Blog 8: 22/03/2018

Lecture:

This weeks lecture was focused on 'Business models in the digital world'. We had started with a video which was based on 5 trends that would shape the future of work. these were globalisation, mobility, millennial's & changing behaviours and technology. This was very interesting as I was able to get a brief overview on how theses five trends shape the future of  work.

Hiader then started to explain about what an organisation is and how IS has an impact on the organisation. One aspect that I really captured my attention was when Hiader spoke about the 5 types of organisational structures,as this was very interesting to know about. I had also learnt about the different managerial levels there are. Overall this lecture was really useful and I was able to understand more about the different business models in digital world. Hiader Bilal had explained on what needs to written on blog 10, as we don't really have a lecture and I was wondering on what exactly we need to write.

Seminar:

Today's lecture we had worked on Pivot tables in excel. This is used to find ways of presenting information in a report format. This was really useful as its a quick and easy way to see information. We were given a sheet to follow which was really easy to follow. I managed to finish my excel really quickly as I had found this activity really easy. This made me feel very happy as I realised how much my excel skills has improved. Not many people had attended this seminar due to another assignment was due tomorrow. I was given the chance to work on my assignment once I finished my excel activity. Below is the spreadsheet that I had completed today.

Groupwork:

In our groupwork, so far we have done everything. We were supposed to dress smartly for the presentation but we could not do the presentation today as some group members did not attend. I asked the group if they could come in tomorrow but they are not able to come as they are busy. We then as a group suggested on Whatssapp to do the presentation after Easter break. I had found this quite frustrating as my group were not participating as much as they did once the group had started. Some group members decided to not come in meetings or in Susie's seminars. Assanatu did not come at all this week which was frustrating as she complained that she is busy next week and would not be able to come at all. This was quite of a problem as we all wanted to get the presentation done by this week. Viroica worked really hard as last week she had given us a script on what we can speak and told us to practice it for this week. Now we have 3 weeks to practice on what we would be speaking in the presentation. As we want the presentation to be professional, Viorica suggested to invite her son Yousef to help us coordinate the presentation. He would be holding the camera in place for us to do the presentation.

Suman Tanveer