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Master of Business Administration -
MBA Semester 2
MB0047-Management Information
Systems-4 Credits
(Book ID: B1968)
Assignment
(60 Marks)
Note:
Answer all questions within 300 to 400 words each. Each Question carries 10
marks 6 X 10=60
Q1. In the current e-world any organisation’s massive operations
are managed by various types of information systems that help them to achieve
their goals of servicing their clients. This can be done by the growth of
modern organization. Discuss some of the essential features of modern
organisation.
Answer. The essential features of modern organization:
IT-Enabled organization
The organisations
discussed above are modern in the sense that they have built into their
structure the elements of information technology (IT) that enable them to
function in a manner appropriate to the demands of the environment. This is a
fundamental difference between a modern organisation and its older, premodern
incarnation. Tata Motors, for instance, upon its initiation in 1945 would also
have put in place built-in mechanisms to respond to its environment and to
function in a manner appropriate to that time. However, what distinguishes Tata
Motors’ functioning then and now is the difference in the current use of IT to
shape its functioning
Q2. Marketing managers are keener to look for a least cost route
that also allows a sales person to meet all his customers. Identifying a least
cost route with this feature is slightly complicated. Therefore, managers
depend on decision support tools to find the most cost effective routes to
cover the market. The travelling salesman problem is one of such tool. Describe
the tool with a diagram.
Answer. A decision is choice out of
several alternatives (options) made by the decision maker to achieve some
objective s in a given situation. Business decisions are those, which are made
in the process of conducting business to achieve its objective in a given
environment. Managerial decision-making is a control point for every managerial
activity may be planning, organizing, staffing, directing, controlling and
communicating. Decision-making is the art of reasoned and judicious choice out
of many alternatives. Once decision is taken, it implies commitment of
resources.
The business
decision-making is sequential in nature. In business, the decisions are not
isolated events. Each of them has a relation to some other decision or
situation. The decision may appear as a ‘snap’ decision but it is made only
Q3. There are many examples of digital goods. Companies such as
Amazon.com are selling digital versions of books over their site. These digital
books can be read on special readers that display the pages on a screen.
a. List the important properties of information goods
b. Explain positive feedback with diagrams
Answer. One form of information goods is
digital products that can be distributed over digital networks and consumed
over digital devices. For example, online books and MP3 music files are
information goods that are sold and distributed over the Internet.
Properties of
information goods- Information goods have certain properties that make them
distinct from physical goods. Information
Q4. Decision support systems (DSS)
are used extensively across organisations to assist managers with making
decisions. Decision making by managers involves the phases of intelligence,
design, and choice, and DSS help mainly with the choice part as they support
structured and unstructured types of decisions.
a. What is it that managers do
when they make decisions?
b. Explain the different types of
decisions
Answer. Managers who’ve yet to achieve true
leadership have a tough time making decisions for a number of reasons
including: analysis paralysis; fear of failure; fear of success; fear of
ridicule; and others.
Leaders, on the
other hand, have no problem making decisions. They would prefer that their
subordinates made the bulk of the decisions, but they’re ready to step up and
make decisions when warranted.
True leaders do
not worry about
Q5. What is crowd sourcing? How does the site
Galaxy Zoo manage crowd sourcing?
Answer. Crowd sourcing is the process of
getting work or funding, usually online, from a crowd of people. The word is a
combination of the words 'crowd' and 'outsourcing'. The idea is to take work
and outsource it to a crowd of workers.
Famous Example:
Wikipedia. Instead of Wikipedia creating an encyclopedia on their own, hiring
writers and editors, they gave a crowd the ability to create the information on
their own. The result? The most comprehensive encyclopedia this world has ever
seen.
Q6. Data and information relating
to individuals could be of sensitive nature. Give some examples of such kind of
data.
Answer: Information belonging to a private
individual, but the individual commonly may share with others for personal or
business reasons. This generally includes contact information such as
addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, health records, and so on. It
may be considered a breach of privacy to disclose such information, but for
most people its disclosure is not considered a serious matter. However, there
are situations in which the release of personal information could have a
negative effect on
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