ISY2007: Management Information Systems - Information System Assignment

Internal Code: MAS3457

Information System Assignment:

Questions: 1)  Identify a business that has recently experienced challenges/issues or taken advantage of opportunities related to information systems/technology management from any newspaper or journal published in the last ten years. 2) The content of the report must indicate a sound knowledge of the use, and impact, of information systems within the researched organization. 3) You will complete a case study of an enterprise that has recently experienced issues related to information systems/technology management. You are required to conduct an audit of the management information systems used in a selected enterprise. You will analyse the enterprise’s management information systems in terms of Porter's competitive forces model. Describe how the MIS system(s) are used to help the organisation/firm gain a strategic or competitive advantage in the industry. 4) Your report should be a synthesis of ideas researched from a variety of sources and expressed in your own words. It should be written in clear English, and be submitted both at the end of the lecture in week 10 in electronic format as a Word document. This electronic file will be checked using Turnitin for any evidence of plagiarism. You are expected to use references in the normal Harvard referencing style. A cover sheet should be attached to the hard copy confirming that the work is solely your own.