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Important Information:
• Total Points: 50 (Report Plus HW1Quiz)
• This is an Individual Assignment (not a team).
OVERVIEW AND EXPLANATION:
The purpose of this homework and quiz is to make sure that you are ready for this course and also for the academic life at HU. Specifically, it will make sure that you are fully aware of the HU Environment, the ISEM Program, and basic concepts of IS planning of digital enterprises. It involves the following activities:
• Carefully read the materials about Plagiarism
• Carefully read the ISEM Documents posted on MyHU International Section
• Read the materials posted in Module1 (slides with voice annotations and posted articles on Digital Enterprises and IS Planning)
• Post your brief background (degrees, industry experience, academic areas of interest) on Introduce Yourself Forum.
• Form a team for team projects
• Develop a rough Study Plan, i.e. what courses will you take when.
• Prepare a report that answers the questions presented below and post the report on Discussion Forum (HW1 Thread). This will be treated as a draft and is worth only 5% points.
• Please review the postings on the Discussion Forum to learn how others have done HW1. Specifically, select at least 2 postings and make “substantive” comments by comparing your approach from theirs and what did you learn from it. This will earn you some extra points.
• Refine the report if you want and use it to take a Quiz that will be posted later. The quiz is worth 90% points. The HW1 report is just used as a preparation tool, you will fail the HW1Quiz if you do not prepare the Report.
Step-by-Step Readiness Test for Success:
STEP1: Read the Plagiarism material posted on Moodle site and Answer the following questions
• What is plagiarism
• What are the consequences of plagiarism at HU (e.g., grade of F and loss of CPT job and possible termination of )
• You can be dismissed from the University due to plagiarism (yes/no)
• Dismissal from HU due to plagiarism will stay on your record for the rest of your life (Yes, No).
STEP2: Carefully read the ISEM documents posted on MyHU International Section and also the ISEM500 Syllabus. Then answer the following questions:
• How many courses are required in ISEM
• List the names of a few required courses in ISEM that you may want to take
• List names of 10 courses that you find interesting
• Is Capstone required for all ISEM students
• The Capstone consists of how many semester hours (3, 6 or 9)
• Can you do a Thesis or Applied Project in Capstone
• What is the range of A grade in ISEM
• Is knowledge management covered in ISEM500
• Which session in ISEM500 is of most interest to you
• Which session in ISEM500 is of least interest to you
• Have you joined a team (yes, no) and what are the names of your team members.
MOST IMPORTANT: Read the ISEM Planning Document carefully and prepare your course plan (what courses do you plan to take in what semester). We will review this plan later so that you can use this Plan for next semester enrollment.
STEP3: Read the short case study in Exhibit 1 and answer the following questions:
• What does the company really want to do
• What are the company’s ideal industry leaders
• Does the company want to be a manufacturer
• How can IT help the company grow business (give two main ideas)
• What are the main interesting features of this case study (list 2-3)
STEP4: Read the posted article on “Digital Enterprises”, short “IT Planning Tutorial” and other Reading Assignments. Based on this information, develop a sketch of an IT Plan for the company described in Exhibit1. Specifically your plan should show the following:
A general business strategy (2-3 sentences)
Should the NGE model be adopted by this company?
An application plan that supports the business strategy (3-4 sentences)
An IT architecture diagram should include the computers, the databases, and the network shows how they are interconnected. This diagram should put all the pieces together and show how they are interconnected and accessed.
Deliverable:
• Prepare a short (3-5 page) MS Word report that should contain these answers. You must use the posted documents, slides with voice annotations , the tutorials, and any other resources available on the Net to develop this report. The report is worth only 5 points.
• The report will prepare you to take an online quiz (25 point) that will be posted on Moodle. You should carefully read it before taking the quiz. The report is only 5 points and is used as a preparation tool. You need to post it on Discussion Forum so that others can also see it, comment on it, and benefit from your wisdom.
Exhibit 1 - Dave's Digital Store (DDS)
Dave has a small business in Chicago. He started selling PCs and electronic equipment in the early 2000s, mainly doing repairs and reselling. He has been doing very well and has opened several stores that are now assembling brand new PCs. Buoyed by his success, he is now diversifying into a wide range of related products (e.g., software, video games, and wireless hardware/software). Dave especially wants to exploit the opportunities in wireless communications. He currently has 100 employees and is partnering with others to strengthen business. His plans are:
• Next year design, tailor, sell, and repair brand new handsets and other mobile devices at large scale. He expects to triple the size of his company next year.
• In two years, he wants to diversify into a wide range of related products (e.g., mobile device software, smart phones, business games, and wireless networking hardware/software).
• He is exploring other opportunities to grow his business. He is looking for ideas.
He is partnering with retail stores and manufacturers in the surrounding areas (he wants to stay closer to a retail model -- he wants to be like Staples) and does not want to get into heavy duty manufacturing, wants his partners to do manufacturing). The parts and components will be brought in from suppliers located in the Far East. He also acquired a chain store that sells the custom built devices and computers that are built and repaired at partner sites.
He has so far stayed away from using the technology he sells (other than using the telephone). But he has been attending management seminars on use of IT in business. He does not completely understand it but he is convinced that it is something very good (they would'nt be teaching courses in this area if it was not good!). In addition, he is completing his MBA on a part-time basis and cannot wait to put everything he is learning about business to work. He is thinking big. He wants to be like Dell and Compaq. His goal is to eventually become a major digital corporation that will serve as a store front for multiple shops so that potential customers order a variety of products through him. He will receive the orders, and try to fill them, if he can. Otherwise, he will route the order to one of his business partners.
He has no idea how to get there from here. He wants to be aggressive but cautious. Basically, his goal is to double his business in 3 years by using IT in an innovative manner. He also wants to make his operations more efficient and less expensive. He has hired your group to help him out (he is not very bright, after all!). You basically have to show how information systems can be used for this company. This view should emphasize the business aspects and the type of business applications that the company should use, and what specifically will these applications do for the company.