7114IBA IMC

Trimester 2 2017
Assignment 1 (30%)
Technical Assignment
Due Date: 11/8/2016 Week 6

For this assignment you have to find a new area of information management and introduce it
to the class. This assignment will have to be discussed in class and submitted on-line. The
task will be to find an interesting area, to you personally, and introduce the area of
information management to the class.

For example, you may like an area of corporate communications, an online system or a new
piece of technology that enables us to share information in a much easier fashion. You have
to introduce the technology and then provide a summary of it for the class. You must discuss
its uses, its limitations and its benefits as outlined below:

Criteria Unsatisfactory Satisfactory Good Very Good Excellent

Introduction of Student does Student Student Student does Student does a

technology not introduce introduces the introduces the an excellent brilliant job of
what it is and the utility of the utility of the utility of the job of introducing the
utility to technology to technology by technology by introducing the technology to
Information information covering the demonstrating technology the class and
Management management basics, but its usefulness and relating it relates it
does not relate thoroughly to clearly to perfectly to
5 marks it to information information information
information management management management
management
1
3 4 5
2

Uses of Uses are not Basic uses Good Great Outstanding

technology clear or stated as it coverage of coverage of coverage of
unstated relates to uses as they uses as they uses as they
5 marks information relate to relate to relate to
management information information information
management management management
1 2
3 4 5

Benefits of Benefits are Basic benefits Good Great Outstanding

technology not clear or stated as it coverage of coverage of coverage of
unstated relates to benefits as benefits as benefits as
10 marks information they relate to they relate to they relate to
management information information information
management management management
1, 2 3, 4
5, 6 7,8 9, 10
 7114IBA IMC
Trimester 2 2017
Assignment 1 (30%)
Technical Assignment
Due Date: 11/8/2016 Week 6

Limitations of Limitations are Basic Good Great Outstanding

Technology not clear or limitations coverage of coverage of coverage of
unstated stated as it limitations as limitations as limitations as
10 marks relates to they relate to they relate to they relate to
information information information information
management management management management
1, 2
3, 4 5, 6 7, 8 9, 10