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Data Handling and Decision Making

This document provides an assignment brief for a Data Handling and Decision Making audit essay. Students must [1] analyze methods of auditing data holdings and identifying gaps, [2] critically analyze processes of data manipulation and mining, and [3] utilize and evaluate basic statistical concepts. The assignment requires students to conduct a data audit of an organization, identifying its key data sources and flows, analyzing data integrity gaps, and proposing improvements to streamline decision making. The proposal must address additional data analysis, new data sources, improved data flows, and data protection/ethics.

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Data Handling and Decision Making

This document provides an assignment brief for a Data Handling and Decision Making audit essay. Students must [1] analyze methods of auditing data holdings and identifying gaps, [2] critically analyze processes of data manipulation and mining, and [3] utilize and evaluate basic statistical concepts. The assignment requires students to conduct a data audit of an organization, identifying its key data sources and flows, analyzing data integrity gaps, and proposing improvements to streamline decision making. The proposal must address additional data analysis, new data sources, improved data flows, and data protection/ethics.

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Assignment Brief

As part of the formal assessment for the programme you are required to submit a
Data Handling and Decision Making audit essay. Please refer to your Student
Handbook for full details of the programme assessment scheme and general
information on preparing and submitting assignments.

Learning Outcomes:

After completing the module, you should be able to:

1. Analyse methods of auditing data holdings and gap identification.


2. Critically analyse theoretical and core processes of data manipulation and
mining.
3. Utilise and evaluate basic statistical concepts.
4. Appreciate ethical issues and their importance to data handling and decision
making.
5. Develop a practical ability with data analysis and data mining methods to
analyse and interpret data sets.
6. Make recommendations based upon the findings from data analysis.
7. Graduate Attribute – Effective Communication

Communicate effectively both, verbally and in writing, using a range of media


widely used in relevant professional context.

Maximum word count: 1,000 words


Please note that exceeding the word count by over 10% will result in a reduction in
grade by

the same percentage that the word count is exceeded.


Assignment Task

This assignment is worth 20% of the overall marks for this module.

An audit of the data environment an organisation operates in represents a starting


point in developing a big data analytics framework, and as such, is a key part of data
enabled decision-making at all levels. This audit includes the following processes:

 Identification of major data sources and flows between the organisation and
its stakeholders;
 Formulation of the improvement in data integrity as well as its storing,
processing and reporting mechanisms;
 Recommendations on compliance procedures, specifically, data protection,
privacy and ethical assurance.

The aim of this assignment is to conduct and report on an audit of the data
environment in an organisation of your choice.

NB: Organisation name, other business or stakeholder particulars and any


personally identifiable information can be fully anonymised.

If you are re-sitting this assessment for the first time, you may re-work your
original submission if you wish. However, if this is your third attempt at this
assessment, you must submit a piece of work which is substantially different
from your first two attempts.

Question 1

What are the key sources and flows of data that are collected, processed,
stored and taken into account in the organisation’s decision-making process?
Your response must include:

• A statement of all the current financial and non-financial data the organisation uses
in its decision making.

 An analysis of data integrity and identified gaps.


 A map between business functions and data sources.

(300 words) (30 marks) (LO1)


Question 2

Based on the outcomes of your response to Question 1, a specific proposal must be


developed on a streamlined and more informed decision making based on (a)
additional analysis of the currently observed data, and (b) any extra types of data
that can be retrieved, stored and processed for augmenting the currently available
information. Your response must include:

 Description of data flows between the organisation and all of its stakeholders
identified and ranked in terms of their relevance to strategic, tactical, and
operational decision making.
 An approach to the improvement in data integrity of the proposed data
analytics framework.

• Data protection and ethical assurance requirements.

(700 words) (70 marks) (LOs 1 & 4)

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