Day 11-Library Activity

Today we had a fun activity. At the beginning of the lecture Mr. Eranjan said today we have to do an activity. It was Scavenger Hunt. All of us were so excited about this because we know we can have some fun time This was a group activity. A group consisted of six and each group had to answer six questions which means one person had to answer one question.

Figure 1: Scavenger Hunt

Figure 2: Scavenger Hunt

Activity

The questions given by our lecturer was related to books in the APIIT city campus library. We had to give a list of books that available in the library.  Questions are as followed,

Q1. List down books related to systems analysis and design

Figure 3: Tiffani busy with work

Q2. List down title of the books written by following authors,

• C.Date
• Barbara Sprague
• Tony Proctor
• Jenny Preece
• John Ward
• Turban
• Joe Peppard
• Fitzgerald
• Uma Sekaran

Q3. Write down the project titles of the following BIT projects

• Ishani Ranatunge
• Dilani Gomis
• Dhanushka Sandanayake
• Lasith Thisera



Figure 4: In the Library

• Eranjan Padumadasa

Q4. Identify the ISBN numbers of following books

• E-marketing
• Quantitative Methods
• Key managerial models
• Database systems
• Personality Development

Q5. Give a recommendation a book by providing author and the title for the following modules

• Financial Accounting
• Design Patterns
• IELTS
• Usability Engineering
• Information System Strategy
• Organization Behavior
• HR management
• Business Environment
• Database Management Systems
• Agile Methodologies

Q6. Five newspaper clippings on the following topic

• Economic Condition in Sri Lanaka

(Name of the author, article, published date, publication)

Mr Eranjan our lecturer asked us to write the answers according to the reference style.

Answers

A1)

1. Valacich, J.s. George, J.F. & Hoffer, J. A. (2006). Essentials of System Analysis and Design. 3rd edition. New Jersey. Pearson Education.
2. Walkley, M. Lambrov, N. Weaver, P.L. (2002). Practical Business Systems Development Using SSADM. 3rd edition. England. Pearson Education.
3. Kendall & Kendall. (2002). Systems Analysis and Design. 5th edition. New Delhi. Prentice Hall of India.
4. Hughee, M. (2000). Mastering System Analysis and Design. London. Macmillan Press Ltd.
5. Juliff, P. (2002). Program Design. 4th edition. New Delhi. Prentice Hall of India.
6. Ffiths, G.G. (1998). The Essence of Structured System Analysis Techniques. Hertfordshire. Prentice Hall Europe.
7. McConnell, S. (1996). Rapid Development. Washington. Microsoft Press.
8. Booch, G. (1994). Object Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications. 2nd edition. California. Addison Wesley Longman, Inc.
9. Shelly, G.B. Cashman, T.J. &  Rosenblatt, H.J. (2001). System Analysis and Design. 4th edition. USA. Course Technology.
10.  Bennett, S. McRobb, S. & Farmer, R. (2002). Object Oriented System Analysis and Design. 2nd edition. New Delhi. Tata McGraw Hill.

A2)

1. Date, C.J. (2000). An Introduction to database systems. 7th edition. Delhi. Pearson Education.
2. Sprauge, R.H. & McNurlin, B.C. (2004). Information System Management in Practice. 6th edition. Delhi. Pearson Education.
3. Proctor, T. (2005). Creative Problem Solving for Managers. 2nd edition. Cornwall. Routledge.
4. Kendall & Kandall. (2002). System Analysis and Design. 5th edition. New Delhi. Prentice Hall of India.
5. Preece, J. (1994). Human Computer Interaction. England. Pearson Education.
6. Ward, J. & Ffiths, P.G. (1996). Strategic Planning for Information Systems. 2nd edition. England. John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
7. Turban, E. Et al. (2008). Information Technology for Management. 6th edition. New Delhi. John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
8. Ward, J. & Peppard, J. (2002). Strategic Planning for Information Systems. 3rd edition. England. John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
9. Fitzgerald, J. & Dennis, A. (2002). Business Data Communications and Networking. 7th edition. USA. John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
10. Sekaran, U. (2009). Research Methods for Business-A Skill Building Approach. 4th edition. New Delhi. John Wiley and Sons Ltd.

A3) 

1. Ranatunge, I.S. Inventory Management and Forecasting System for LAK Sathosa. Staffordshire University. 
2. Gomis, B.D.N. Investigation into Business Process Re-engineering and Electronic Data Interchange to Develop a Web-Based Fuel Procurement Systeems for Sri Lanaka Railway. Staffordshire University.
3. Sandanayake, D. An IS/IT Production Management and Resource Allocation System for Sign Tech Advertising Services. Staffordshire University.
4. Tissera, L.C. Credit Risk Management and Order Prioritization for Harrisons Chemical Pvt. Ltd. using Analytical Hierarchy. Staffordshire University.
5. Padumadasa, E.U. Application for Analytical Hierarchy Process Model for Tendering Process Automation. Staffordshire University.

A4)

1. E-Marketing- ISBN 14: 81-7808-944-10
2. Key Managerial Models ISBN 24 0-273-66261-5
3. Quantitative Methods 34 0-273-64-694X
4. Database Systems ISBN 12-978-81-317-2025-7
5. Personality Development ISBN 16-GE-01-141-7

A5)

1. Harrison, W. T. Jr. & Horngern C. T. (1998). Financial Accounting. 3rd Edition. United States of America
2. Freeman, E. et al (2007). Head First Design Patterns. Decora Printers.
3. Black, M. & Capel, A. (2006). Objective IELTS. New York.
4. Mayhew, D. J. (1999). The Usability Engineering Lifecycle. United States of America.
5. Kreitner, R. & Kinicki, A. (n.d.) Organization Behavior. 7th Edition. United States.
6. Foot, M. & Hook, C. (2008). Introducing Human Resources Management. 5th Edition. Italy.
7. Palmer, A. & Hartley, B. (2009).. The Business Environment. 6th Edition Berkshire.
8. Ramakrishnan, R. & Gehrke, J. (2003). Database Management System. 3rd Edition. America.
9. Ambler, S. (2002). Agile Modeling: Effective Practices for eXtreme Programming & the Unified Process. Canada.

A6)

1. Bandara, K. & Perera, Y. (2012). Minister Refuses Salary Hike for CEB Workers. Daily Mirror. 7th July. 
2. Mudalige, D. (2012). Timber Transportation Streamlined. Daily News. 5th July.
3. Samaraweera, D. (2009). Keeping Sri Lanka Economy afloat in 2009. Sunday Times. 27th December.
4. Kangaraarachchi, R. (2009). Sri Lanka Records Healthy Economic Growth. Daily News. 9th December.
5. Karmangara, A. (2009). Low Internet Rates to Boost Business. Sunday Observer. 29th November.

Learning Outcomes:-

From this activity I got a better knowledge about the books that available in the library and the various types of books. Also I refresh my knowledge of referencing as well. Today activity was a fun and interesting activity.