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BSA/310 Week 1

Virtual Organization System Inventory

Huffman Trucking

Word Count: 868 words! 5 Pages!! ** Includes Instructor Feedback = A+++

Assignment: Select one of the following Virtual Organizations: • Smith Systems Consulting •

Huffman Trucking • Kudler Fine Foods

Complete the following chart, filling in information for each system used at the Virtual

Organization. Add rows to the chart as necessary.

System Name

Brief Description

Department to Use the System

Purpose of the System Connects With

Development Details

Supporting Activity Word Count: 527 words!

List and describe the six fundamental parts of an information system. Then, give an

example from either work or home where you have used an information system to perform

a business transaction.

Supporting Activity

Word Count: 294 words!

Your readings this week (Chapter 2: IT Infrastructure and Support Systems) discuss a

number of information systems and support systems. Select one of these systems (not

already selected by another student), describe the system, and give an example of what

the system can be used for in business.

BSA/310 Week 2

Kudler Fine Foods

SR-kf-013 Frequent Shopper Program Presentation

Includes Detailed Speaker Notes

Service Request SR-kf-013 Presentation You will complete a "service request" for a new

business system to perform a Kudler Foods business process.

Kudler Fine Foods is in the process of developing a new frequent shopper program. Details

of this program are described in the Service Request SR-kf-013 and on the Sales &

Marketing page of the Kudler Fine Foods intranet website.

Create a 5- to 7-slide narrated Microsoft PowerPoint presentation describing the potential

legal, ethical, and information security concerns related to the development of the Kudler

Fine Foods Frequent Shopper Program.

Discuss any specific costs related to these issues that are relevant to your review.

These could include fines and other costs related to problems in these areas.

Keep your analysis focused on the requested concerns, not the project. Your

presentation should focus on making management aware of the issues that must

be addressed in the new system and not directly cover the implementation

process.

Include how this information system has an effect on the organizational structure.

Kudler Week 2 sr-kf-013

*BONUS PAPER INCLUDED*

Kudler Fine Foods is in the process of developing a new frequent shopper program. Details

of this program are described in the Service Request SR-kf-013 and on the Sales &

Marketing page of the Kudler Fine Foods intranet website.

Write a 3- to 5-page paper describing the potential legal, ethical, and information security

concerns related to the development of the Kudler Fine Foods Frequent Shopper Program.

Discuss in your paper any specific costs related to these issues that are relevant to your

review. These could include fines and other costs related to problems in these areas.

Include in your description how this information system has an effect on the

organizational structure

Supporting Activity

Word Count: 540 words!

Many required business systems software changes revolve around changes in technology

and growth of the business. Describe what other external influences can affect business

systems and give an example of a change that must be made because of one of those

influences.

Supporting Activity

Word Count:

Consider the case study of HSBC in your text. Briefly summarize what happened. Then detail the following:

o What were the problems with the controls and what factors contributed to those

problems?

o Could this problem have been prevented?

o What would you do, going forward, to address and prevent this problem from

happening again?

BSA/310 Week 3

Accounting with PeachTree

Assignment: Using PeachTree on Toolwire, Do not open an existing company or create a

new company. Go to Explore a Sample company. Choose Stone Arbor Landscaping.

Close the Window that pops up called "What's new in Peachtree 2010". You are now

ready to begin.

Add one new customer using your First Name followed by LLC. Take a screenshot of

the result.

Add one new vendor using your Last Name followed by INC. Take a screenshot of

the result.

Receive one new payment of $1,111 from the customer. Take a screenshot of the

result.

Make a deposit of the above customer payment. Take a screenshot of the result.

Record one new expense of $888 for lunch. Take a screenshot of the result.

Paste each screenshot into one Microsoft Word file. In addition, provide a 200- to 500-word explanation of

the benefits of using software like PeachTree.

Submit one Microsoft Word .document containing all screenshots.

Supporting Activity

What information is contained in a general journal? Why does a business need both a general journal and a

general ledger?

Supporting Activity

Briefly explain why the objectives of financial statement analysis vary among different types of financial

decision makers.

BSA/310 Week 4

McBride Marketing Pitch

McBride Financial Services wants you to come up with a great marketing idea that can be used to expand

McBride's customer base.

Create a 5- to 7- slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation (with speaker notes included) that presents your

idea. Include the following information along with a detailed description and justification of your idea.

What is the current approach McBride is marketing?

What target market does that approach reach?

How could McBride use the internet to improve its reach to a broader market?

Why would that approach appeal to your new market?

What costs would be reduce from their current budget and transferred to the new

internet budget?

Preview Below for McBride Financial Services Week 4 PowerPoint

*BONUS PAPER INCLUDED*

McBride Financial Services Marketing Plan

McBride Financial Services wants to expand its customer base and needs ideas on what to put in its new

marketing effort toward this goal. Write a 3- to 5-page paper describing a marketing plan for McBride

Financial Services. In completing the assignment, consider the following:

What market research would you undertake?

What types of media would you use?

What are McBride’s target markets?

What are the considerations for McBride to conduct a portion of their marketing on

the Internet?

Explain your reasoning for your responses.

Supporting Activity

There are four basic steps involved in the process to conduct marketing research. Describe each of these

steps and give an example of how market research can be used to help a business.

Supporting Activity

Describe some of the latest advances in mobile computing devices. What trends do you see in the

development of this equipment? Speculate on how future devices might look or function.

BSA/310 Week 5

Learning Team: Bubble Films Presentation

BSA310 Bubble Films

Your Learning Team has been hired as consultants for Bubble Films, a Hollywood, California-

based company that produces documentary films. The company has 150 employees located in three

states. Roughly 20% of the employees work virtually from home. Bubble Films has 200 personal

computers, five servers, and one mainframe

computer. Your team is charged with making recommendations for the following categories of

software:

• Collaborative software: groupware

• Financial software: accounting and cost analysis

• Marketing and sales software: customer relationship management

• Business intelligence software

Your deliverable must be a 20- to 30-slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. For each category,

provide the following information:

Type of software

List of vendors and products reviewed, from at least three categories

Product selected

Reason the product was selected

Brief description of the software, including cost: Discuss the possibility of integrating

with other software being recommended.

Advantages and disadvantages of using the software

Information about the vendor: How long have they been in business? How large

are they in terms of number of employees, revenues, and so on? What is their

reputation?

The first slide must serve as the title page, the second slide must contain an executive summary, and the final

slide must list APA formatted references. All slides must contain speaker notes.

Supporting Activity

What exactly is an information system? How does it work? What are its management, organization, and

technology components?

Supporting Activity

What are the most important tools and technologies for safeguarding information resources? Pick one of the

below and answer in detail.

o Name and describe three authentication methods.

o Describe the roles of firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and antivirus

software in promoting security.

o Explain how encryption protects information.

o Describe the role of encryption and digital certificates in a public key

infrastructure.

o Distinguish between fault-tolerant and high-availability computing, and

between disaster recovery planning and business continuity planning.

Describe measures for improving software quality and reliability