Management Information System Project - see guidelines attached Please indicate/advice when responding what company you will be using for this Project.
Management Information System
Project on a Company base in Jamaica
You should identify recently deployed Information System (IS) on a company base in Jamaica and evaluate:
the systems delivery method used
the effects of the deployment of the information system by that organization and analyze the business processes that are impacted by the system
the Information Technology (IT) that supports the IS .
Approach this analysis as if you were a Business Consultant hired by the CEO of the company to undertake the evaluation and provide a professionally prepared report (of no more than 20 double-spaced pages) that contains:
An executive summary
Table of contents
The body of the report, which should include:
Relevant information about the organization’s background (its business, history, performance, competitors, customers, etc.)
The business reasons for acquiring the information system (Management, Organization & Technology factors)
The conversion strategies that were used, justification for selecting them, and the overall effectiveness of the delivery process.
The “Before Scenario”: Describe the system or manual processes that supported the affected business operations before your target information system
The “Current Scenario”: Describe your target system (i.e., describe its components and functionality)
An analysis of the impact of the system by a comparison of IV and V above
List of references
Appendices if necessary.
FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS:
Include appropriate cover page
There should be a table of contents
Executive summary, introduction and conclusion are required
Appropriate headings should be used to properly sectionalize your paper
APA (6th edition) formatting must be used throughout the article, as well as for in-text citation and referencing
There should be no more than 5% similarity in the body of the document
MARKING SCHEME
| Requirements | Explanation | Score and Comments |
| COVER PAGE | As per APA standard | /3 |
| EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | Summarization of the paper so that reader has a full grasp of what the paper covers – should be no longer that one (1) page | /10 |
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | Appropriately placed and properly formatted to reflect all main headings and sub-headings | /4 |
| INTRODUCTION | Define the topic idea and explain the reason for the research, as well as the format the paper will take | /8 |
| STRUCTURE, ORGANIZATION |
| /20 |
| IDEAS, SUPPORT & DEVELOPMENT (EVIDENCE) |
| /30 |
| APPROPRIATE HEADINGS | Paper properly sectioned for flow with headings depicting what is being discussed in each section | /5 |
| CONCLUSION |
| /10 |
| REFERENCE | As per APA standards | /5 |
| PLAGIARISM | 5% or less similarity | /5 |
| TOTAL | 100 |
