Assessment Brief
IT Management for Business
Module Title: Integrated Enterprise Systems
Submission of Assessment
Parts A & B Hard Copy submission: All assignments must be submitted to Student central, Ground floor, Library Please note that assignments are subject to anonymous marking. Your name should only appear in the name box on the assignment submission cover sheet. Please note that we are experimenting with an alternative, electronic submission method and will confirm this in the workshops. Part C Electronic Management of Assessment (EMA): Please note if your assignment is submitted electronically it will be submitted online via Turnitin by the given deadline. You will find a Turnitin link on the module’s eLP site.
It is your responsibility to ensure that your assignment arrives before the submission deadline stated above. See the University policy on late submission of work.
Contents 1. Learning Outcomes …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2 2. Brief ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2 2.1 Part A …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 2 2.2 Part B …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 3 2.3 Part C …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 3 3. Submission …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4 4. Marking Criteria ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 4 5. Feedback. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 5 6. Regulations and Policies ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5 6.1 Assessment Regulations …………………………………………………………………………………………… 5 6.2 Late submission of work ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 5 6.3 Word limits and penalties ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5 6.4 Academic Misconduct ………………………………………………………………………………………………. 5
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1. Learning Outcomes At the end of this module the students should be able to 1) Explain how Integrated Enterprise Systems support a variety of business functions and organisational structures. 2) Critically discuss the strategic and cross-functional importance of business processes and business data 3) Analyse the various factors required to roll out a business system successfully.
2. Brief 2.1 Part A This section is worth 20% of the overall assignment. NOTE: As will be repeatedly said in the timetabled sessions, it is important that you understand what you are doing during these workbooks, rather than simply completing them as quickly as possible. The knowledge and understanding developed while completing these is required for parts B & C.
You must submit the summary sheets for the workshop exercises undertaken in semester 2. Note that although only certain worksheet pages need to be submitted, you will need to complete the previous ones before these can be done. You should keep copies of all completed worksheets which may be requested to resolve queries when marking.
The first page of this section should be a cover page including the following data • Your Northumbria Student ID • Your three digit SAP workshop number The following is provided as a check list to ensure that you submit the expected documents Exercise Number Page Numbers
04-02 20-23 05-02 24-26 06-02 21-23 07-04 18-19 08-02 18
Marks are given for both completeness and correctness.
If you feel you have particular circumstances to explain then you can include an explanation or comment with part A of the assignment. This comment should be no more than one page. Examples that you may want to cover include explanation any known errors that were made (and the consequences for later worksheets); or specific problems that occurred and additional work that was undertaken to try and resolve them.
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2.2 Part B This section is worth 30% of the overall assignment. You must complete the integration exercises (Exercises 09-01 to 09-04) You should submit the answers to the last exercise completed (Normally exercise number 09-04)
The document and order numbers provided allow the process to be checked through. This means that partial credit can be given if an early mistake means that the final answers are not as expected. As with the other exercises we have asked for the final sheet in the set. The exercises in section nine get progressively more complex. We think it is unlikely that anybody would be able to successfully process 09-04 without completing the prior exercises. If you successfully complete 09-04 then this is the only data that needs to be submitted. However, if you have problems then we recommend that you also submit the prior summary sheets. This will enable us to give you credit for the work you have successfully done. Check the summary sheet carefully to ensure that it includes all of the necessary data. If necessary you can create your own answer sheet to the various questions on this exercise.
As with the previous exercises in part A of the assignment you can also submit one additional page detailing any specific problems you encountered and how you have tried to overcome them. Marks are given for both completeness and correctness. 2.3 Part C This section is worth 50% of the overall assignment. Each individual must then write a short report identifying and discussing implementation and operational issues relating to the use of a chosen transaction1 and the business processes that it is part of.. You are expected to discuss: • What sort of data issues elsewhere within the business processes would cause process problems in this transaction? • What sort of process problems elsewhere would be caused by data issues and processing mistakes in this transaction? • Are there any key data migration or training issues relating to this transaction that should be considered during systems implementation?2
This report is expected to be 1200-1500 words in length excluding references. References should be provided in Harvard style. Although examples of these may be inspired by the workshop exercises. This report should be informed by wider research and reading and not be specific to the GBI scenario used in the workshops You should agree a specific SAP transaction code with the teaching staff. This should be done by the end of the seminar in week 10 (w/c 20 April). The code chosen must involve some sort of change to transactional data (and status) rather than master data maintenance or simply displaying data.
1 ‘Transaction’ in this instance uses the SAP definition and refers to a screen (or collection of screens) that perform one specific transactional activity as part of a wider business process. 2 Further guidance and examples of these will be included in some of the taught lecture sessions.
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References should be complete and in the correct format. This means that you should reference all your information sources, giving enough citations to show exactly where you have used each source. A list of references should be given at the end of the document, presented in alphabetical order of authors. In this Department we use the “Harvard Format” for referencing, using brief citations in the text, and giving the full reference in the “references” section at the end of the paper. You should follow the format instructions given in ‘Cite them Right’ available online here for both the citations and the reference list. Microsoft Word includes some excellent tools to help you with referencing, under the “references” tab.
3. Submission This is an individual assignment Students are reminded that the nature of an ERP system provides the ability to trace back the history and userID for each transaction. Spot checks will be performed on the exercise summary sheets as part of the marking process for Parts A and B. SAP can display numbers in different formats. To prevent misunderstandings, all numbers provided on the answer sheets must be formatted in standard UK fashion. Part A& B must be submitted in hard copy to Student Central. Please only submit the summary sheets rather than the full workbook. We are experimenting with an alternative, electronic submission method. Details will be discussed in the workshops. The final decision will be made by the spring break. As long as you keep your completed worksheets, you will be able to submit in the required method. You must submit Part C to TurnItIn – no hard copy is required Remember that you have access to the TurnItIn originality report generated and can use this as formative feedback. You can overwrite your submission at any time until the submission date. After the first report, it may take 24 hours to regenerate the originality report so do not leave this until the last minute.
4. Marking Criteria General marking criteria for Part C are given below.
70%+ Impressive knowledge and understanding. Clearly demonstrates critical appreciation. Related to appropriate theory. Argument and logical structure is always relevant and well sustained. Demonstrates application of further research and reading.
60-70% Ideas well presented and discussed. Some relation to theory and critical appreciation. Content is always relevant, generally well focussed and organised. Provides evidence of further research and reading.
50-60% Knowledge base is generally sound and some critical appreciation is shown. Discussion is usually clear and appropriately structured but can lack clarity.
40-50% Legitimate content but relies heavily on the descriptive. Description is unsophisticated. Work includes relevant concepts but is poorly set out.
30-40% Some elements of legitimate content but either insufficient, inappropriate or disorganised.
<30% Majority of work is neither relevant nor accurate. Can be inarticulate or incomprehensible.
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5. Feedback. Marks and summative feedback will be made available through Blackboard Gradebook or available through TurnItIn after marking. Module marks are not negotiable and the module team will not respond to challenges to marks on academic grounds. If you think there is a procedural error in your marking (e.g. sections missed, incorrect addition) please contact the teaching team. If you are having problems understanding your feedback you may contact the marking team for clarification. Provisional marks may be released along with feedback before the marks have been formalised by an exam board. Any such provisional marks are subject to change.
6. Regulations and Policies 6.1 Assessment Regulations You are advised to read the guidance for students regarding assessment policies. They are available online here. 6.2 Late submission of work Where coursework is submitted without approval, after the published hand-in deadline, the following penalties will apply. For coursework submitted up to 1 working day (24 hours) after the published hand-in deadline without approval, 10% of the total marks available for the assessment (i.e.100%) shall be deducted from the assessment mark. Coursework submitted more than 1 working day (24 hours) after the published hand-in deadline without approval will be regarded as not having been completed. A mark of zero will be awarded for the assessment and the module will be failed, irrespective of the overall module mark. These provisions apply to all assessments, including those assessed on a Pass/Fail basis. The full policy can be found here 6.3 Word limits and penalties If the assignment is within +10% of the stated word limit no penalty will apply. The word count is to be declared on the front page of your assignment and the assignment cover sheet. The word count does not include your reference list. Please note, in text citations [e.g. (Smith, 2011)] and direct secondary quotations [e.g. “dib-dab nonsense analysis” (Smith, 2011 p.123)] are INCLUDED in the word count. Students must retain an electronic copy of this assignment (including ALL appendices) and it must be made available within 24hours of them requesting it be submitted. The full Word Limit Policy is available here. 6.4 Academic Misconduct The Assessment Regulations for Taught Awards (ARTA) contain the Regulations and procedures applying to cheating, plagiarism and other forms of academic misconduct. The full policy is available at here You are reminded that plagiarism, collusion and other forms of academic misconduct as referred to in the Academic Misconduct procedure of the assessment regulations are taken very seriously. Assignments in which evidence of plagiarism or other forms of academic misconduct is found may receive
