignment:

o o o o o o o o Font: Times New Roman Line spacing: single Text size: 11 Margins left and right: 3 cm Margins top and bottom: 3 cm Number the pages + include your UB number in the footer. Left and right margins fully justified Use Harvard referencing style (refer to referencing notes provided on SIS Blackboard site) o You should also include a coversheet at the front of your assignment. Please use the one

provided on the next page. Follow the front cover layout strictly, for example, your surname should be in capital letters and you must include your UB number. Please attach the UoB (blue) coversheet at the back of the assignment. i) Staple or bind (ring or thermal bind) your assignment. Please do not insert your assignment into A4 plastic wallet/pocket, neither keep the pages loose. Email an electronic copy of your assignment as previously directed by the Undergraduate Programmes Office. The assignments will be collected from the submission box exactly at 15.00 by the Undergraduate administration team on the day of submission. A late submission, even by a few minutes will not be accepted. Also note that a large number of students will be trying to print their assignments on the date of submission and the ICT resources will be stretched to their limit. So please try to print at home or give yourself enough time.

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STRATEGIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Student Name: SANDHU, AS, Amarvir UB Number: 08004869 Email address: assandh1@student.bradford.ac.uk

SIS Assignment tasks: A. Discuss different uses of an enterprise resource planning system in organisations. Please
refer to IS literature.

B. Investigate the role of information-related strategies in large organisation and any changes
they had to make. Please refer to IS literature.

C. Compare and contrast three IS planning frameworks (Robson, Cassidy, Ward and
Peppard) and highlight their significance in creating an IS strategy in an organisation of your choice.

D. How effective are IS planning tools (such as, IS Applications Portfolio, Boston matrix, Critical
Success Factors, PEST, Porters Five Forces, SWOT, Value chain analysis) in IS planning.

Tutorial group: Tutorial Time: Tuesday, 10.00am Tutors Name: Dr Zahid Hussain Course: BSc Business and Management Studies No of words in this assignment:

Please tick and sign:

Handed in before the deadline (or in the case of extenuating circumstances, handed in on: ____/____/____ @______pm/am_) Softcopy (disk/CD) attached Wordage properly counted and stated above Its my own work

 Sign: ______________________ Date: __________

Marking Criteria for Strategic Information Systems Supplementary Assignment

Student Names: ___________________________________________UB No: __________________________________________ Group No: _____
C Marks given for:
Understanding of different levels of IS use with reference to ERP.

WEIGHT
Achieved Out of

Fail <39%

>0%-

40 49%
Shows relevant understanding of sub-topic. Provides a very basic analysis of IS use.

50-59%
Shows a sufficient awareness of sub-topic and provides a good discussion. Provides an average analysis of IS use.

60 69%
Shows good awareness of sub-topic and their significance. Provides good analysis of IS use.

> 70% 100%

Shows an excellent insight and understanding of sub-topic and its significance. Also shows its related subtopics. Provides an excellent understanding of IS use.

No attempt, or, shows a vague understanding of IS use.

/ 20

Understanding of the IM, KM and IS strategies, their use and associated change in large organisations.

No attempt, or, shows a vague understanding of three strategies.

Shows a relevant understanding and very basic analysis of three strategies.

/ 20 Critical understanding of IS planning frameworks. No attempt, or, shows a vague understanding of the relationship between IS strategy and IS planning framework. / 20 Shows a relevant understanding and analysis of relationship the between IS strategy and IS planning framework.

Shows a good awareness and provides a good analysis of three strategies and the relationship between them. + A general awareness of strategy development and enforcement aspects. Shows a good awareness and analysis of the relationship between IS strategy and IS planning framework.

Shows a very good awareness and analysis of three strategies and the relationship between them. + A very good awareness of strategy development and enforcement aspects.

Shows an excellent insight and understanding of three strategies and the relationship between them. + An excellent awareness of strategy development and enforcement aspects.

Shows a very good awareness and analysis of most aspects of the relationship between IS strategy and IS planning framework.

Shows an excellent insight and understanding of all aspects of the relationship between IS strategy and IS planning framework.

Understanding of the effectiveness of IS planning tools.

/ 20
Overall explanation and research(from introduction to conclusion).

No attempt, or, shows a vague understanding of the relationship between IS frameworks and planning tools. Has not been attempted, or, shows a vague understanding.

Shows a relevant understanding the relationship between IS frameworks and planning tools.
Provides a relevant integration of sub-topics.

Shows a good awareness and analysis of the relationship between IS frameworks and planning tools. Provides a good integration of sub-topics.

Shows a very good awareness and analysis of the relationship between IS frameworks and planning tools. Provides a very good integration of sub-topics and their significance.

/ 10

Overall presentation and layout (illustrations1, bibliography2 (including intext referencing3), appendices4 and layout5. Sub-Total
(mark - penalty)

5*2= / 10 If over worded ((overall wordage-2000=X/2000*100 = % of Penalty for over wordage: __________ ) __________ Marks) Please note this mark is provisional subject to moderation by examiners

(Upto 2 marks for accomplishing each properly, otherwise marks are halved consecutively) Illustrations1

and

Bibliography2

In-text referencing3

Appendices4

Shows an excellent insight and understanding of the relationship between IS frameworks and planning tools. Provides an excellent integration of sub-topics and their significance. Also shows the related subtopics. Layout5

Final mark

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