1. Define the Internet, Intranet, and e-commerce. Write a note on e-commerce. What are the advantages of e-commerce over conventional business? 2. Discuss why management needs information. Is it possible for the management of an organization to make effective decisions without the aid of an information system? Discuss. 3. Indentify the role of transaction processing system in the development information system. Suggest few modules, you would like to add to improve the Marketing Information System. 4. What are the three major areas of feasibility, which are addressed in system … [Read more...]
MS 7 IGNOU MBA Assignments July – Dec 2014
1. Is Information Technology as vital to modern, global business as money? Why or why not? Discuss some trends in IT development. 2. “MIS has become very important in modern organizations.” Explain this giving suitable examples. 3. Describe how IT facilitates recruiting, training and personnel development and labour planning. 4. Distinguish between information and knowledge. Develop an information system for human resource department. 5. Write short notes on following : (i) Programmed decisions (ii) Emerging trends in convergence of IT (iii) Intranet and Internet … [Read more...]
MS 7 IGNOU MBA Assignments Jan – June 2014
1. What is the purpose of a computer aided decision support system? What are the major components of such a system? How does it help the decision making process? 2. What are the determinants of MIS design according to Zani? Explain the following statement, “there is a two way relationship between organization and Information Systems”. 3. What is computerized maintenance management? Explain the conceptual model through which the maintenance function can achieve its objectives on a sustained 4. In which phase of system life cycle the following are performed? Defining the problem, … [Read more...]
MS 7 IGNOU MBA Assignment July – Dec 2013
1. Describe the main components of a network including hardware & software and various types of networks. Distinguish between LAN & WAN and distinguish between Internet and Intranet. 2. Discuss why management needs information. Is it possible for the management of an organization to make effective decisions without the aid of an information system? Discuss. 3. What are integrated software applications? Talk about their advantages and business utility. Write notes on the business software solutions provided by: a) SAP b) PeopleSoft c) Oracle d) Microsoft 4. What are the different … [Read more...]
MS-7 June 2013 Information Systems for Managers
1. (a) Is Information Technology as vital to modern global business as money? Why or why not? Discuss some trends in IT development. (b) Write a note on input and output devices. Distinguish between human data input devices and source data capture devices. 2. (a) Discuss the objectives and process of computer aided decision support system. (b) Describe the decision making process of acquiring application software. 3. (a) Define MIS. Describe the functions that MIS supports in an organization. (b) What are the various ways of assessing the value of information? Explain each method … [Read more...]
MS-07 Solved Assignment Dec 2012 Information System for Managers
1. What are Operating Systems? What are their functions? Describe the Open Systems Interconnection Reference Model (OSI Model) & its seven layers. Answer. An operating system (usually abbreviated OS and O/S) is a computer software which is responsible for the management and co-ordination of activities and also the sharing of the constrained resources of the computer system. Each and every general-purpose computer will need to have an operating system to run other programs. Operating systems carry out basic jobs, like recognizing input from the keyboard, sending output to the monitor, … [Read more...]