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FIT5231 INDIGENOUS DATA SOVEREIGNTY
ASSIGNMENT 1 - Information Cultures
Reflections on cultural characteristics of organisational
information systems.
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Summary |
Supporting a plurality of information cultures in a digital data driven world is emerging as a key challenge for organisations, communities and individuals. This assignment is aimed at getting you to reflect on the cultural characteristics of organisational information systems, and the impact on the communities that it serves. For this assignment you will write a short reflection on the information cultures impacted by a given organisational information system. |
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Value |
20% marks |
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Due Dates |
11.55pm Friday 9th August, 2024 (end of week 4) |
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Word Counts |
This review should be between 500 - 1000 words (excluding references) |
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Assessment Criteria |
Criteria for assessment: 1. Degree to which reflection demonstrates understanding of Information cultures concepts. 2. Ability to analyse a given information system in terms of the information cultures it may impact. 3. Ability to communicate in a culturally sensitive manner |
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AI and Generative AI |
AI & Generative AItools MUST NOT BE USED within this assessment for the following reasons • This whole assessment task requires students to demonstrate human knowledge and skill acquisition without the assistance of AI. |
1. Read Choo, C. W. (2013). Information culture and organization effectiveness. International Journal of Information Management, 33(5), 775-779.
2. Select one of the case studies presented below.
• Case 1 Via Travel
Via Travel is a tour operator and Destination Management company. The company offer two types of tours to target different audiences. They offer Boutique Custom Tours and Flashpacker Adventure Tours to destinations across Australia.
• Case 2 Trove
Trove is an online platform that provides access to avast collection of digitized resources from libraries, museums, archives, and other cultural institutions across the nation. Trove is operated by the National Library and serves as a centralized hub for discovering and accessing historical and cultural materials of national and local significance.
• Case 3 Services Australia
https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/
The Services Australia Information System is a government-operated system that manages the delivery of national social welfare programs and services. Services Australia are responsible for administering various income support payments, family assistance, and other related services to eligible individuals and families.
• Case 4 BHP
BHP is a world leader in the diversified resources industry. BHP are committed to more sustainable practices to contribute to global sustainable development goals.
3. For the information system selected, write a reflection on the information culture(s) that may be involved.
- Compare and contrast different information cultures in the case study, drawing on specific examples from the case;
- Note any Indigenous-related information cultures that may be impacted; and
- Justify your assertions using the framework described in Choo (2013) to describe the culture(s). Ideally, use examples from the Information Cultures literature, using appropriate citing/referencing.
REFERENCING
You must acknowledge any sources that you use in this assignment, so that it is clear what are your ideas and what are the ideas of others. Use the APA7 Citation Style toprovide enough information about your references so that a future reader may locate and read the original source. See (http://guides.lib.monash.edu/citing-referencing/apa).
Plagiarism occurs when students fail to acknowledge that the ideas or work of others are being used. Specifically, it occurs when:
- other people's work and/or ideas are paraphrased and presented without a reference;
- other students' work is copied either in whole or in part;
- other people's designs, codes or images are presented as the student's own work;
- phrases and passages are used verbatim without quotation marks and/or without a reference to the author or a web page;
- lecture notes are reproduced without due acknowledgement; or
- Generative AI tools are used without disclosing their use.