INFM-605: Information Users and Use Context

Summer Session I, 2007

Individual Assignment # 2

Information flow and process improvement

Goal: This assignment provides you with an opportunity to understand the way in which business processes can be described and improved in terms of diverse information architectures, in the context of diverse types of organizations.

Instructions:

• Read about the Internet business models described in the handout:
  • Virtual storefront
  • Information broker
  • Transaction broker
  • Online marketplace
  • Content provider
  • Online service provider
  • Virtual community
  • Portal
• Review each one of the five fictitious businesses introduced in the handout, and then select one for this assignment.
• Answer questions 1, 2, 3 and 4, as described in the handout.

Reference: Laudon, K.C. & Laudon, J.P. (2003). Creating a new Internet business, In Essentials of management information systems. (pp. 310-311). Fifth edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Due date: July 3, 2007, during class time.

Evaluation: This assignment represents 10 points of your final grade.