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Assignment - A
1. Define MIS? What are the objectives and characteristics of MIS?
3. Explain strategic MIS categories in detail. Give illustrations for each category.
5. Explain with relevant example the concept of business process. Also mention their
elements.
Assignment - B
1. What do you understand by Management information systems?
Case Study
Multibase Company Limited is a diversified business group with interests in fabric and yarn
manufacturing, paper and pulp, and cement. Its eight manufacturing units are located across
the country - one for fabric, two for yarn, two for paper and pulp, and three for cement. While
the head of each unit has considerable operational autonomy, strategic decisions, considering
these units, such as capacity expansion, procurement of new technology involving substantial
investment, etc., are made at the headquarters, located in Delhi. The head quarters monitor
the performance of every unit though weekly and monthly reports are which are prepared by
CBIS installed at each unit. Often considerable amount of time of the senior executives based
at the headquarters is taken away in analyzing these reports and drawing inferences for
planning and control. The result is that the senior executives have little time for strategic
thinking which they feel is a must in the present competitive environment. The CEO of the
company has thus proposed to develop suitable computer based systems which might be
helpful in understanding the current status of various manufacturing units in terms of their
overall performance, the type of environmental constraints that operate in the three business
that exist for enhancing capacity in these business areas.
Question a. What systems would you propose that would serve the company's needs?
Question b. Considering that the company already has CBIS installed, will you
contemplate complete overhaul of the systems or add functionalities of the
existing systems? Justify your line of action.
Question c. Justify the requirement of a Chief Information Officer (CIO) in the context
of the given case.
Assignment - C
1. ___________ is an organized portfolio of formal systems for obtaining processing and
delivering information in support of the business operations and management of an
organization.
a) MIS
c) MRS
b) DSS
d) None of the above
9. Human and computers are in their ability to filter and save information.
a) Similar b. Different
c) Complementary
d) None of these
13. ___________is a feature provided for ensuring that the transaction is completed with
regards to the business rules set by the management.
a) Advocacy b. Authorization
c) Signature d. Policy formulation
18. Michael hammer defines re-engineer as__________ and radical redesign of business
process to achieve the performance such as cost, quality, service and speed.
a) Business process
b) The fundamental rethinking
c) Organization restructuring
d) None of the above
21. ____________systems help to analyze historical and current data either on demand or
periodically.
a) Data access system
b) Data analysis system
c) Fore cast-oriented data analysis system
d) System based on accounting models
22. ____________managers who acts as project managers might be responsible for one or
more unique protects and managers supervise teams of workers who must accomplish a
specific goal.
a) Middle, project
b) Project, middle
c) Top, middle
d) Top, Project
23. _______refers to taking actions that direct and motivate employees to accomplish
personal and organizational goals. ___________establishing a formal reporting structure and
a system of accountability among workers.
a) Organizing, leading
b) Planning, controlling
c) Leading, organizing
d) None of these
26. ___________refers to taking actions that direct and motivate employees to accomplish
personal and organizational goals. ___________ establishing a formal reporting structure and
a system of accountability among workers.
a) Organizing, leading
b) Planning, controlling
c) Leading, organizing
d) None of the above
27. A___________is the actual system that a manager works with during the decision
process.
a) Specific DSS
b) DSS generators
c) DSS tools
d) a and c above
30. The __________system deals with the planning and use of resources used in the business
manufacturing capacity and_____________.
a) EMS, SMS
b) CMS, CMS
c) All of the above
d) None of the above
31. The enterprise resource planning solution structure is built in three layers ____________,
_______________& _____________
a) Function, network, database
b) Presentation, database, application logic
c) Technology, business and implementation
d) None of these
32. a) A decision support system has a more customized orientation than a_____________
b) ____________is a collection of capabilities that support the decision making process of a
individual or a small group of a individual or a small group of people.
a) TPS, TPS
b) DSS, TPS,
c) CSF, DSS
d) None of these
1. Financial
a. Deals with preparing information for users outside the organization
accounting
2. Managerial b. Refers to the provision of financial information that managers within
accounting the organization need for their