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Level 6 Diploma in Information Technology

Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

IT604 · Management Information Systems — Week 13 of 16

CourseIT604
Week13 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

  1. Unpacking the assignment brief and criteria
  2. Finding and evaluating sources
  3. Planning and referencing
  4. Planning your Research Project 2025

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Critically evaluate the role and purpose of IT systems for different organisational functions.
  • 1.2 Analyse the different ways in which data is stored and processed for use in an organisation.
  • 1.3 Critically evaluate the management of information systems in an organisation.
  • 2.1 Explain how information systems can be used to support value-added change.
  • 2.2 Critically evaluate a specific information systems that supports value-added change.
  • 2.3 Review the management of information systems in an organisation.
  • 3.1 Identify different models that can be applied to strategic information systems.
  • 3.2 Evaluate how strategic information systems can contribute to the competitiveness of organisations.
  • 3.3 Explain how an organisation can obtain a competitive advantage within a global market by successful management of its information systems.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Plan the unit assignment against every criterion; source and reference the evidence.

Study materials

Videos

  • Planning your Research Project 2025 · YouTube · University of Staffordshire Student Life · 21 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Writing for Success, ch. 8.1–8.3: Prewriting, outlining and drafting · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 281–318 · for registered students
  • Evaluating Information: Applying the CRAAP Test · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
  • Harvard Referencing quick guide 2025 (York St John University) · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Information Systems Across Functional Areas
  • Week 2: Data Storage Architectures and Database Management
  • Week 3: Data Processing and Business Intelligence Pipelines
  • Week 4: Operational Management and Governance of IS
  • Week 5: Information Systems for Value-Added Organisational Change
  • Week 6: Critical Evaluation of Value-Added Systems
  • Week 7: Auditing and Reviewing Information Systems Performance
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Strategic Information Systems (SIS) Models
  • Week 10: Strategic IS and Market Competitiveness
  • Week 11: Global Competitive Advantage and International IS Strategy
  • Week 12: Applying Management Information Systems in practice: case s…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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