Mini Proiect on MtS (MB-306)

Employee Name
Designation
Name of Organization
Name of ERP Being Used in
Organization
ERP Self-built or Vendor Based

No. of Computers in Organization

(approx.)

1. Draw a Hierarchy chart of the organization carrying Designations in variousfu

nctional areas, with job responsibilities, and information flor,i at each level
with
frequency (Da ily/ Weekly/ Fortn ighfl y/ Monthty).
2. Mention number of branch offices, factories, locations of the company. Howthe
different offices of the company communicate with each other mainly?
(Through telephone I emaillERp/ Others)
3. Mention about the product list of the company.
4. Show the Supply chain process or distribution channel of the company (in
case of manufacturing concern). whether ERp is being used for it?
5. Attach one blank or used copy of lnput form / Output form/ printed Report oft
he company.
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Question Bank on MIS
Chapter 1: Manaeing the Dieital firm
1. Why are Information systems essential in business today? Describe four trends
in
the global business environment that have made information systems so
imporlant?
2. What is an information system? How inforrnation systems are transformin$
organizations and management?
3" Distinguish between Data and Information.
4. Draw and explain the components of Information system in context of inputs,
outputs and feedback mechanism.
5. What is difference between computer literacy and information system literacy?
6. Draw diagram to show that information system are part of a series of value-
adding activities in a business.
7. What are six steps that help to analyze a business information system problem
?
8. What is inter-disciplinary approach to MIS?
9. What are various functions that could be performed on Internet?
1 0. How information technology increases organizational fl exibility?
1 1. Distinguish between e-Business and e-Commerce with the help of an example.
12. What are key management challenges that confront managers regarding
information technolo gy?
13. Draw and explain briefly the information architecture of an organization.
14. What are positive and negative impacts of information systems?
Chapter 2: Information Systems in the Enterprise
15. Draw a pyramid to explain major types of Information systems in an organizat
ion.
16. Explain major types of Information systems in an organizationwith their' cha
racteristics on a chart and another charl showing their examples.
17. Explain TPS with its applications in functional areas of organization.
18. Explain MIS with a diagrammatic example showing its relationship with TpS.
19. Write a note on DSS.
20. Explain ESS and its role for top management.
27. Draw a diagram showing inter-relationship between various inforrnation syste
ms.
22" Write a note on Sales and Marketing Information systems.
23" Write a note on Production Information systems.
24. Write a note on Finance and Accounting Information systems.
25. Write a note on Human Resource Information systems.
26. How the present Enterprise systems are different from Traditional Informatio
n
systems?
27.Write a note on SCM with its diagram.

28. What are various capabilities of supply chain management systems?

29. Write a note on CRM with its diagram. Why is it so imporlant to businesses?
30" What is role of KMS in the enterprise? What organizational processes are
supporled by Knowledge management applications'/
Chapter 3: Information svstems. Organizations .Management. and Stratew
31. What is an organization? What are its features?
32. What are various kinds of organizational structures?
33. What are structured, semi-structured and unstructured decisions? Give exampl
es.
34. What are various steps or stages in decision-making?
35. What are various models of decision-making?
36. What are strategic Information systems? Why they are difficult to build?
Chapter 4: The Digital Firm: Electronic Business and Electronic Commerce
37. What are various Internet Business models available? Describe them.
38. What are various categories of Electronic commerce? Give examples.
39, What are various ways of Electronic payment in e-commerce?
Give examples.

Chapter 5: Ethical and Social Issues in the dieital firm

40. Draw diagram to show the relationship between ethical, social, and political
Issues in an information society.
41 . Define the concepts of Responsibility, Accountability, and Liability.
42.What is channel conflict and how we can manage it?
Chapter 6: Managing Hardware and Software Assets
43. Draw a diagram showing Hardware components of a computer system.
44" What are various operating system capabilities?
45. What are various application software packages available for daily use?
46. List and describe the principle issues in managing hardware and software ass
ets.
Chapter 7: Managing Data Resources
47. What are the limitations with traditional f,rle environment?
48. Write a note on DBMS"
49. Define and explain a database, logical & physical view of data, DDL, DML, SQ
L,
Data dictionary, data elernent"
50. What are various types of databases?
51. Explain Object oriented database & Distributed databases.
52. Write a note on each: OLAP, Data Warehousing, Data Mining.
Chapter 8: Telecommunications and Nefworks
53. Distinguish between Analog and Digital signals
54. Explain various communication channels available for data transfer.
55. Explain various Network topologies.
56. Distinguish between LAN & WAN"
57. What are Data conferencing & Videoconferencing?
Chapter 9: The Internet and the New IT Infrastructure
58" What is new information technology (IT) infrastructure for business? Why is
connectivity so important in this infrastructure?
59. How does the Internet work? What are its major capabilities?
60. What are intranets and extranets? How does it differ f,rom the web?
61. tr ist and describe the types of m-commerce services and applications suppor
ted by
the wireless web?
62" Define Home Page, uniform resource locator (uRL), Internet Telephony' virtua
l
private network (VPN), DNS, WAP'
ter 10: Ma
ment Programs and sYstems for
knowledge management?
64. Explain KwS'
,d for Knowledge
^+i^^r,,.,,hor TT Infi
65. Show diagrammatically what IT Infrastructure ls requlre
Management.
workers' organizational
66. Explain the terms Tacit Knowledge, Knowledge
,
""
*.Lory, Knowledge repository'-CAD' Document imaging systems'
67. Explain the termJ virtual reality systems, yRML. Investment workstations,
Artificial Intelligence, Expert systems, cBR, Neural Networks, Ftrzzy Logic'
Intelligent agents'
anter 11: Enhanc
6& Dtttttgttth between MIS and DSS'
69. What lre various types of Decision support systems?
70. Explain various components of DSS'
71. Write a note on GIS.
72. What is GDSS and what are its components?
73. What are various GDSS software tools?
74. Explain the terms Business Intelligence, CDSS, Drill down, web-based Dss'
75. Define and describe the capabilities of an ESS'
76. How ESS is useful for top management?
tion with Inf
er l2z Redesignin
st-m plan for a business organization?
T8.WriteanoteonBPR'TQM,SixSigma,Benchmarking'CSFs'
79. What are various .on,r.riion strategies for old system to new system?
80. What are various steps in system development process?
81. Explain PrototYPing and RAD'
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apter IJ:: Understancling the Business Value of
82. L"t the costs and benefits of Information systems'
evaluate an investment on a
83. What are Six capital budgeting models used to
project?
84. What are problem areas for IS that can cause its failure?
Chapter i 4 : Man asin g International -Informalion-Svstems
-]5. D**E"gA-for Irt.r*tional Information Systems Architecture.
86. What are main technical issues while developing Global IS?
87. What are possible problems of International networks?
88. Explain the terms booptation, global culture, Multinational and Transnationa
l'