Assessment 1
Assessment type: Individual report (1,000 words)
Purpose: Students are required to discuss the possible impact of Web 3.0, Web 4.0 and Social Media (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Snaps chat etc.) on Enterprise IS: how enterprises need to react to and
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utilize these phenomena in their operations. Students will provide justification with suitable real-life examples to support the arguments. This assessment contributes to learning outcomes a, b.
Value: 15% Due Date: Week 5
Submission requirements details: All work must be submitted on Moodle by the due date. Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list using Harvard Anglia referencing style.
Assessment topic: Social Media and how enterprise needs to react to it
Task details: The structure of firms and the decision-making process has been impacted by the innovations coupled with the advancement of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) and the evolution of the internet. The transformations taken by the ICT with the advancements of Web technologies and social media is vital in the new economic and social environment because of the influence of the changes in the competitiveness of the organizations.
With reference to the above context write a report on the following topics:
1. Discuss on the evolution of web technologies (make a comparison on the existing web technologies)
2. Discuss in detail what social media tools has drawn the attention of organizations?
3. With the help of case studies discuss on how business organizations have been benefitted from the social media tools (Your discussion should include at least two case studies)
4. Will business organizations be adversely affected by these technological advancements? Justify your thoughts
5. Discuss the future findings across this platform?
The report should address the following requirements as mentioned in the following table:
Sections Description Marks
Introduction Introduction about the new ICT advancement 1.5
Evolution Evolution and advancement of web technologies 2.5
Discussion Comparative study of social media tools 2.5
Justification Case study on the use of tools by the business organizations 2.5
Business Limitations Adverse effects on business organizations by the social media tools if any 2.5
Future Work Insights into the future trends and technologies 2.5
Conclusion 1
Total 15
Marking Rubric for Assessment 1 - Value 15%
Criteria Fail (0 – 49%) Pass (50 – 64%) Credit (65 – 74%) Distinction (75 – 84%) High Distinction (85 – 100%)
Introduction
1.5% Did not provided the introduction Introduction provided but no complete details about the development of ICT Introduction presented with most of the details on the development of ICT Well-presented introduction with complete details on the development of ICT Very clearly written and structured
Evolution 2.5% Section not provided in the report or not enough amount of information Section discussed with minimum level of details provided in the report or not enough amount of information Section discussed with necessary amount of information on the evolution and advancement of web technologies Section discussed with necessary amount of information on the evolution and advancement of web technologies Very clearly written and structured
Discussion 2.5% Section not provided in the report or not enough amount of information Section discussed with minimum level of details provided for the comparative study Enough amount of discussion provided on the comparative study Great amount of
research done and
sufficient level of details provided for the comparison from all perspective Well-structured comparative discussion
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Justification
2.5% No business case study has been provided as a detailed example to justify the use of the technologies in business organizations or the section missing in the report Only on example of case study provided with very minimum explanation on how the business organization is using it Sufficient example case studies have been provided to justify the use of technologies in business organizations however with missing conclusions from the case study Good amount of research work and justification supported with required number of case studies
Very clearly presented case study and justification
Business
Limitations
2.5% Section not presented in the report or missing necessary discussion The limitations discussed but not a clear discussion on what limitations or how social media impacts Provided sufficient details on the limitations Good research to identify the business limitations and the
adverse effects of social media Limitations and the adverse effects have been clearly presented
Future Work 2.5% Missing section in the report or not a good research done and the future work not properly discussed The future work on the technological trends has been discussed however a clear picture not provided Clear and sufficient amount of information provided on the future work in the technological trends Good research and significant details provided on the future work Very clearly presented content on the future work
Conclusion 1% No conclusion provided in the report or limited information on the findings of the report The discussion on the findings missing information Findings have been discussed but lacks clarity at some places Conclusion has been presented with the summary of all the findings Very clearly presented