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Saudi Electronic University
College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Assignment of MIS201- Management Information System
MIS201 – Project
2020/2021
Submission
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
End of week 7 Saturday 6th of March 2021
End of week 12 Saturday 10th of April 2021
Instructors will manage the date and time for presentation during week 13 & 14
25 Marks
Assignment Details
The project involves studying the IT infrastructure of a relevant information system (IS)/
information technology (IT) used by selecting any organization of your choice locally or
internationally
The idea is to investigate the selected organization using the main components of IT (Hardware,
software, services, data management and networking). Infrastructure Investigation, which is in a
selected industry, should be carried out by using articles, websites, books and journal papers and
/or interviews. In the report, you are expected to discuss:
Project Report Structure: Part 1
Submission: End of week 7 Saturday 6th of March 2021
Marks: 10
1. Cover Page
This must contain topic title, student names and Students ID, section number and course name.
(you can find the cover page in the blackboard)
2. Table of Contents (0.5 mark).
Make sure the table of contents contains and corresponds to the headings in the text, figures,
and tables.
3. Executive Summary (1 marks).
What does the assignment about, briefly explain the distinct features
4. Organizational Profile (1.5 marks).
Brief background of the business including organization details, purpose, and organizational
structure.
5. Strategies (3 marks).
Discuss different types of strategies for competitive advantages and then select and discuss the
most appropriate strategies to improve the performance of the organization.
Hint: You can discuss any points that you learned in this course and its related to your selected organization
6. Technology Involved (4 marks).
How is the organization set up in terms of its IT infrastructure? Discuss the hardware,
software, telecommunication, information security, networks, and other elements.
Hint: You can discuss any points that you learned in this course and its related to your selected organization
Project Report Structure: Part 2
Submission: End of week 12 Saturday 10th of April 2021
Marks: 8
7. Analysis of Existing System (5 marks).
Analyze the key problems of the existing system used by the company. Also discuss
the Information Systems used within the company for example:
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Transaction processing systems (TPS)
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems
Functional Area Information Systems
Business intelligence
DSS
Hint: You can discuss any points that you learned in this course and its related to your selected organization
8. Possible Solutions and Suggestions for the company (1 mark).
What are your suggestions to help the organization in solving the key problems.
9. Conclusion (1.5 mark).
Summarize your report
10. References (0.5 mark).
Use APA referencing style format.
Part 3: Presentation
Submission: Instructors will manage the date and time for presentation during week 13 & 14 Marks: 7
Make a power-point presentation of your Project work mentioning all the above contents and
present in a group. There must be minimum 10 slides in the presentation with a good background
design, readable font size and style with appropriate color.
Presentation must have the following format:
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First slide: Group members name and Student id & Title of the Project
Company Profile
Strategies
Technology Involved
Analysis of Existing System
Possible solutions and suggestions
Conclusion
References
Guidelines for the assignment:
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Make sure to include the cover page with all information required. One mark will be
deducted if there is no cover page
This is a group project (2-3 students), which is part of your course score. It requires
effort, research, and critical thinking.
Use font Times New Roman, 12 font size
Use 1.5 line spacing with adjust to all paragraphs (alignment).
Use the footer function to insert page number.
Ensure that you follow the APA style in your project and references.
The minimum number of required references is 5.
Your project report length Part 1 & Part 2 should be between 2500 to 3000 words in total.
You must check the spelling and grammar mistakes before submitting the assignment.
Up to 20% of the total grade will be deducted for providing a poor structure of
assignment. Structure includes these elements paper style, free of spelling and grammar
mistakes, referencing and word count.
Assignment must be in Word format only no PDF
Your file should be saved as Word doc
[Example]: [Your Name] [CRN] MIS201 – Project Assignment Part 1.doc
Saudi Electronic University
College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
E-commerce Department
Student Name:
Student ID:
Course Title: Management Information Course Code: MIS201
System
Academic Year/ Semester:
CRN:
Instructor Name:
Student Grade:
Grade Level:
The College of Administrative and Finance Sciences
E-commerce Department
Marking policy for assignments
General marking policy
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Students should be given three attempts for submitting their assignments
(before the deadline). First attempt must provide the student with SafeAssign
match report for plagiarism level. So, the student gets the chance to revise their
assignments by using the additional attempts.
Mark will be awarded for the last submission attempt. This must be clarified to
the students.
No more attempts or marks for resubmitting the assignment should be given to
the students after the marks are shown on BB.
If the instructor requested additional requirements for the course’ assignments,
these requirements must be clearly clarified verbally to the students during a
course’s session and posted on BB.
One mark will be deducted for not including the cover page with all required
information. In case the student included the cover page with some missing
information, (0.5) mark will be deducted.
20% of the total grade will be deducted for providing a poor structure of the
assignment. For example, if the assignment is marked out of 15, the student
provided an excellent content and answer that met all the requirements of the
assignment’s question with poor writing structure. Then the student will get 15
based on the content and you will deduct up to 20% (3 marks) from the total
grade (5% for paper style, 5% spelling and grammar errors, 5% for referencing
and 5% for word count).
No email submission is accepted.
ONLY WORD file format is accepted. Other file formats (PDF, JPG…etc.), the
assignment will award ZERO mark.
Marks will be available on BB after one week of due dates.
Plagiarism marking policy:
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If the SafeAssign match report equals 20% and above, the assignment must be
reviewed by the instructor.
The cover page and assignment’ questions match percentage must be
excluded from the overall match percentage of SafeAssign report.
80% and above of the answer is plagiarised, the assignment will award ZERO
mark. (including identical assignments, both students award ZERO mark)
20-79% of the answer is plagiarised, these plagiarised parts should be
highlighted, and only non-plagiarised parts must be marked.
Late submission policy
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It aims to ensure that all students are treated equitably and do not gain an unfair
advantage by choosing to submit their work late.
Penalties for late submission shall be 10% of the total mark of the assignment
for each day of late submission up to six calendar days after the due date.
Assignments will not be accepted after the sixth day and the student will award
ZERO mark.
All late submissions must be made electronically through BB.
Example if the assignment is marked out of 20, deduction of 10% means a
deduction of 2 marks per day.
This policy does not cover “Extenuating Circumstances”. Examples;
circumstances outside of the control of a student.

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