Group Assignment: Due Date and Reminders

dear Students,

I am extending the due date for the Final Submission of Assignment Two from 16-March to 23-March. Hope this gives you more time to finalize your answers !


The marks for the first round of submissions have already been e-mailed to your group leaders. Please check with them if they have not yet forwarded the marks to you.

For the final version of your blog, please make sure you organize your answers to appear under the correct question number (Q1 answers are posted together, Q2 answers are posted together, etc.). Answers that are buried under the comments may be missed and may not be counted in the marks.

Blogs should be written in an informal style, as if you're having a conversation with someone in front of you. In case you are copying or quoting from a third-party source, please acknowledge your references.

You may answer fewer than 5 questions, but in order to get an outstanding grade, you will need to discuss all 5 questions.

Let me know if you have further questions or comments !

Group Assignment: Post # 5

Businesses and individuals must be aware of the information security and ethical issues that come together with their dependence and frequent use of information systems.

Not knowing or caring about these issues may bring about loss of confidential information and lasting damage to their business reputation. In this post, you will talk about the following:

1) Think of 2 to 3 ways in which businesses may violate privacy or ethical rights without realizing it.

2) How can the violations mentioned in the previous question be avoided or minimized ?

Group Assignment: Post # 4

Logistics companies such as FedEx and UPS no longer merely carry goods from one place to another. Some of them also provide supply chain planning and management services to their customers and help them manage their supply chain information.



Investigate the web site of FedEx OR UPS to see how these companies’ services may be used for supply chain management. Then, answer the following questions:

a) What supply chain processes can each of these companies support for their clients ?
b) How can customers use the Web sites of each company to help them with supply chain management ?