Debbie’s unit 3
Task
1
Produce some notes, including screenshots on where
the dataset was found and why it was selected.
This provides
evidence for [P6]
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Task
2
Use a spreadsheet or database for processing the data
you find into useful management information into useful management information
indentifying some suitable locations where the road show is likely to find
young professional workers.
This provides
evidence for [P7]
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Task 3
You
have been asked to produce a front sheet to your reports explaining how the
information you generate is valid, accurate and useful. This will ideally be a
single page, two pages maximum, so management reading the reports can
understand the validity of your findings.
This provides evidence for [M3]
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Task 4
Produce
a substantial email to your team leader justifying the information you selected
to support these business decision-making systems.
This provides evidence for [D2]
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Task
5
The legal issues Slides need to summarise these
relevant data protection legislations:
·
Data Protection Act (1998)
·
Computer Misuse Act (1990)
·
Freedom of Information Act (2000)
This provides evidence for [P3]
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Task
6
The ethical issues slides need to summarise the Council’s
code of practice regarding staff use of email, internet and whistle blowing.
This provides evidence for [P3]
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Task 7
The operational issues slides need to
explain how the Council keeps information secure. This should include backups,
organisational policies, the Council’s continuance plan and the impact of
increasing sophistication of systems on large organisations such as larger
Councils.
This provides evidence for [M2]
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Task
8 Prepare a poster
entitled ‘Good Information’ to explain how the best information should be
valid, reliable, timely, fit for purpose, accessible, cost-effective, accurate,
relevant, have the right level of detail, be from a reliable source and
understandable by the user.
This provides evidence for [P2]
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Task 9
Prepare a brochure entitled ‘How to
improve the quality of business information’ targeted at small businesses,
explaining how to make the best of their information.
The brochure should include your TASK 1 POSTER
as an image, together with sections to cover the following areas, explaining
how an appreciation of each of the aspects of information can improve its
quality:
·
Types of information
·
Purposes of information
·
Sources of information
This
provides evidence for [D1]
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Task
10
Prepare
a poster entitled ‘Using information’ to show how data is transformed into
information by organisations. The poster needs to identify some ways that
organisations use their information.
This provides evidence for [P1]
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Task 11
Prepare a slide-show presentation entitled
‘Information Systems’ which can run as a continuous loop on road show
computers. The presentation needs to have four sections:
a)
Features and functions of information
systems, including what data is, who uses information systems, as well as the
hardware, software and telecommunications use by these systems. Include slides
about input, storage, processing, output, control/feedback loops, closed and
open systems. (P4)
b)
Types of information systems – for a
named organisation, including the management of information systems and other
information systems, such as marketing, financial and human resources the
organisation actually operates. (P5)
c)
Business functional areas –
Including sales, purchasing, manufacturing, marketing, finance, personnel and
administration. (M1)
Information flows – using suitable
diagrams to show bother internal information flows and information flows to
external bodies. (M1) This provides evidence for [P4, P5, M1]
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