13 Jan Research the process

Unit 1 discussion

Research ways that Information Systems have been misused. Using the Internet, find an example of an organization that has misused Information Systems. Post your response to the discussion board. Respond to the following questions and, if appropriate, include personal experience as part of your answers:

• Write a brief summary (250 words or less) of the example you researched.

• Identify the level of the organization where the misuse primarily occurred.

• Explain how this impacted other levels of the organization.

• Explain how your example highlights the importance of information at various levels of an organization.

Unit 2 discussion

What is the purpose of Porter’s five forces model? Support your argument with an example of a strong force and an example of a weak force. Be sure to support your example by explaining why it was a strong force or a weak force using Porter’s five forces model as a guide. If you have personal experience related to Porter’s five forces model, please include that in your discussion as well. See this unit’s lecture and pages 84-85 of your textbook for examples.

Unit 3 discussion

Research organizational benefits of using databases and DBMS’s (see Suggested Reading or use the CSU Online Library). Supplement your research with a review of your lessons, and then, apply this research to the discussion board.

Respond to the following statements. Include your research and personal experiences as part of your answers.

Discuss at least two reasons organizations use databases and DBMS’s.

Discuss one advantage a database has over a spreadsheet.

Unit 4 discussion

Research an ERP system or an ERP software application, and address the following:

In your own words, define enterprise resource planning (ERP).

Provide the name of the ERP system or the ERP software application you researched along with a web link to the resource.

Briefly discuss the ERP system or the ERP software application and include how this resource can help an organization manage important aspects of its business.

Unit 5 discussion

Research the major risks for businesses that indulge in commercial applications of social networking. Also, review the readings on page 311 of your textbook about how organizations can respond to social networking problems. Organizations may respond to social networking problems in one of three ways:

leave it

respond to it

delete it

In this discussion, identify a major problem for an organization that participates in social networking, and then discuss how the organization should respond to that problem.

Unit 6 discussion

Research the process of system development life cycle. Discuss some of the problems of the SDLC and how agile development intends to address these problems. Support your answer with an example of an agile development technique.

Unit 7 discussion

Outsourcing can appear too good to be true, and some of the benefits of outsourcing can be outweighed by its long-term costs. Conduct some research on the advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing. Using what you learned from your research, discuss an example of how the benefits of outsourcing are outweighed by its long-term costs.

Unit 8 discussion

Identify an assignment in this course that had a positive impact on you. How will you be able to apply the skills you learned from it to gain life and/or career success?