ASSIGNMENT 4: CRITIQUE IN SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY

ASSIGNMENT 4: CRITIQUE IN SYSTEMS &
TECHNOLOGY
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary......................................................................................................................3
Introduction....................................................................................................................................4
1. A customer loyalty scheme called Study Together Loyalty will reward students who
introduce another student with fee credit depending on which course is picked. The
university also uses agents to sell its offerings to employers. Applications are
approved in less than 5 minutes. Payments for non-refundable fees are by credit card
or Paypal....................................................................................................................................6
2. E-book and laptop purchases are part of the course and will be available online.
Students cannot opt out of purchases. A pre-configured laptop loaded with required
software will be sent out to all students.................................................................................8
3. You are required to provide any two suitable business process or solution that
could be employed to enhance this model. Substantiate this process or solution with
relevant references to literature............................................................................................10
4. Suggest how social media can play a role in promoting this model – giving suitable
approaches from literature. Avoid writing about the teaching aspect of education or
item related to enrolled student activities such as clubs, societies, etc.........................11
Conclusion....................................................................................................................................12
Recommendations......................................................................................................................13
References...................................................................................................................................14
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Executive Summary
IT management concept is the key factor on which this whole report is based and conducted.
This report is based on the education sector in which private education institutes have
developed a group to form World University. The key aim of this report is to provide benefits to
students and learners to get lectures from an online university. A new concept of education has
been proposed in this report which is based on information technology. Different kinds of issues
are occurred to finalise this concept to execute learning from this concept. Payments, learning
method, communication-related issues are resolved to provide better services to the targeted
audience. Recommendations to World University have been provided to ensure the success of
the concept in the attainment of targets and objectives.
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Introduction
Information technology has a huge significance in the study and education system on which this
report has focused. Online lectures and study materials are approaching in those geographical
areas which do not have any scope for a particular type of course. This report is mainly based
on the group of private education institutes which has developed a new concept of education
named as World University. In this education concept, a student can be enrolled in any program
of any university and get online lectures and study material from the university in which they
enrolled. It is an effective futuristic approach to enhance education in those geographical areas
which does not have any specific study program. This report is based on the decisions which
can be taken by the management of the World University concept. Management has finalised
some decisions for the success of the concept which will be analysed in this report.
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