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PORTFOLIO SUBMISSION
Due date: Friday Week 5 (11:45PM AEST)
Part: Portfolios (week 2-5)
Weighting: 10% of total assessment.
Submission: Electronic
Instructions
Please ensure you reference any materials you use to complete this assignment. DO NOT copy content directly from either the text or Internet resources: this assignment is to be in your own words.
Please complete your assignment using this submission template file, inserting your responses where indicated.
DO NOT delete the marking criteria page – changes are permitted to the formatting of other pages including the headers and footers.
Please fill in the following details:
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Criteria
Available marks
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
TOTAL
Effective, well-structured critical review with reference to very relevant literature.
Papers well selected and annotations well summarised. The linkage and relevance to the topic is clearly established.
2.5
Adequate critical review with potential for improvement in structure or effectiveness. Reference to supporting literature is appropriate.
Paper selection and annotation summary adequate. The linkage or relevance of the papers to the topic could be improved.
1 - 2
Missing or ineffective critical review lacking structure and reference to any relevant literature.
Papers/Annotations missing or poorly summarised. There is little or no linkage or relevance to the topic.
0 - 1
Referencing (-1 per error; Max -10 Total)
TOTAL
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WEEK TWO
READ
Text Chapter Two
Motiwalla, L. F. & Thompson, J. 2012. Enterprise Systems for Management (2nd edn.), Upper Saddle River, NJ, Pearson Education.
Week Two Journal Paper:
Keziere, R 2009, 'Prepare To Demolish Application Silos', Information Management (1521-2912), 19, 2, pp. 22-26
DISCUSS
Complete discussion questions 3 , 4 & 6 (page 54)
The authors of the text suggest that ERPs provide a crucial role in addressing issues of logical and physical integration. What are the implications of using an ERP to effect systems integration if an or ganisation already has a large number of legacy systems? What are the alternatives?
DO
Complete review questions 1, 3 & 7 (page 53)
Complete case questions 1 – 3 (page 56)
In your portfolio:
Develop a critical review of the week two journal paper. In your review, you should summarise and evaluate the paper. You should also gather additional evidence that supports your critique; links to these resources should form part of your portfolio Bibliography.
HOW TO DO IT?
In your portfolio document, create a new page with a heading “Week 2”containing your critical review.
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WEEK THREE
READ
Text Chapter Three
Motiwalla, L. F. & Thompson, J. 2012. Enterprise Systems for Management (2nd edn.), Upper Saddle River, NJ, Pearson Education.
Week Three Journal Paper:
Xu, L 2011, 'Enterprise Systems: State-of-the-Art and Future Trends', IEEE Transactions On Industrial Informatics, 7, 4, pp. 630-640
(Note: Access via IEEE Explore Database)
DISCUSS
Complete discussion questions 4 -- 6 (page 84)
DO
Complete review questions 1, 6 & 8 (page 83)
Complete exercise question 1 (page 83)
Complete case questions 1 – 3 (page 87)
In your portfolio:
Develop a critical review of the week three journal paper. In your review, you should summarise and evaluate the paper. You should also gather additional evidence that supports your critique; links to these resources should form part of your portfolio Bibliography.
HOW TO DO IT?
In your portfolio document, create a new page with a heading “Week 3”containing your critical review.
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WEEK FOUR
READ
Text Chapter Four
Motiwalla, L. F. & Thompson, J. 2012. Enterprise Systems for Management (2nd edn.), Upper Saddle River, NJ, Pearson Education.
Week Four Journal Paper:
Svejvig, P 2011, 'A Successful Enterprise System Re-Implementation Against All Odds -- A
Multisourcing Case Study', Journal Of Information Technology Case & Application Research,
13, 4, pp. 3-31
DISCUSS
Complete discussion questions 4, 5 & 7 (page 114)
Refer to the Jackson Laboratory case in the text. What do you think about the quoted 25% contingency built into quotes by consultants? Is this reasonable – justify your opinion.
DO
Complete review questions 3, 9 & 10 (page 113)
Complete exercise question 1 (page 113)
Complete case questions 1 – 3 (page 118)
In your portfolio:
Develop a critical review of the week four journal paper.. In your review, you should summarise and evaluate the paper. You should also gather additional evidence that supports your critique; links to these resources should form part of your portfolio Bibliography.
HOW TO DO IT?
In your portfolio document, create a new page with a heading “Week 4”containing your critical review.
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COIT 20230 Enterprise Resource Planning Concepts
WEEK FIVE
READ
Text Chapter Five
Motiwalla, L. F. & Thompson, J. 2012. Enterprise Systems for Management (2nd edn.), Upper Saddle River, NJ, Pearson Education.
Week Five Journal Paper:
Helo, P, Anussornnitisarn, P, & Phusavat, K 2008, 'Expectation and reality in ERP implementation: consultant and solution provider perspective', Industrial Management & Data Systems, 108, 8, pp. 1045-1059.
This one is accessible through article linker --- once you get to the article linker page then click on Emerald ---- Then enter article name in Emeral search box to find this article.
DISCUSS
Complete discussion questions 1 & 2 (page 160)
Using consultants to assist in the selection of ES technology is common. Discuss why this might be. What are some of the pros and cons of using consultants? Some consulting companies are preferred implementation partners for certain ES vendors. Do you think this is a conflict of interest? Why?
DO
Complete review questions 3, 5 & 6 (page 160)
Complete exercise question 1 (page 160)
Complete case questions 1 – 4 (page 166)
In your portfolio:
Develop a critical review of the week five journal paper. In your review, you should summarise and evaluate the paper. You should also gather additional evidence that supports your critique; links to these resources should form part of your portfolio Bibliography.
Submit Assignment-1 Portfolios by Friday (week-5).