CB304 Management and Information Systems: Good job on first blogs!

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Good job on first blogs!

Let me take a moment to talk about the figures relating to the first blogs...

16 out of 26 students accepted my invitation to this blog site as authors
12 out of 16 students who registered, posted their first blogs
But, out of 16 students registered for the blog, only 1 voted for my little poll on the site! [ Boo hoo hoo... :-( ]

If you're one of the 12 mentioned here, give yourself a big applause! Congrats, for showing your first effort!

As for the rest, it would be good if you confront me during consultation hour, so that I can rectify any technical problems you might encounter during the registration. You can also learn from your classmates on how to use the blog site. Take this challenge as a learning curve that would help you in some way in your future.

Overall, here are my comments for the first blogs:

Avoid wiki in your references. FYI, wiki content is contributed by many people, including us; thus the reliability is very much doubtful. For real research and article write-up, we still go for jurnals, books and other publications.
No need to re-write the questions in your blogs. Don't worry, I can trace them through your answers.
Blog title can be of your own creativity; you don't have to follow my 'assignment' title.
You are recommended to draft in essay form, combining all the questions in one essay; be creative on the content flow.
Definition and characteristics are logically quoted from original source. But examples are best explained from your own understanding. Otherwise, it shows that you don't understand the meaning, and you don't know how to relate to the real world as you see it.
It would be the best way to give examples of data, information and knowledge as related to each other - it would show that you understand the difference and relation to each other (on how data related to information, etc.)
Reference can be cited from a source that refer the theory from original author. For example: the Davenport's theory is cited or adapted in Pearlson & Saunders (2006). Thus, I can state my reference as "... (as cited in Pearlson & Saunders, 2006)". You can check the format for Harvard and others.
Learn from each other. Even though the answers are expected to be the same, but different people refer to different sources, thus giving the answer a wider idea.

Hope my little effort in guiding you through your writing helps you in some way. See you next round!

Ms-Sha
FoMIT, UCSI University

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IT and the Design of Work (by 27 Mar 2009)

Response to previous blog was not so satisfactory. I hope to see most of the blogs uploaded by end of Week 12 (27 Mar 2009), so that I could allocate the marks for your effort. You are not allowed to copy and paste from other sites without understanding the content and citing the source.

For this blog, the topic is on our latest lecture on IT and the Design of Work. Implementation of IT system helps in changing the way work is done, but there seems to be resistance from the human workers when the technology replaces the routine and mechanical works.

1. Why might a worker resist the implementation of a new technology? Give some examples to support the idea.

2. What are some of the possible consequences of asking a worker to use a computer or similar device in his or her job? Critically discuss this.

3. How can IT alter an individual’s work? How can a manager insure that the impact is positive rather than negative?

* Questions derived from Pearlson & Saunders (2006).

All the best! Effort counts.
- Ms-Sha

The IS Strategy Triangle (by 20 Feb 2009)

With experience of blogging in the first 2 assignments, by now it would be easier to get ideas on posting blogs to answer questions and giving reviews/opinions. Answer the questions below with proper elaboration. Do not re-write the questions; just give a proper header for each answer will do.

1. Why is it important for business strategy to drive organisational strategy and IS strategy? What might happen if business strategy was not the driver?

2. Consider a traditional manufacturing company that wanted to take advantage of the Internet and the Web. What might be a reasonable business strategy and how would organisational and IS strategy need to change?

3. What does this tip from Fast Company mean: “The job of the CIO is to provide organisational and strategic flexibility”?

* Questions derived from Pearlson & Saunders (2006).

All the best! Effort counts.
- Ms-Sha

Emerging Technology (by 02 Feb 2009)

After an effort well shown in previous blogs, I would like to see some reviews/opinions on the most common question in managing strategic information systems.

Considering the organisational environments (internal, external and new work) and the technology environments (hardware, software and data trends), what current technologies do you predict will have the most impact on the way work is done? Why?

Answer in proper paragraphs, in essay form. Try not to exceed 500 words.

All the best! Effort counts.
- Ms-Sha

First Blog Assignment (by 16 Jan 2009)

To warm up our blogging session, I would like to see some posts from the students on the most fundamental concept. Answer these questions in proper paragraphs. You may require to refer to text books in order to write on these:

1. Define the meaning of the terms data, information and knowledge according to Thomas Davenport's Information Hierarchy (1997).

2. What are the characteristics of the above terms?

3. Give and example for each term mentioned above.

4. Is there any possibility of a fourth level of Information Hierarchy? Elaborate.

All the best! Effort counts.
- Ms-Sha

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