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BUSINESS CASE
A healthy lifestyle advocacy group is aiming to build a bike sharing system within a medium size
metropolitan area. The group has signed a contract with a company to provide the bike sharing
technology and hardware (bike stations, bikes, network equipment, a server, and bike sharing software that automates the process of checking out and returning bicycles, and billing customers).
DOCKING STATIONS & BIKES
The docking station provides a limited number of bike parking spots, and is characterized by its location, bike capacity, and by real time number of bikes parked. Docking stations have computers running on them, credit card reader, and a networking module which allows it to be connected to the Internet. The fleet of bikes has also been purchased.
FUNCTIONING OF THE SYSTEM
There are two ways a user can get access to the system:
1) Using her annual subscription ($70)
2) Buying day pass ($5)
Every ride under 30 minutes is free. User is charged $1 dollar for a ride between 30 and 1 hour, 3 dollars for rides between 1 hour and 2 hours and a flat rate of 7 dollars for any ride over 2 hours. The users who haven’t returned a bike within 10 hours are billed with a $50 fine.

 

Description of the IS Architecture, Software and Database Components, and Hardware Architecture

The information system designed for this case should connect docking stations, as well as manage user registrations and billing. We learned about different architecture models (e.g. centralized, distributed, and cloud).

Directions

In a Word document, provide the following information:

1. Propose the IS architecture for the IS for the bike sharing system. Explain the rationale behind the choice (between half of a page and a page);

2. List all the software, and database, and hardware components;

3. Draw a architecture of the system showing the components using Word shapes, use arrows to show business process and major data flow between them.

 

Sample Solution

dividual’s well-being has on influencing behaviour. According to Baldassare and Katz (1992) the threat to an individual’s well-being is the biggest influencer on people’s behaviour, and especially among students; overriding many of the other factors discussed above. These findings have been further reinforced by studies conducted by Hines, Hungerford, and Tomera (1987) emphasising the positive relationship between environmental concern and environmental behaviour. The study also concluded the difference between the younger and older generations. While the older age groups were most associated with their overall environmental practices, younger generations were more associated with behaviour relevant to environmental threat, and is something therefore to take into account when looking at methods to target young students. Given the huge scale of environmental issues worldwide it wouldn’t come as a huge shock that individuals may feel their recycling efforts wouldn’t have a significant impact whatsoever. This idea was highlighted by Hooper and Nielsen (1991) who researched the extend to which a behaviour will have a tangible impact. They, too little surprise, found that individuals that thought their actions were making an impact were more likely to act environmentally. The idea therefore that individuals need to feel personally responsible and feel that they are playing a part in helping the environment will play a significant role in future policy making (Maibach, 1993).

2.4 Contribution to the literature

Overall, as can be seen from the above review there has been a plethora of research done into what drives human behaviour and what drives it within an environmental context. The literature however, has a very broad sphere of subject that it addresses and when that comes down to selecting effective and appropriate policies to help change a demographics behaviour, it may not be completely helpful. By isolating the three main behaviour groups as identified in Barr’s (2007) framework this paper will aim to provide a more specific set of data to allow a greater understanding to what influences and how to change the student demographics behaviour.

 

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