ITS 631 Paper #2 (Chapters 6 – 10 Bourgeois)100 Points Possible
Open Textbook and Resources
-Bourgeois, D., Smith, J., Wang, S., Mortati, J. (2019). Information Systems for Business and Beyond.
-Langer, A.M. (2018). Information Technology and Organizational Learning. 3rd edition. Taylor & Francis
Group, LLC. ISBN: 978-1-138-23858-9.
Individual Effort Only!
APA format is required. References should be listed immediately after the question that is
being answered. Each question lists a minimum number of unique scholarly references; the
textbook is considered one unique reference (per question) regardless of how many times it is
used. All references should be from the years 2010 to present day.
Review the rubric that will be used to evaluate this paper. All work must be completed
individually.
1. What does it mean for a company to have a competitive advantage? Use at least three
unique references. Length: 4-5 paragraphs.
2. What is the value in documenting a business process? Use at least three unique
references. Length: 4-5 paragraphs.
3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of centralizing the IT function? Use at least
three unique references. Length: 4-5 paragraphs.
4. What is change management? Use at least three unique references. Length: 4-5
paragraphs.
Rubric for
Criteria for Grading Papers 1-3
Criteria
A
B
C
F
Student showed depth
Student showed
Student showed
of knowledge of subject
Student showed little
knowledge of subject knowledge of subject
matter well beyond
knowledge of subject
matter beyond citing matter primarily limited
citing the textbook;
matter; writer may not
the textbook; writer
to the textbook; writer
writer cited more than
have cited the minimum
Knowledge
cited the minimum
cited the minimum
the minimum number of
number of references;
of Subject
number of references; number of references;
references; all
many statements and
Matter
most statements and some statements and
statements and
opinions were not
opinions were
opinions were not
opinions were
supported by
(40 pts)
supported by
supported by
supported by
appropriate citations
appropriate citations
appropriate citations
appropriate citations
from the literature.
from the literature.
from the literature.
from the literature.
27 points
35 – 32 points
31 – 28 points
40 – 36 points
Comments
Quality of
Research
(30 pts)
Comments
Student did an
exceptional job of
integrating course
readings with additional
research. Sources
listed were all scholarly
or practitioner journals,
newspapers, or
academic books from
the last ten years.
Student did a
satisfactory job of
integrating course
readings with additional
research. Sources
listed were primarily
scholarly or practitioner
journals, newspapers,
or academic books
from the last ten years.
Student did a less than
satisfactory job of
integrating course
readings with additional
research. Some
sources listed were not
scholarly or practitioner
journals, newspapers,
or academic books
from the last ten years.
Student did an
inadequate job of
integrating course
readings with additional
research. Many of the
sources listed were not
scholarly or practitioner
journals, newspapers,
or academic books
from the last ten years.
30 – 27 points
26 – 24 points
23 – 21 points
20 points
Points
Earned
Student presented
Student presented
Student presented
Student presented
ideas in a poorly
ideas in a compelling
ideas presented in a
ideas in a coherent
organized or incoherent
manner with no
clear, coherent manner manner with several
Presentation
manner with many
distracting writing,
with few distracting
distracting writing,
of Ideas and
distracting writing,
grammar, or spelling
writing, grammar, or
grammar, or spelling
Mechanics
grammar, or spelling
problems; the page
spelling problems; the
problems; the page
problems; the page
length
requirement
was
page
length
length
requirement may
(20 pts)
length requirement may
met.
requirement was met.
not have been met.
not have been met.
20 – 19 points
18 – 16 points
15 – 14 points
13 points
Comments
Most citations,
All citations, quotations,
quotations, and
Some citations,
Most citations,
APA
and references were
references were
quotations, and
quotations, and
formatting
properly formatted or
properly formatted or
references were not
references were not
contained one or two contained several minor properly formatted or
properly formatted or
(10 pts)
minor errors.
errors.
contained major errors. contained many errors.
10 – 9 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
Comments
Total Points Earned
(100 points max)