Entry 1 - 01/02/2018

Reflective learning
I attended my first lecture for Management and Information Systems on Monday 29th January, where our lecturer, Haider Bilal, went over what assignments we we have to complete throughout this module. After learning that the module was 100% coursework, he then explained that there were two main assessments which are a presentation and reflection report and that the first assessment was split into two individual assessments. These were a group presentation and a weekly blog that we have to write entries for reflecting on what we have learned during the lecture and seminar session as well as what our team has managed to do in the seminar session. Other than explaining how our assessments are carried out and how we are marked on them, Haider also explained that technology has developed increasingly in recent years and that compared to years ago there is a higher demand for people who have advanced skills in IT. So this module would help to develop our skills and get us better prepared for any potential jobs in the future. 

Teamwork
I had my first seminar session on February 1st where we picked our team members who we would work with for the first assessment. The members in my group are Suman, Mumtahin, Viorica and Assanatu and we decided to call our group 'Diamondis' which was suggested by Suman; the 'is' at the end of the name can stand for 'Information Systems' which we thought was relevant to our module. We have yet to decide on one business to analyse for our assessment but we have looked at Tesco and Sainsbury's as potential options. We were told that our presentation and weekly blog would count as 50% of our grade so we have to thoroughly plan for our presentation and update the entries on our blogs every week. Our group have created a WhatsApp group so that we can update each other about the progress of our assignment if we are not together. We also decided that on 9th February we would go to Tesco and other businesses to ask them if they are willing to share information for our university assignment.