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MIS500 Foundations of Information Systems - Laureate International Universities

Reflective Report

Learning Outcome 1: Effectively communicate and demonstrate understanding of the importance of ethical and professional standards in own career and professional future.

Task Summary
This assessment task requires you to reflect on your experiences in MIS500 this trimester by following a four-step process to gain insights into the work you have done and how it relates to your own career and life more broadly. In doing so, you will need to produce a weekly journal to record your learning and then as the trimester comes to a close reflect on these experiences and submit a final reflection of 1500 words (+/- 10%) that will include the weekly journal as an appendices.

Context
This is an individual assignment that tracks your growth as a student of Information Systems over the trimester. It is scaffolded around your weekly learning activities. Completing the activities and seeking input from your peers and the learning facilitator is essential for you to achieve a positive result in this subject. Before you start this assessment, be sure that you have completed the learning activities in all of the modules. This reflective report gives you the opportunity to communicate your understanding of how information systems relate to your career and future.

Task Instructions

1. During Module 1 - 5, you were ask to produce a weekly journal to record your learnings each week. Based on these weekly journals, please write a 1500 word reflective report about your experience.

2. You are required to follow the four steps of Kolb's learning cycle when writing the reflective report.

You will keep a learning journal throughout the trimester. Each week as you complete the learning activities you record your experience in spreadsheet or word document.

Step 1
Concrete experience - Keep a learning journal
The first step is to keep a learning journal for the trimester (Modules 1.1 through to 5.2 as described above. You should have already completed this step by now.

Step 2
Reflective observation - Summarise what happened
You should now be able to comment on your experiences this trimester. This exercise is not a list of what you have done but rather an observation of what you have learned - were there any themes that arose from your journal? The point of a learning journal is to start a discussion on what the key concepts and skills you have learned and acquired during the course of this subject. This is because we often don't stop to think and reflect on what we have learned

Step 3
Abstract conceptualization - Analyse what this means
The next step is to analyse what you have found. Reflective practice is a process of thinking about new experiences with a view of learning. It is a form of personal response to new experiences, situations, events or information. What new knowledge have you gained in response to this exercise? And what does this information mean? You are expected to reflect at a deep level here. This means that it is not just about explaining what you have done in this subject rather it requires you to think about your personal beliefs, your background and the way you perceive the world around you. Did you learn anything in this subject that challenged you or change the way you thought about information systems or business?

Step 4

Active experimentation - New action
The final step is to discuss what you plan to do with this new knowledge. These new insights may lead to a change of thinking or behaviour. In what ways? Set yourself some specific goals for your future studies or career.

1. You are required to write this assessment in a report format using the following headings:
2. Introduction
3. Reflective Observation
4. Abstract conceptualization
5. Active experimentation
6. Conclusion
7. Appendix of learning journal (with evidence)

Please note that simply describing what you have done each week will not be sufficient to pass this assessment. You are expected to go ‘deeper' and analyse what this subject meant to you and your future.

Learning Activities:

1. Learning Activity - 200 words
After reading the Essential Resource - "Are the Most Innovative Companies Just the Ones with the Most Data" by Mayer-Schönberger&Ramge (2018)

why do you believe that data is such a power driver of successful innovation? The aim of this question is to allow you some time and introspection to think about this concept and to develop and informed opinion based on the information provided for you in the article.

other students' posts
you may agree with what the other poster has said or you may see it differently
- please comment with respect; productively, constructively and with well thought out reasoning - this will enable the sharing of a diversity of ideas and opinions that will enrich all student's thinking on this topic.

2. Learning activity 2: Write 200 words:
You will probably have heard people using the term ‘value chain' before. How has studying Porter's value chain given you new insights into the concept? Discuss in no more than 200 words.

3. Leaning activities -200 words (both questions)

Let's have a look at an existing ERP product. We have chosen SAP simply because it is one of the longest standing ERP solutions in the market. In this case we are performing a quick ‘eyeball' review (just looking at information on the web) at their SAP Business One suite via their website -

The website outlines the product capability and features in this product suite intended for small to medium businesses. Looking at the capability, please answer the following questions and give reasons:
1. Based on what you have learned in this module, do you think that this solution is a complete ERP solution? Why do you say this?
2. Looking at the features and capabilities, do you believe that this is an ERP I or ERP II solutions? Why do you say this?
Hint: a little bit of extra research about modules you think might be missing to see if they maybe just didn't get mentioned!
Answer each question in no more than 100 words each.
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Jawaharlal has recently been promoted to the role of Service Desk manager. His senior manager has asked him to perform a forecast of what type of tickets they can expect in ServiceNow over the holiday period to make sure that they have the right mix of skills in the team to cover the expected queries they will receive even with team members on leave. What type of analytics would you advise Jawaharlal to look at as his first step in this process and why?
Describe your position in no more than 100 words each.

4.Learning activity - 150 words

In reviewing the essential resource about Business- IT alignment in Rainer & Prince (2019. p.60) looking at the three major reasons for failure in alignment - which of these reasons do you think is the easiest to address and how would you make a change? Explain your thoughts in no more than 150 words.

5 Learning activity - 150 words

In the article by Szczerba (2015), "15 Worst Tech Prediction of All Time." Several quotes are given as illustration of errors in thinking about the likelihood of the success of an innovation.

Look particularly at quotes from William Preece, William Orton, Darryl Zanuck and Steve Ballmer - all senior business leaders in their field. As an exercise in critical thinking, what do you think influenced their point of view in making the statements quoted in this article?

This question gives you an opportunity to think about what influences leaders and why they may not see certain challenges on the horizon.
Please explain your point of view in no more than 150 words.

Attachment:- Reflective Report.rar