Final Paper The final paper will demonstrate the students ability to assimilate, synthesize, and apply the concepts of management information systems; specifically how information systems transform business; how information systems help to solve business problems; how information systems support major business functions, and how information systems affect business careers. Your final paper should demonstrate understanding of information systems and how they contribute to forming competitive advantage in business. Prepare an eight to ten page paper that addresses the following questions in narrative form (APA form and style). Be sure to provide examples and supporting rationale throughout the paper. The Final Paper: Carefully review the for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment. : : 25.00 Distinguished Thoroughly and clearly examines the meaning of information systems and comprehensively explains the people, organization, and technology components. Proficient Examines the meaning of information systems and explains the people, organization, and technology components. Minor details are missing or unclear. Basic Partially examines the meaning of information systems and somewhat explains the people, organization, and technology components. Relevant details are missing and/or unclear. Below Expectations Attempts to examine the meaning of information systems and explain the people, organization, and technology components; however, significant details are missing and unclear. Non-Performance The examination of the meaning of information systems and the explanation of the people, organization and technology lacks the components described in the assignment instructions. Distinguished Comprehensively and clearly identifies the major information systems and thoroughly compares these systems to identify the uses. Proficient Identifies the major information systems and compares these systems to identify the uses. Minor details are missing or unclear. Basic Partially identifies the major information systems and somewhat compares these systems to identify the uses. Relevant details are missing and/or unclear. Below Expectations Attempts to identify the major information systems and compare these systems to identify the uses; however, significant details are missing and unclear. Non-Performance The identification of the major information systems and the comparison of these systems are either nonexistent or lack the components described in the assignment instructions. Distinguished Comprehensively identifies a business which uses information systems and thoroughly explains the main features of the information systems. Proficient Identifies a business which uses information systems and explains the main features of the information systems. Minor details are missing. Basic Partially identifies a business which uses information systems and somewhat explains the main features of the information systems. Relevant details are missing. Below Expectations Attempts to identify a business which uses information systems and explain the main features of the information systems; however, significant information is missing. Non-Performance The identification of a business which uses information systems and the explanation of the main features to the information systems are either nonexistent or lack the components described in the assignment instructions. Distinguished Thoroughly explains how information systems transform business operations of the selected business. Proficient Explains how information systems transform business operations of the selected business. Minor details are missing. Basic -Explains how information systems transform business operations of the selected business. Relevant details are missing. Below Expectations Attempts to explains how information systems transform business operations of the selected business; however, significant details are missing. Non-Performance The explanation of how information systems transform business operations of the selected business is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions. Distinguished Thoroughly investigates how information systems affect business careers and what information systems skills and knowledge are essential. Proficient -Investigates how information systems affect business careers and what information systems skills and knowledge are essential. Minor details are missing. Basic Partially investigates how information systems affect business careers and what information systems skills and knowledge are essential. Relevant details are missing. Below Expectations Attempts to investigate how information systems affect business careers and what information systems skills and knowledge are essential; significant
details are missing. Non-Performance The investigation of how information systems affect business careers and what information systems skills and knowledge is essential is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions. Distinguished Distinguishes probable implications of the text for contexts, perspectives, or issues outside the assigned task or beyond the authors explicit message. Proficient Uses the text and/or specific knowledge of the authors context to draw more intricate inferences about the authors message and approach. Basic Considers how textual features (e.g., sentence and paragraph structure or tone) contribute to the authors message. Draws fundamental inferences about context and rationale of text. Below Expectations Inadequately captures vocabulary but makes an effort to paraphrase or summarize the information the text communicates. Non-Performance The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions. Distinguished Utilizes a format, language, or graph (or other visual representation) in ways that enhance comprehension, while making clear the interdependence of language and meaning, thought, and expression. Proficient Utilizes a format, language, or graph (or other visual representation) to correlate content and form, demonstrating an awareness of purpose and audience. Basic Utilizes a format, language, or graph (or other visual representation) that correlates what is being communicated. Below Expectations Utilizes a format, language, or graph (or other visual representation) that is appropriate, but may be incomplete or contain inaccuracies. Non-Performance The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions. Distinguished Displays meticulous comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains no errors and is very easy to understand. Proficient Displays comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains only a few minor errors and is mostly easy to understand. Basic Displays basic comprehension of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains a few errors which may slightly distract the reader. Below Expectations Fails to display basic comprehension of syntax or mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains major errors which distract the reader. Non-Performance The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions. Distinguished Accurately uses APA formatting consistently throughout the paper, title page, and reference page. Proficient Exhibits APA formatting throughout the paper. However, layout contains a few minor errors. Basic Exhibits limited knowledge of APA formatting throughout the paper. However, layout does not meet all APA requirements. Below Expectations Fails to exhibit basic knowledge of APA formatting. There are frequent errors, making the layout difficult to distinguish as APA. Non-Performance The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions. Distinguished The length of the paper is equivalent to the required number of correctly formatted pages. Proficient The length of the paper is nearly equivalent to the required number of correctly formatted pages. Basic The length of the paper is equivalent to at least three quarters of the required number of correctly formatted pages. Below Expectations The length of the paper is equivalent to at least one half of the required number of correctly formatted pages. Non-Performance The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions. Distinguished Uses more than the required number of scholarly sources, providing compelling evidence to support ideas. All sources on the reference page are used and cited correctly within the body of the assignment. Proficient Uses the required number of scholarly sources to support ideas. All sources on the reference page are used and cited correctly within the body of the assignment. Basic Uses less than the required number of sources to support ideas. Some sources may not be scholarly. Most sources on the reference page are used within the body of the assignment. Citations may not be formatted correctly. Below Expectations Uses an inadequate number of sources that provide little or no support for ideas. Sources used may not be scholarly. Most sources on the reference page are not used within the body of the assignment. Citations are not formatted correctly. Non-Performance The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.