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Saudi Electronic University College of Administrative and Financial Sciences Assignment of MIS201- Management Information System MIS201 - Project 2020/2021 Submission Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 End of week 7 Saturday 6th of March 2021 End of week 12 Saturday 10th of April 2021 Instructors will manage the date and time for presentation during week 13 & 14 25 Marks Assignment Details The project involves studying the IT infrastructure of a relevant information system (IS)/ information technology (IT) used by selecting any organization of your choice locally or internationally The idea is to investigate the selected organization using the main components of IT (Hardware, software, services, data management and networking). Infrastructure Investigation, which is in a selected industry, should be carried out by using articles, websites, books and journal papers and /or interviews. In the report, you are expected to discuss: Project Report Structure: Part 1 Submission: End of week 7 Saturday 6th of March 2021 Marks: 10 1. Cover Page This must contain topic title, student names and Students ID, section number and course name. (you can find the cover page in the blackboard) 2. Table of Contents (0.5 mark). Make sure the table of contents contains and corresponds to the headings in the text, figures, and tables. 3. Executive Summary (1 marks). What does the assignment about, briefly explain the distinct features 4. Organizational Profile (1.5 marks). Brief background of the business including organization details, purpose, and organizational structure. 5. Strategies (3 marks). Discuss different types of strategies for competitive advantages and then select and discuss the most appropriate strategies to improve the performance of the organization. Hint: You can discuss any points that you learned in this course and its related to your selected organization 6. Technology Involved (4 marks). How is the organization set up in terms of its IT infrastructure? Discuss the hardware, software, telecommunication, information security, networks, and other elements. Hint: You can discuss any points that you learned in this course and its related to your selected organization Project Report Structure: Part 2 Submission: End of week 12 Saturday 10th of April 2021 Marks: 8 7. Analysis of Existing System (5 marks). Analyze the key problems of the existing system used by the company. Also discuss the Information Systems used within the company for example: ● Transaction processing systems (TPS) ● Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems ● Functional Area Information Systems ● Business intelligence ● DSS Hint: You can discuss any points that you learned in this course and its related to your selected organization 8. Possible Solutions and Suggestions for the company (1 mark). What are your suggestions to help the organization in solving the key problems. 9. Conclusion (1.5 mark). Summarize your report 10. References (0.5 mark). Use APA referencing style format. Part 3: Presentation Submission: Instructors will manage the date and time for presentation during week 13 & 14 Marks: 7 Make a power-point presentation of your Project work mentioning all the above contents and present in a group. There must be minimum 10 slides in the presentation with a good background design, readable font size and style with appropriate color. Presentation must have the following format: ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ First slide: Group members name and Student id & Title of the Project Company Profile Strategies Technology Involved Analysis of Existing System Possible solutions and suggestions Conclusion References Guidelines for the assignment: ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Make sure to include the cover page with all information required. One mark will be deducted if there is no cover page This is a group project (2-3 students), which is part of your course score. It requires effort, research, and critical thinking. Use font Times New Roman, 12 font size Use 1.5 line spacing with adjust to all paragraphs (alignment). Use the footer function to insert page number. Ensure that you follow the APA style in your project and references. The minimum number of required references is 5. Your project report length Part 1 & Part 2 should be between 2500 to 3000 words in total. You must check the spelling and grammar mistakes before submitting the assignment. Up to 20% of the total grade will be deducted for providing a poor structure of assignment. Structure includes these elements paper style, free of spelling and grammar mistakes, referencing and word count. Assignment must be in Word format only no PDF Your file should be saved as Word doc [Example]: [Your Name] [CRN] MIS201 - Project Assignment Part 1.doc
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1. Executive Summary
2. Organizational Profile3
3. Strategies
4. Technology Involved
5. Analysis of Existing Systems
6. Possible Solutions and Suggestions for the Company
7. Conclusion
8. References

Running head; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Investing Information Technology Infrastructure of an Organization
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary…………………………………………….…………………………………3
Organizational Profile……………………………………………………………………………..3
Strategies…………………………………………………………………………………………..4
Technology Involved……………………………………………………………………………...6
Analysis of Existing Systems……………………………………………………………………..7
Possible Solutions and Suggestions for the Company…………………………………………….9
Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………….11
References………………………………………………………………………………………..12

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Executive Summary
This paper entails an investigation on Information Technology (IT) infrastructure of an
information system of a company within the United Sates. This investigation is carried out and
presented in a manner that evaluates the existing situation, and the likely improvements that can
be undertaken to make the said information system much better. The paper provides detailed
organizational profile of the company. It then goes further to discuss the existing infrastructure in
terms of its main components, which consist of hardware, software, networking, services, and
data management. Strategies for competitive advantage is then presented, followed by various
technologies used to achieve this advantage. It concludes by presenting the best solution that the
company can leverage on to boost its operations.
Organizational Profile
The organization in this study is a small business that deals in the supply of bathroom fittings
with the United Dates. The company supplies its products to both commercial and residential
spread all across the country. As a way of serving walk-in clients and offering personalized
services, the organization operates a walk-in service five major cities in the country. It also has a
wide customer base dispersed over a wide are, which is mainly served through their mail order
delivery services.
The company is organized in such a way that it has its president as the Chief Executive Officer
(CEO). Below the CEO, there are two vice presidents, one in charge of finance and the other one
in charge of human resources. The vice president in charge of finance supervises officers and
accounts and billing. The one in charge of human resource supervises Operations and
Procurement, and Staff Development. Directly below the CEO and the two deputies are the

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heads of departments, which comprise of Regional Managers, Merchandising, and Vice
President.
Within each department, there are officers reporting to respective heads. Below the vice
president (general), the product Placement Officers supervise Shipping Officer, who in turn
supervises the Waste Management Officer. Under Merchandising Department, Purchasing
Officer reports to the head of department, and in turn supervises Receiving and Inspection
Officer. At the regional level, customer service officer reports to the head of department. He
supervises store managers, who in turn supervise associates.
Administrative functions are discharged at the head office. On the other hand, operational issues
are mainly handled at the regional level. The company owns a central store, where all goods
procured are received and inspected. After inspection, these goods are allocated to regions based
on demand and status of inventory. The goods are then dispatched to various regions mainly by
road transport. Once at the regional offices, they are again inspected during receipt. They are
then entered into inventory of respective stores, and availed for sale to the customers.
Strategies
In the company mode of operations, there are mainly two strategies used to deliver products to
customers. One of such is by running walk-in stores, where customers can visit in order to get
personalized services (O'brien, & Marakas, 2006). The other one is mail order delivery services,
where customers are able to place the...