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Course: Management Information System (3507) Semester: Spring, 2012 Level: MBA-IT Total Marks: 100 Pass Marks: 40
ASSIGNMENT No. 1
(Units: 1–4)
Note: All questions are compulsory. Each question carries equal marks.
Q. 1 (a) What do you mean by management information system (MIS)? Give a brief explanation of the MIS subsystems. (b) What are the goals of information systems? How may each of these goals be achieved?
Q. 2 (a) What are some of the trends that have caused information systems to assume a key role in modern organizations? (b) What is management? How do the activities performed by managers of different levels differ?
Q. 3 (a) Describe the components and elements typically found in systems models. (b) What is the difference between a logical and physical description of a system? Explain with the help of an example.
Q. 4 (a) In what ways may power influence what happens in an MIS environment? Why is leadership important in this environment? (b) How do the roles and responsibilities of the various types of MIS personnel differ?
Q. 5 (a) What is an organization? Discuss important dimensions that organization theorists use to classify organizations? (b) Identify several types of organizational structures. Explain how MIS design and development is likely to be affected by each?
ASSIGNMENT No. 2
(Units: 5–8) Total Marks: 100 Pass Marks: 40
Note: All questions are compulsory. Each question carries equal marks.
Q. 1 (a) What is a transaction? Provide several examples of different types of organizational transactions. (b) What are some of the major benefits of computer-based transaction processing?
Q. 2 (a) What are the differences among transaction processing systems, management reporting systems, and decision support systems? (b) What are the characteristics of each of the steps in transaction processing cycle?
Q. 3 (a) What is a decision support system? What are its primary components? (b) What are the decision support system development tools? Explain in detail.
Q. 4 (a) What are the differences among various types of decisions? Give at least one example for each? What types of information systems are most useful for each type of decision? (b) What types of activities are performed during the intelligence phase of decision making? What types of information systems are needed to support these activities?
Q. 5 (a) What is groupware? What activities work groups and desktop organizers perform? (b) How have word-processing systems changed over time? What are the characteristics of word-processing packages in the market today?
3507 Management Information System Credit Hours: 3 ( 3 + 0 )
Recommended Book: Management Information System by Charles Parker
Course Outlines: Unit No. 1 Introduction to MIS Management, Information, System Concept, Definition, Goals, Definition of MIS
Unit No. 2 MIS Structure Levels of MIS, Subsystems of MIS, Operating Elements of MIS, MIS Basic Structure, Issues of MIS Structure, Goals of MIS
