Question
1. Executive Summary (Minimum 1 page)1.1. Write a summary that is well written and has a clear idea of paper?s organization andstructure.2. Introduction to your Organization and Project (3 to 5 pages)2.1. Discuss and clearly identify the general organizational characteristics, such as amission, vision, goals and objectives, proposed products or services, organizationalstructure, expected revenues, market/industry position, and relevant competitors. Allcharacteristics should be clearly described and justified with both evidence andexamples.2.2. The introduction should contain a clear description of the competitive strategies youintend to use to gain a competitive advantage.2.3. Include a clear description of how information systems will serve your business needsand allow you gain a competitive advantage. Describe your proposed businessprocesses and the particular technology or system that you will use to support thesebusiness processes.2.4. Discuss the organization’s resources necessary to your business process. This shouldbe an in-depth discussion that demonstrates a clear and insightful understanding of thebusiness needs for your chosen business process.3. Information Systems Structure Discussion (7 to 10 pages)3.1. The IS Business Foundation: In this section of your paper, describe the proposedinformation systems structure in terms of people resources, hardware resources,software resources, data resources, and network resources. Your discussion shouldinclude a thorough and clear discussion of how a particular IS supports each businessprocess and how each fits into your organization’s overall strategy. An appropriatenumber of Critical Success Factors (usually 3-5 per process) for the IS-supportedbusiness process should be clearly articulated and tied to the specific IS. Therelationship between these CSFs and your organization’s overall mission statementshould also be clearly stipulated. You may list your business processes and supportinginformation resources in table format.3.2. Electronic Business and Commerce components: In this section, describe what type ofe-business and/or e-commerce systems you propose for the project. You may also MGMT_221_Project_Instructions_0415 Page 2 of 2describe why you have selected these particular technologies, and what role they willplay in supporting your business goals and objectives.3.3. Decision Support Systems Components: In this section, describe what type of DecisionSupport Systems you propose for the project. You may also describe why you haveselected this particular technology, and what role it will play in supporting your businessgoals and objectives.3.4. Developing Business and IT Solutions: In this section, describe your proposedapproach to developing business and IT solutions and how that approach both servesand supports your business goals and objectives.3.5. Security and Ethical Challenges: In this section, describe what information systemssecurity, ethical, legal, and privacy challenges your business may encounter and howyou envision encountering them. In addition, any legal and privacy issues arising fromthe collection and use of information in this system should be presented clearly.3.6. Impacts of Information Systems on the Organization, Department, or Business Process:Include a thorough discussion of how your organization will be impacted by theimplementation of this system is provided.4. Additional Requirements4.1. References: Clearly identify (cite) references provided for facts, research, and othermaterials that were not originated by you. All citations and references must beformatted properly throughout the paper. An appropriate number of references (5 to 7)should be used.4.2. Inclusion of Figures and Tables: This material is to be integrated throughout Sections 2and 3: It should not be a separate or independent section of your paper unless thematerial is oversized and in that case may be included in the Appendices.
