MIS500 Reflective Portfolio: Foundations of Information Systems

This reflective portfolio documents a student's learning journey in a Foundations of Information Systems course (MIS500). The portfolio covers key modules, including the fundamental concepts of information systems and their influence on organizations, the application of information systems in practical tasks, data analysis and management, knowledge management, business information systems, and customer relationship management. Each module's learning activities, impacts, and evidence of understanding are detailed, showcasing the student's grasp of data handling, decision-making processes, and the ethical considerations of using information technology in business. The reflection highlights the benefits and limitations of various systems, emphasizing the importance of data security and ethical practices within organizations. The student demonstrates an understanding of how information systems enhance business services, improve data management, and support strategic decision-making.

Running head: Reflective Writing On Foundations of Information System
REFLECTIVE WRITTING
ON
FOUNDATIONS OF INFORMATION SYSTEM
Name of Student
Name of University
Author Note:

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Introduction:
The primary aim of this report is to prepare a reflection on what I have learned in our learning
courses. Followed by the above aspect this paper will consist a brief discussion about the topics which has
been learned in the classes, followed by this it will effectively discuss about the learning activities as well
as the impact of those learning activities. In order to support the statement the report will also elaborate the
evidence on how the studies related to the mentioned topics has provided me enough knowledge for its
further application.
Date Learning Activities Impact Evidence
Module 1.1
This class has been
held in order to
provide the knowledge
about the Information
system. The
fundamental concept
behind education on
this topic is to
distribute knowledge
about how the
influence of
Information System
helps to get certain
desired output from a
specific organization.
Followed by the above
aspect the lecture on
this topic has provided
a brief idea about the
importance of the
Information
technology in the
organizational
structure as well as a
detail elaboration on
how the knowledge
and proper skills about
information
technology has helped
the organizational
manager to gain
enough knowledge
about how IT skills
can help to enhance
the organizational
services. Along with
that in order to
complement the
education this module
After attending all the
classes on this topic I
have gained a deep
knowledge about the
concept of information
technology which stands
to store, process, and
modify the
organizational data.
These data information
are stored in the
electronic format.
Followed by this I have
also gathered some idea
about the importance of
Information technology
by which it process the
organizational data in
order to analyze the data
to determine effective
solution for the
betterment of the
mentioned organization.
Along with that the
lecturer has briefly
discussed about the
limitations of the
incorporation of
Information Technology
in the as it analyses the
user data without
concerning with them
which causes a
significant ethical draw
back according to the
ACS codes of ethics.
While discussing the
ACS codes of ethics it
has provided a brief
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also explained about
the necessary findings
on how Information
Technology must
follow the
professional ethics in
order to provide
effective solution to
large as well as small
enterprises. Followed
by this it has
effectively described
the ACS codes of
ethics.
professional ethics
which has stated that the
rights to privacy of a
user should not be
violated as this an
unethical move from the
organizational side.
Thus, it can be stated
that the incorporation of
IT holds several benefits
in the business structure
however there are some
limitation also present in
according to the ACS
codes of ethics which
needs to be mitigated
effectively. Based on the
concept of Information
Technology I have
noticed that by the
conventional data
handling process
institutional working
process were very slow
however the
incorporation of
information technology
has significantly
speeded up the data
handling process by
effectively storing,
modifying as well as by
processing the student
information which has
been gathered in
electronic data format.
Module 1.2
Followed by the study
of module 1.1, the
topic present in the
module 1.2 holds the
knowledge related to
the application of
Information system as
it is essential to know
about the proper
utilization of the
mentioned system in
order to gain more
benefits while doing
As a result of this study
it has effectively
provided me a detail
knowledge about the
operations and
applications of
Information system.
Considering the current
business scenario it has
been noticed that there
are several benefits
offers by the
Information system in
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any practical task.
Considering the
mentioned statement
this topic has started
by explaining about
the definition of
customer and
suppliers as in the
industrial business
these two terms are
highly essential.
Followed by this it has
effectively described
about the information
which are used for the
process of decision
making. Along with
that this in the last
section it has
effectively described
the utilization of
Information system in
the organization field
in order to signify the
impact of the
Information system in
the small businesses to
enhance their services.
In order to educate
about the above
mentioned aspects it
has instructed to do
practical by designing
a framework of a store
which has
incorporated the IT
system in it due to
which it was our
responsibility to
identify the essential
resources as well as
the needs which are
important to deploy
the mentioned
network.
business services and
productivity. Followed
by this concept in the
lecture it has been
effectively discussed
that in order to
incorporate an effective
information system it is
essential to adopt the
digital trend as the IS
only works with the e-
data. Followed by these
it has proven that in the
small business the IS has
effectively enhanced
their services as IS
consist effective
decision making
approach by which the
businesses can get most
accurate decisions in
order to offer best
services to the
customers. Considering
the aspect of decision
making I have also
learned that
organizations analyses
the past record of that
person as well as the
location and needs by
which it provided most
preferable solution to the
customers. Thus, it can
be stated that this
learning activity has
effectively enhanced my
knowledge about the
concept of IS as well as
the application of
information system.
Followed by this I have
also learned about the
aspects of organizational
data analysis. Based on
the learning activities I
have noticed that there
are several SME’s as
well as large
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most relevant product to
me vie Facebook, email.
Thus, after studying this
session I have noticed
that it happens all
because of the IS
incorporation.
Module 2.1
In this module it has
successfully covered
all the areas which
needs to be addressed
in order to get an
effective data analysis
and management
process. This session
consist a detail study
about the data and its
characteristics as well
as its uses. In order to
complement the above
statement this study it
has included few
activities by which
student needs to
gather their daily data.
Those data includes
the collection of
regular data after
which it needs to draw
a design by those data
and observe the graph
and analyze the entire
scenario.
After completing the
mentioned classes as
well as the activities I
have gained knowledge
about the data
management as well as
the data observation.
Followed by the above
concept I must
acknowledge that the
collection of data and its
analysis has provided
me a significant
knowledge about the
data analysis as in the
collection process I was
noticing the regular
activities as well as the
irregular activities of my
friends from which I
came to know that their
most favorite food as
well as their preferable
place to visit. Thus,
from this lesson I have
gained a conceptual
knowledge about the
information
management and its
decision making.
Module 2.2
Followed by the above
lesson in this sub
lesson of the data
management topic it
holds a brief about the
knowledge
management as it is
one of the most
impactful aspect of
data management. In
order to effectively
educate the students
After the completion of
this session I have
learned about the
concept of Knowledge
management. In this
session it has been
taught that knowledge it
a sort of information
filled with informative
context related to the
business services. Along
with that after
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this session has also
been continued with a
learning activities. In
the learning activity
we were asked to
write the concept of
knowledge
management by
relating it with the
business operations as
well as a detail
analysis of the concept
of knowledge
management with the
perspective of the
stakeholders present in
the organizational
structure. Followed
by this the lecturer has
also asked to structure
a demo knowledge
management structure
for an organization an
asked to determine the
overall cost and the
desired resources.
activity it can be
concluded that there is a
significant impact of
Knowledge management
in the organizational
strategy making process.
In order to deploy the
knowledge management
in an organization it is
essential to share the
knowledge among to
stakeholders of the
organization as it is one
of biggest aspect of a
company to collaborate
their skills for the
betterment of the
organization. Followed
by this it has also
provided me a
knowledge about the
techniques which are
uses to share knowledge.
Those tools includes the
storytelling process,
knowledge mapping,
protect team
development as well as
it also opt to several
community practices.
Thus, I must
acknowledge that this
session has significantly
helped me with
providing effective
knowledge about the
knowledge management
which is one of the
major aspects of data
management as well as
the success of an
organization.

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Module 3.1
This session is about
the study related to the
business information
system. Followed by
this concept this
session is consists of
several sub section
related to the Business
transaction system,
information system in
order to invoke the
services of accounts of
finance, operation
management as well
as the human resource
management and
finally the enterprise
resource planning.
Followed by this
discussion it has asked
to perform several
activities in order to
enhance the learning
of the approached
topic. Those activities
includes the analysis
of the benefits and the
limitations of the
approached system by
considering a real time
organization.
After successfully
analyzing this module I
have gained several
knowledge about the
importance of Business
information system. This
study has helped me to
utilize the knowledge
which has been gained
from the above topics
and evaluate a well
structure IS for a
business platform in
order to gain knowledge
about the required
resources as well as the
functional aspects to
deploy the approached
system. Along with that
several benefits of
Business Information
system has been
accounted which
includes the effective
data management
process as well as the
decision making process
however, the analysis of
the limitations has stated
that there is significant
risk present in the
business information
system related to the
data security as well as
the data analysis aspects.
Followed by this it has
also mentioned that
there is a significant risk
present related to the
information
confidentiality as well as
the system fault.
Considering the above
aspects it has been
noticed from the above
research that the
incorporation of a more
secure technology with
backup capabilities will
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organization of the
betterment of their
services. Thus, from the
above studies it can be
stated that this topic has
helped me in several
aspects related to the
enhancement of the
business services.
Module 3.2
This section is a sub
lesson of the above
topic. In which it has
offered the students to
study about the
importance of
Information System in
the customer
relationship
management in the
business system. As
well as it has provided
a knowledge about the
supply chain
management, life
cycle of the product as
well as its
development.
Followed by this it has
asked to complete
several activities in
order to enhance the
knowledge about the
mentioned topics.
Those activities
includes a brief
analysis on the CRP as
well as on the supply
chain management
system in order to
determine the issues
and the opportunities
present in the
mentioned topic.
After completion of this
study it can be stated
that I have gained
knowledge about the
ERP. Customer
relationship
management is one of
major aspects of an
organization towards the
success of the business
thus, after studying this
have learned that CRP
offers effective
collaboration with the
customers by the
effectively communicate
with them as well as by
analyzing their demands
in order to address their
query and provide them
most optimized
products. Followed by
this supply chain
management hold
several benefits related
to collaborate the
different resources in a
collaborated system
which are needed to the
business. Along with
that the incorporation
Product Life Cycle
Management is a one of
the most important
aspects of the businesses
in order to satisfy the
customers as due to the
incorporation of this
system it will effectively
address all the
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the clients. Thus, I must
acknowledge that this
lesson has provided me
a detail knowledge about
the organizational
resource management as
well as the stakeholder
management.
Module 4.1
The primary objective
of this topic is to
effectively educate the
students about the
concept of e-
commerce and e-
business. In order to
effectively address all
the aspects related to
the mentioned
business style this
topic consist a detail
study of the idea of e-
commerce business by
elaborating the
influence of the e-
commerce business
benefits of the e-
commerce business by
comparing it with the
conventional business
process. Along with
that it has effectively
elaborated how the
impact of online
business has changed
the concept of the
customers to buy
products online as
well as how the
incorporation of e-
commerce has helped
with the strategy as
well as operations of
an organization.
After completion of this
topic I have gain
knowledge in several
field related to the
application of e-
businesses. It has firstly
helped me to understand
the concept of e-
business by stating that
e-commerce or e-
businesses are a sort of
approach by which it
offers the customers to
buy or review products
through online it also
consists the feature of
online payment also.
There are several types
of e-commerce structure
in the businesses which
includes the B2C, B2B
and B2G which offers
several approaches of e-
commerce business
including the online
marketing, determine the
best price by comparing
several service
providers, affiliate
marketing, membership
as well as the online
auctions. Followed by
this I have learned that
this sort of business
offers the home delivery
process by which it
facilitate the customers
with saving their money
and time. However, I
have also learned about
the possible limitations
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services of an e-
commerce business.
Those includes the fake
product buying, money
loss in case of online
money transaction as
well as imbalance of the
internet service also
holds significant
limitations to the
respective business
service. Thus, it can be
stated that there is a
significant influence of
the e-commerce
business by analyzing
the customer data and
their feedbacks to
enhance the business
strategy as well as the
services.
Module 4.2
This part of the lesson
is about the business
intelligence. In order
to effectively describe
the applications and
the operations of the
business intelligence it
has been asked to
critically analyze the
impact of the
mentioned technology
as well as how the
operations of BI needs
to be incorporated in
to the business
services.
After completion of the
study I have learned that
BI offers effective dada
mining by which it
effectively determines
the important aspects
from a large set of data
as well as the it holds
effective supports to the
decision making
approach for the
business services which
has a significant impact
on the business services
by enhancing the
business productivity
and marketing. Thus,
from this lesson I have
gained knowledge about
how business
intelligence has
influence the
conventional business
by enhancing the
decision making as well
as the marketing of the
targeted organization.

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Module 5.1
This lesson consist the
topic of data security
in the information
system. Followed by
this aspects it has
effectively provided
the knowledge about
the user authorization,
data vulnerability as
well as the aspects of
the hacker’s activity in
order to still the
information.
After studying this topic
I have gained knowledge
data security which
includes the data
availability which stands
to represent the lack of
data availability while
using an information
system if there is any
technical error, followed
by this the aspects of the
user authentication as
well as the data
protection are also the
major aspects of data
security. Thus, I must
acknowledge that this
topic has highly helped
me to learn about the
data security with
several aspects.
Module 5.2
This is the sub lesson
of the above topic it
has continued with the
aspects to deliver the
knowledge of security
defense and the
controls of data
vulnerability. In order
to effectively provide
the knowledge about
the mentioned topic it
has thoroughly
described the three
major aspects of data
availability, integrity
and the data
confidentiality.
After successfully
completing this lesson I
have learned that
however, there are
several limitations
present relayed to the
data security but there
are still some techniques
present in order to
mitigate those
limitations. This
learning activity has
provided mw a
knowledge about those
techniques which
includes the process of
establishing the physical
data protection machines
like the biometric
machines. As well as I
have learned that the
incorporation of the
disaster recovery plan
holds a significant role
towards the data
protection. Along with
that the utilization of
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incorporation of
cryptography has also
several benefits. Thus, I
must acknowledge that
this study has
significantly helped to
gain knowledge about
the defense and the
controls for data
protection.
Conclusion:
Thus, from the above discussion it can be concluded that the selected topic which has
been taught us holds a significant impact on my knowledge about several areas. Those areas
include the incorporation of information system into the business structure as well as the
application of information system in order to enhance the business services. Followed by this I
have also learned about the data management and the knowledge management followed by this it
has also provided me a knowledge about the business information system in order to identify the
threats and the opportunities related to the incorporation of business information system. Along
with that I have gained a deep knowledge about the e-commerce business as well as their impact
towards the development of a successful business platform. And the last session has provided me
the knowledge about the data vulnerability and the data security deference as well as the controls.
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