INFS1001 Business Information Systems Assignment Brief - ANU

INFS1001 Requirements:

Read the assessment brief carefully to ensure you understand the expectations. In your response make sure you are directly addressing the topic. You are also expected to leverage good quality, academic literature and material from other reputable sources. Be specific and, where applicable, leverage course concepts, frameworks, discussions, etc. Note that generic content will be marked down.

INFS1001 Required Tasks:

BAR Part 1 -Report

In this assignment you will be assigned a statement that addresses a current issue in Business Information Systems (BIS). In your report you will state your position with regards to this statement and support your position using academic literature and material from other reputable sources. Inclusion of low-quality or dubious references will impact your grade.Your position may be to agree or disagree with the statement, or you may present an alternative perspective. However, your report must be specific and directly address the assigned statement. Make sure that you clearly state your position. 

Your report must use the following structure. 

Note that this structure may be different to the exemplar provided on Wattle.

BAR Part 1: Grading rubric:

The following rubric provides you with guidance on how to ensure that you are submitÝng quality work. You can use this is to review your submission and make sure that, from your perspective, it meets the expectations of the assignment. The statements are not all equally important, so you need to assess the level of relevance based on the needs and expectations of the assessment.

Please note that being able to check off each of these statements does not guarantee a specific grade. The rubric is intended for guidance and to help you do your best work!!

BAR Part 2: Grading rubric:

The following rubric provides you with guidance on how to ensure that you are submitÝng quality work. Note that a student’s ability to promptly and succinctly answer questions may impact the breadth of the review and the inclusion of all categories.Please note that being able to check off each of these statements does not guarantee a specific grade. The rubric is intended for guidance and to help you prepare for the review and to do your best work!!

INFS1001 Position support and breadth/depth of understanding:

• Students are expected to be able to quickly and clearly define their position in responseto the assigned statement.
• Students should be able to discuss their topic and position from multiple perspectives. This may include discussion of various stakeholders, alternative interpretations of the statement and arguments that challenge their own position.

Use of evidence and literature: 

• Students should be able to clearly highlight strong evidence supporting their position and explain the underlying relevance to the topic.
• Students should be familiar with the citations and references included in their report. They should be able to discuss the content of any of the citations/references and describe why it is relevant to the statement and their position.

Response to questions: 

• Students are expected to be able to confidently and succinctly respond to questions by providing thoughtful, clear, and relevant answers. They should also demonstrate flexibility in addressing unexpected queries.
• Responses should be clear, logical and demonstrate depth of understanding.

Focus on Value:

• Students should be able to describe how a business or organisation can derive value by accepting their position, leveraging their analysis and using technology in an appropriate way.
• Students should be able to identify any social, economic or ethical issues that are relevant to their assigned topic.