Module Assignment

2022-2023

7LO505 - ENTERPRISE
SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT

Coursework 1

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 7LO505 MODULE ASSIGNMENT - ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT

An individual pre-recorded presentation that comprises 20% of the overall grade.

This element of assessment requires students to research the role of the ERP
system digital technologies in a particular area of business application or innovation
(potentially within the case study organisation or the student’s workplace) and
present their findings.

Assessment Schedule

Coursework 1 – A copy of the presentation is to be submitted to Turnitin by 12:00pm

– Friday 31st March 2023.

SCENARIO:

Using the either Global Auto case study or your own organisation as the basis for the
assignment.

You are an information system consultant working for New Century Systems
(NCS) and have been invited to give a presentation to students at Derby Business
School regarding the development of integrated enterprise information systems
support for organisational processes within one of the functions within the Global
Auto ERP project or your own organisation.

In your presentation (max. 15 minutes in length), you are to address the following
aspects:

Content
Requirement
Mark

1. (a) Explain your business area in general terms e.g. main

areas of responsibility, cycle of processes, events,
transactions, etc.

(b) Illustrate the nature of cross-functional integration 20

within your business area by providing three examples of
data/information flows between different functional
organisational units (one of which must be the Accounting
function/department)

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 2. Discuss key challenges or difficulties that may affect the
adoption/implementation of IT-based business processes
in your chosen area, and suggest potential
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solutions/responses in each instance (note: to gain such
understanding, consult academic research articles/case
studies and ‘practitioner/customer success stories’  )

At the start of the presentation session, submit a printed set of your slides (including
a list of references of articles/books/case studies and/or web-site material consulted
in your preparation)

Business Areas:

You may select your own specific business area/model/industry to present upon. To
promote diversity in the coverage of chosen topics, you are encouraged to consider
varied areas like:

 Sales & Marketing (e.g. sales order processing, customer/supplier relationship

management, B2C/e-business sales etc)

 Logistics/Inventory Management or Distribution (e.g. warehouse operations,

supply chain management, industry value chain, shipping & transportation, e-
procurement etc)

 Manufacturing/Production or Service Operations (e.g. just-in-time manufacturing,

assemble-to-order production model, customer support services, retail services,
new product development, off-shoring etc)


for example, practitioner cases of SAP implementation at http://www.sap.com/industries (note: you may also consult the web-
sites of other business/vendor/consultancy organisations).

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 Marking Criteria:

Comment Mark
Content Max (60)
To what degree
have the
assignment
requirements been
met by the
presented analysis
and
recommendations
Clarity Max (20)
Are issues clearly
defined and
discussed/argued

Structure Max (10)

Does the
presentation
structure enable a
good story to be
understood
Quality of Max (10)
Materials
Are the materials
used well prepared
in a professional
manner

Total Mark: / 100

Percentage Mark: %

This assignment comprises 20% of the overall course mark.

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 Assessment Grading

Below are the grade descriptors:

Grade Descriptors

Category
These are typical characteristics of the quality of work associated with each
% mark grade. The descriptors are illustrative only and for guidance only. They are
not comprehensive, and will need contextualisation within individual courses to
reflect the academic discipline concerned.

90-100% Excellent

Meets all criteria in 80-89% range below, plus demonstrates exceptional ability and

Distinction
insight, indicating the highest level of technical competence; work is virtually flawless
and has potential to influence the forefront of the subject and may be of
publishable/exhibitable quality.  Relevant generic skills are demonstrated at the highest
possible standard.  
 
Exceptional achievement distinguishable even amongst the best quality work and
deserving of the highest possible marks within the Distinction grade.

80-89% Excellent

High to very high standard work with most of the following features:  authoritative subject
knowledge; a high level of critical analysis and evaluation; incisive original thinking; 

Distinction
commendable originality;  exceptionally well researched, with a very high level of
technical competence;  high quality presentation;  impressive clarity of ideas;  excellent
coherence and logic.  Work is close to the forefront of the subject and may be close to
publishable or exhibitable quality.  Relevant generic skills are demonstrated at a very
high level.  Referencing is consistently used, complete and accurate.  Only trivial or very
minor errors. 
 
Very high quality work worthy of a high Distinction grade mark. 

70-79% Excellent

Authoritative, current subject knowledge;  excellent critical analysis and evaluation –

including dealing with ambiguity in the data;  significant originality;  well researched with
Distinction

a high level of technical competence – work is accurate and extensively supported by

appropriate evidence;  excellent presentation; commendable clarity of ideas;  thoughtful
and effective presentation;  very strong sense of coherence and logic;  relevant generic
skills are demonstrated at a high level; referencing is excellent– consistently used,
complete and accurate; a small number of misunderstandings/minor errors only. 
 
High quality work deserving of a Distinction grade. 

60-69% Very good

Work is well-developed and coherent;  demonstrates sound, current subject knowledge;

a very good level of critical analysis and evaluation;  some evidence of original thinking
or originality;  well researched;  no significant errors in the application of concepts or
Merit

appropriate techniques;  a very good standard of presentation;  ideas generally clear and
coherent;  relevant generic skills are demonstrated at a very good level;  referencing is
very good;  minor errors and misunderstandings only, possibly with some deficiencies in
presentation. 
 
Well above pass standard and worthy of a Merit grade. 

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 50-59% Good/Satisfactory

Has achieved intended learning outcomes as evidenced by the following features.

Satisfactory subject knowledge;  a fair level of critical analysis and evaluation;  the work
is generally sound but tends towards the factual or derivative, and there may be minimal

Pass
evidence of original thinking or originality;  adequately researched;  a sound standard of
presentation;  ideas fairly clear and coherent;  some significant errors and
misunderstandings, possibly shown by conceptual gaps or limited use of appropriate
techniques;  relevant generic skills are generally at a satisfactory level;  referencing is
generally accurate;  some weakness in style or presentation. 

Satisfactory overall – a clear pass

Unsatisfactory
40-49%

Has narrowly failed to achieve intended learning outcomes as evidenced by the following
features.  Satisfactory subject knowledge to some extent;  some sound aspects but

Marginal Fail
some of the following weaknesses are evident:  factual errors;  conceptual gaps; 
inadequate critical analysis and evaluation;  little evidence of originality;  not well
researched – limited use of appropriate techniques;  presentation does not meet the
standard required;  ideas unclear and/or incoherent;  some significant errors and
misunderstandings;  relevant generic skills unsatisfactory to some extent;  referencing
may be inadequate.  

Work is unsatisfactory but shows potential for achieving learning outcomes if feedback is
addressed. - Marginal fail 

Very Poor
5-39%
Has failed to achieve intended learning outcomes in several critical respects.  Will have
some or all of the following features to varying extent:  inadequate subject knowledge; 
factual errors;  conceptual gaps;  minimal/no awareness of relevant issues and theory; 
limited/no use of appropriate techniques;  standard of presentation unacceptable;  ideas
confused and/or incoherent – work lacks sound development;  a poor critical analysis

Fail
and evaluation;  no evidence of originality;  inadequately researched;  some serious
misunderstandings and errors;  quality of relevant generic skills does not meet the
requirements of the task.   

A clear fail well short of the pass standard 

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