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A2. Organizing Principles (Andronico's vs. Amazon)

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Wed, 2012-08-22 17:21 — bryan
Assigned: 
Tue, 2012-09-04
Due: 
Thu, 2012-09-13 09:00

Compare and contrast the organizing principles and design patterns guiding the organization of resources in Andronico's (using the attached store map) and Amazon.com (using Amazon's directory).

This assignment is worth 10 points.

Write up your analysis as a report with 4 sections (we're being prescriptive here to ensure that you do all the parts of the assignment and to make it easier to evaluate your work):

  1. What principles are used in the Andronico organizing system? Define each principle and provide a specific example of resources whose organization follows it. (2 pts)
  2. What principles are used in the Amazon.com organizing system? Define each principle (if you haven't already done so in part 1) and provide a specific example of resources whose organization follows it. (2 pts)
  3. Compare and contrast the principles behind the two organizing systems? (3 pts)
  4. Restate the principles so as to make them more similar. Can you take the principles from your previous level to such an abstract level that they apply to both organizing systems? (2 pts)

Note: 1 pt will be assigned for quality of writing, grammar, and sentence structure.

Aim for approximately 1000 words in total, which is about 2.5 pages of text double-spaced Times New Roman size 12 font. Please either paste your response into the body of the assignment submission or attach a PDF.

Limit your analysis to what you can see or directly infer from the Andronico store map and the Amazon.com site.  You do not need to do any research about supermarket or e-commerce site design.