Unintentional plagiarism usually occurs when students do not understand the rules and
procedures for properly quoting, paraphrasing, and citing source information. As a rule of thumb,
remember 1) for exact words (whether full sentences or phrases), use quotations marks or a block
indentation, together with an in-text citation; 2) for a summary or paraphrase, show exactly where
the source begins and exactly where it ends by introducing the borrowing with a comment about
it and closing it with an in-text citation. If you have any questions or concerns about this policy, it
is your responsibility to raise them and ask for clarification until you are certain of its meaning.


Team project topic and instructions

Topic: Analyze a particular health care information system for possible system disasters
and compare to best practices in that area

A group of 3-4 students will work on the team project. The team needs to identify a suitable real
health care system and provide an audit of it on possible disasters.

Regarding the analysis of related best practices that have to be analyzed as a part of the project,
you need to find also at least 7-8 relevant refereed journal sources using library databases like
ABIINform and EBCO Host Academic Search Premier or other database that contains relevant
sources for the topic. It needs to be not longer than 9-10 pages single spaced text and needs to
present a synthesized analysis of the particular crisis as a Word report and a separate PPT
presentation (of no more than 12 slides) – both to be submitted to the instructor by the due date,
11 pm . The team projects should show in a separate your analysis of findings from published
sources (including mostly refereed papers however some regular media publications are often
useful as well) or the internet.

The project report needs to report on a real system coordinated with the instructor. It needs to
have a title, a one page abstract (Executive Summary), a main body presenting the results on each
of the three items above in the same sequence. At the end of the report list your references
(sources of information). Use only the Harvard Notation for references, a copy of which is
provided by your instructor electronically) or the APA reference guide.
When you start the research component of your projct you need to consult the
instructions on the stages in the writing process at the web site of the writing program of
the University of Wisconsin, using the top link in the following page:
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/ . You are writing a research paper, hence the
need to check these instructions:
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/PlanResearchPaper.html and more specifically
you are writing a review of literature:
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/ReviewofLiterature.html. You need to apply
either the APA method of referencing available at :
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/Documentation.html or preferably a much
simpler version called Harvard Method of Referencing - see
http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/library/skharvard.htm . However if you know well any other
method of referencing, please state that you are using a particular style explicitly and I
will accept your paper using that particular style – see styles here
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/Documentation.html Please note that IT IS NOT
acceptable to use your own improvisation on a reference style and expect to get a high
grade.
BIS 462 Syllabus
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