CBA IS Excellence Award
From Information Systems at Pitt Business
The CBA IS Excellence Award recognizes exemplary work in the Introduction to Information Systems course project and provides you with a way to differentiate yourself, no matter what your major is, as someone who is interested and able to apply information systems to improve business performance.
In the Introduction to Information Systems course (BUSMIS 1060), you focus on developing the knowledge, skills, and experience needed to be able to recognize and capitalize on opportunities to use information systems to increase efficiency, improve performance, and support innovation. A key part of the course is a multi-stage project in which you, initially alone and then in small teams, analyze an organizational activity, identify ways that information systems can be used to improve that process, and then develop the basic business case for one of the improvement opportunities that you identify.
Student teams that demonstrate exemplary work in the BUSMIS 1060 course project will be nominated for the CBA IS Excellence Award. Nominated projects will be those that clearly exceed the baseline standards and demonstrate the ability to analyze a business activity, creatively identify meaningful opportunities to improve that activity through the application of information systems, and outline a convincing business case for an improvement opportunity. This nomination will be made based on the consensus of the BUSMIS 1060 instructors and the Director of the Undergraduate IS program. Selection will be based on evaluation of team progress during the project, the deliverables provided at each stage, and peer feedback from the poster sessions associated with each stage.
Nominated teams will be invited to present their final project poster at a reception at the end of the semester. All Award nominees present at the reception will receive prizes from the Award sponsors (Protiviti and CBA). They will also have the opportunity to present their work to and talk with sponsor representatives.
The CBA IS Excellence Award winners will be chosen from among the teams presenting at the Award reception. The BUSMIS 1060 instructors, the Director of the Undergrad IS program, and the sponsor representative(s) will choose the project which best demonstrates exemplary creativity, ingenuity, and application of the skills and concepts needed to successfully apply information systems to create business value. This award will be accompanied by a cash prize of $100 for each team member who is present at the award reception.
Sponsored By: Protiviti: Independent Risk Consulting
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Inventory Auditing With Scan Guns at Steelers' Sideline Stores:Brendan Connolly, Gregory Torbic, Ryan Varley
Pocono Eye Associates:Prachi Gupta, Brittany Stevens , Ben Baldwin, Kristy Bayus
Implementation of a Database Management System for Student Record Management at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine:Emily Aigner, Ashley Krant, Natasa Milicevic
FedEx Services Group:Michael Fisher, Ray Alvarado, Adam Carlson, Shawn Phelan
Intel Interactive Website for Employee Suggestions:Hallie Ban, Blaine Lipkin, Ashly Klinvex, Jared Staniber, Robert Irr
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals (GSK) Inventory Management Process:Eamonn Brady, Ryan Albert, Jason Kelly, Josh Krinock
Kono Company:Danielle Benjamin, Lauren McCraw, Matthew Meister, Michie Rushlander
Chip & Dale:Parminderjit K. Bhullar, Eric Tracey, Jessica Lochner, Kellen McGee
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Garden:Courtney Blair Thomas
PNC Financial Services Group:Ryan Smith, Kaitlyn M. Urlaub, Rachel Krebs
[edit] Spring 2008
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The Original:Casey Hohman, Erica Korman, Jenelle Pifer, Stephanie Shapiro
Citizens Bank Group:Genna Nester, Dave Goldstein, Evelina Olshanskaya, Lauren Scott
McDermott Will & Emery:Ben Hoffman, Kenny Kennedy, Colt Templin, Tara Tighe
Radio Shack's EOQ Inventory Process Training:Tarah Ceccarelli, Sam Kudlik, Patrick Moroney, Leah Van Den Heuvel
Robert's Cleaners:Ashley Dell'Aquila, Jenna Nonnemacher
Sandcastle Waterpark: Andrew Kwitowski, Johnathan Petruch, Rafael Paras
Columbia Records Group:Jessica Gibson, Dave Mathisen, Sean Palman
University of Pittsburgh PeopleSoft Oracle Group:Ryan Kavcsak, Chrissy Price, Gary Sanderson, Katie Vojtko
Natale Card & Party:Michael Almendarez, Kayley Halquist, Gib Parthmore, Max Quinlin
MyHealth Personal Medical Records Application:Kaitlin Guarascio, David Kalman, Melek Yazici
Gwendolyn Bye Dance Center:Jhason Dixon, Ebere Onuoha, Christina Whittaker
Zwahlen's Ice Cream & Chocolate Company:Ali Bach, Ivy Blazevic, Lauren Dahl, Danna Donelli
Saras Market:Andrew Bezushko, Megan DeMarco, John Johnson, Johnelle Lee
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