JOURNALS 1 AND 2 SPECIFICATION_CIS8011
General Information about journal 1 & 2
You are required to choose an organization (Australian Government Departments) of
your choice. Your task is to produce two journals to highlight how digital innovations are
employed in these chosen organizations. Your focus will be specifically on integration,
and implementation issues associated with digital innovation. You should compare and
contrast how these aspects of digital innovation, integration and implementation, are
executed in these organisations.
JOURNAL 1: Write a report of 700 words to demonstrate your comprehension of the
digital innovations aspects available in the selected organizations (15 %)
Your report should cover following aspects:
1. Compare and contrast how the organizations absorbed the innovation in
terms of processes, procedures, policies and technologies (about 250 words)
2. Compare and contrast issues and problems encountered in terms of organizational
aspects(about 450 words)
JOURNAL 2: Write a report of 700words to demonstrate your comprehension of
the implementation aspects of digital innovation in the selected organizations
(15%)
Your journal should cover following aspects:
1. Your anal ysis and justifications of the solutions to the problems identified in the
first journal through the innovative processes (about 300 words)
2. Cost benefit, integration, and implementation analyses for the above (about 450
words)
Writing style (20%)
A: ONLY CHOOSE ONE CRITERIA FROM THE NEXT 4 (1, 2, 3, and 4) CRITERION
1 Poor (plenty of grammar and spelling mistakes, poor expression) (8%)
2 Average (some grammar and spelling mistakes, weak expression) (12%)
3 Good (no grammar and spelling mistakes, acceptable expression) (16%)
4 Excellent (expressed well with no grammatical or spelling errors) (20%)
Relevance (45%)
B: ONLY CHOOSE ONE CRITERIA FROM THE NEXT 4 (5, 6, 7, and 8) CRITERION
5 Poor (assignment does not address the required task) (15%)
6 Average (assignment addresses the required task but the arguments ramble or lack clarity) (25%)
7 Good (assignment addresses the required task, arguments are logically developed with supporting
in-text references in most paragraphs) (35%)
8 Excellent (assignment addresses the required task, arguments are logically developed and well
supported in-text references in all paragraphs) (45%)
Referencing (20%)
C: ONLY CHOOSE ONE CRITERIA FROM THE NEXT 4 (9, 10, 11, and 12) CRITERION
9 Only referencing style format of Harvard standard is followed (5%)
10 Only Harvard style followed and every reference in the list of references has been used and shown
correctly as an in-text reference (10%)
11 Harvard style followed and every reference in the list of references has been used and shown
correctly as an in-text reference. Furthermore, additional research was done by using non web
sources. (15%)
Marking criteria for journals
The following are some guidelines to help you prepare for journals in this course.
Your journals will be assessed through the following criteria:
12 Harvard style followed and every reference in the list of references has been used and shown
correctly as an in-text reference. Furthermore, additional research was done by using non web
sources. HIGH QUALITY PEER REVIEW JOURNALS REFERENCES ARE ALSO USED TO COMPLETE THE
ACTIVITY (20%)
Plagiarism (5%)
D: ONLY CHOOSE THIS CRITERIA IF STUDENT HAS SUBMITTED TURNITIN REPORT
13 Plagiarism check (TURNITIN report submitted with the journal) (5%)
Normally, it is hard to put the percentage number correctly as it all depends on the actual report
contents produced by the TRUNITIN application. As a general rule, less than 15 % is acceptable. It is a
student’s responsibility to have the report ready before the due date.
Reviews (10%)
EACH STUDENT IS REQUIRED TO MARK TWO JOURNALS FOR OTHER STUDENTS
Conducted 1 review (5%)
Conducted 2 reviews (10%)
Late Submission (-1 to -100%)
STUDENT IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ON OR BEFORE THE DUE DATE. (23:59 ASET)
If students submit assignments after the due date without prior approval of the examiner, then a penalty
of 5% of the total marks gained by the student for the assignment may apply for each day late up to ten
days at which time a mark of zero may be recorded. The assignments and their due dates are listed in the
study schedule to give you some forewarning so that you may organize your study program.
Submitted after the due date
Submitted after the due date, but more than ONE WEEK overdue