Project Homework: IT System Recommendation
For the Project, you are asked to write an eight-to ten-page research report (typed, double-spaced) in which you describe a company of your choice, the nature of its business, a specific product or service, and how that product or service is produced and distributed by the company and then recommend the information technology system you think should be in place and why.
Company Background and Information Systems
i. What is the name, nature of business, and specific products or services of your chosen organization?
ii. How are the products or services produced and distributed by the company?
iii. Why are information systems essential in managing the organization's business?
iv. Describe the existing information systems supporting the major business functions of the organization (e.g., sales and marketing, manufacturing and production, accounting, human resources, etc.)
Information Technology Recommendation
What is your recommendation for the information technology systems you think should be in place and why? Your recommendation should include the following:
i. Information needs:
a. What types of decisions do users need to make by accessing the information systems?
b. What are the different levels of information groups?
ii. Need for system automation
iii. Benefits of the proposed system (savings, quality improvements, faster processing, etc.)
iv. Types of database data elements (data, images, photographs, sound, video, etc.)
v. Networking and interactive processing
vi. Centralization versus decentralization
vii. End-user computing needs
viii. Your recommendation to develop or acquire the system software
Potential Security Threats
i. Describe the various threats and security threats to the proposed information system. What security controls are required to address the threats?
Social, Political, and Diversity Impacts
i. Summarize the social and political issues raised by the proposed information system.
ii. Discuss the impact of diversity to the development and management of the proposed information system.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.