Management Information System

SBS – MBA
Assignment – 2023
STUDENT ID

UNIT TITLE:

NAME (in Full):

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

• All assignments are to be submitted on 25th August 2023 on https://lms.atmsstudentgateway.com/

• Any Assignment submission extension request must come to Azra Fatima (Head: Examination |
Academic) [email protected] 5 days before the date of submission with a valid reason and supported documentary
evidence.

• APA 7th edition referencing guidelines needs to be followed.

• Similarity between student’s work is strictly not accepted, any student found with similar work will be graded Zero and
fail for the course. However, Plagiarism is an academic offence and will not be tolerated.
• Any revaluation request should come in 5 days of grade release. Any late request will not be obliged. (Form and other
details shall be shared based on request)
• Revaluation cannot be requested for plagiarized assignments as the assignment stands as an academic misconduct.
• If a program participant submits the assignment late, but within 1 week after the submission date a 20% penalty will be
applied
• Re-evaluation request is NOT applicable for any failed courses provided the mark range from 59 to 69. Any grade which
is below the range is however not applicable for this request.
• Any rescheduling request can be fulfilled within one week after the actual date of the assessment. Any late request will
not be obliged.
• Assignment once submitted to exam board is final for marking.
• Second extension cannot be provided without supporting documentary evidence.
• Program participants are strongly advised to keep a copy of their work in case the submitted copy should go astray.

PS. Kindly note to adhere to all the above instructions. Failing to read this, ATMS will not be responsible for any actions taken.
GUIDELINES FOR ASSIGNMENT
a) If assignment is Question & Answer based then.
• Introduction is needed for each question.
• Question has to be answered based on the mark allotted
for each question with references if any idea or
information is taken from other source.

b) If assignment is case based then,

• Executive summary
• Table of content
• Introduction
• Body of assignment (questions related to case need to be answered)
• Conclusion / Recommendation if any
• References (in-text + citation) to be used.

Total Marks / 90

PLAGIARISM

Plagiarism is a form of cheating, by representing someone else's work as your own or using someone else's work (another student
or author) without acknowledging it with a reference. This is a serious breach of the Academic Regulations and will be dealt
with accordingly. Students found to have plagiarized can be excluded from the program.

Plagiarism occurs whenever you do any of the following things without acknowledging the original source:

✓ Copy information from any source (including the study guide, books, newspapers, the internet)
✓ Use another person's concepts or ideas ✓ Summarize or paraphrase another person's work.
How do I avoid plagiarism? To ensure you are not plagiarizing, you must acknowledge with a reference
whenever you:

✓ use another person's ideas, opinions or theory

✓ include any statistics, graphs or images that have been compiled or created by another person or organization ✓ Paraphrase
another's written or spoken word
What are the penalties?
The penalties for plagiarism are:
✓ Deduction of marks,
✓ A mark of zero for the assignment or the unit, or ✓ Exclusion from the program.

Plagiarism is dealt with on a case-by-case basis and the penalties will reflect the seriousness of the breach.
Please note claiming that you were not aware of need to reference is no excuse.
 Assignment Brief

Student must include in their answer some supporting elements which may include examples from work,
cases studies, textbook, lectures, internet search etc. with appropriate referencing.

Choose a company that will be your client organization. You are taking the role of a consultant specializing in
MIS and your task is to provide recommendations for how your client organization can improve their MIS.
You can focus on one particular aspect, one department in the organization or the organization as a whole.
Write a 2500–3500-word report, whereby you should cover the following aspects:

- Organizational overview
- Analysis of current state of MIS using 4 models of your choice from the following: 3 dimensions of IS/ 3
activities of IS/Porter’s 5 forces/security issues/ Cloud Computing/Information ethics/areas for maintaining
MIS/Database Management Systems – CLO 1, CLO 5
- Recommendations for how the company can improve MIS – CLO 2, CLO 4
Suggested structure for the report:
Cover Page
Executive summary (summarizing all key parts emerging from the report)
Table of Contents
1. Introduction (to the purpose, structure of the paper and organizational background) approx. 350 words
2. Analysis of the current MIS applied by the company (using appropriate models) approx. 1200 words
3. Recommendations for how MIS can be improved in the company (using appropriate models) approx. 1200 words
4. Conclusions approx. 200 words
References
*Appendix (Optional)

TOTAL: 90 marks