13 Jan Question 7 Define business intelligence

Unit 1 discussion

Research ways that Information Systems have been misused. Using the Internet, find an example of an organization that has misused Information Systems. Post your response to the discussion board. Respond to the following questions and, if appropriate, include personal experience as part of your answers:

• Write a brief summary (250 words or less) of the example you researched.

• Identify the level of the organization where the misuse primarily occurred.

• Explain how this impacted other levels of the organization.

• Explain how your example highlights the importance of information at various levels of an organization.

Unit 2 discussion

What is the purpose of Porter’s five forces model? Support your argument with an example of a strong force and an example of a weak force. Be sure to support your example by explaining why it was a strong force or a weak force using Porter’s five forces model as a guide. If you have personal experience related to Porter’s five forces model, please include that in your discussion as well. See this unit’s lecture and pages 84-85 of your textbook for examples.

Unit 3 discussion

Research organizational benefits of using databases and DBMS’s (see Suggested Reading or use the CSU Online Library). Supplement your research with a review of your lessons, and then, apply this research to the discussion board.

Respond to the following statements. Include your research and personal experiences as part of your answers.

Discuss at least two reasons organizations use databases and DBMS’s.

Discuss one advantage a database has over a spreadsheet.

Unit 4 discussion

Research an ERP system or an ERP software application, and address the following:

In your own words, define enterprise resource planning (ERP).

Provide the name of the ERP system or the ERP software application you researched along with a web link to the resource.

Briefly discuss the ERP system or the ERP software application and include how this resource can help an organization manage important aspects of its business.

Unit 5 discussion

Research the major risks for businesses that indulge in commercial applications of social networking. Also, review the readings on page 311 of your textbook about how organizations can respond to social networking problems. Organizations may respond to social networking problems in one of three ways:

leave it

respond to it

delete it

In this discussion, identify a major problem for an organization that participates in social networking, and then discuss how the organization should respond to that problem.

Unit 6 discussion

Research the process of system development life cycle. Discuss some of the problems of the SDLC and how agile development intends to address these problems. Support your answer with an example of an agile development technique.

Unit 7 discussion

Outsourcing can appear too good to be true, and some of the benefits of outsourcing can be outweighed by its long-term costs. Conduct some research on the advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing. Using what you learned from your research, discuss an example of how the benefits of outsourcing are outweighed by its long-term costs.

Unit 8 discussion

Identify an assignment in this course that had a positive impact on you. How will you be able to apply the skills you learned from it to gain life and/or career success?

Unit 1 assessment

Question 1 A group of components that interact to produce information is called:

Question 2 When presenting an idea to his colleagues, Marcus failed to consider others’ views and got defensive when people asked him questions. This situation indicates that Marcus lacks ____________ skills.

Question 3 According to Moore’s Law, the:

Question 4 Mark follows certain steps to access the supplementary readings for a course when using his organization’s library management system. These steps that he follows are examples of the ____________ component of an information system.

Question 5 The storage disk in a computer is an example of the ____________ component of information systems.

Question 6 Name the five data characteristics, and provide a short explanation for each of the data characteristics.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Question 7 State Moore’s Law. What is the implication of Moore’s Law for managers?

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Unit 2 assessment

Question 1 According to Porter’s model of business activities, interactions across value chain activities are called ____________ .

Question 2 Which of the following is NOT a part of the five components of an information system for collaboration?

Question 3 Which of the following value chain activities involves inducing buyers to purchase a product and providing a means for them to do so?

Question 4 What are the four primary purposes of collaboration?

Question 5 Which of the following value chain activities involves receiving and handling of raw materials and other inputs to the product?

Question 6 Discuss the concepts of value, margin, and value chain as defined by Porter.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Question 7 Explain the differences between cooperation and collaboration, and then discuss the criteria for successful collaboration. Use examples as needed.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Unit 3 assessment

Question 1 A ____________ is a small, lightweight, power-conserving, computing device that is capable of wireless access.

Question 2 When an individual buys a program for his or her personal computer, they are actually buying a software:

Question 3 Which of the following statements is true of closed source projects?

Question 4 Which of the following refers to a small, portable storage device that can be used to back up data and to transfer it from one computer to another?

Question 5 A(n) ____________ is a program used to create, process, and administer a database.

Question 6 Explain what mobile devices are and why mobile systems are important. Give examples of mobile devices, and, if applicable, name a mobile device you use and why you use it.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Question 7 Describe a DBMS and its functions. List, at minimum, three of the popular DBMS products and give a brief description of each.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Unit 4 assessment

Question 1 A private internet that is used exclusively within an organization is called a(n) ____________ .

Question 2 Computers that reside in different geographic locations are connected using a(n) ____________ .

Question 3 ____________ is the activity of altering existing and designing new business processes to take advantage of new information systems.

Question 4 The IEEE 802.3 protocol standard is also known as ____________ .

Question 5 Compared to in-house hosting, cloud-based hosting ____________ .

Question 6 Explain what is meant by CRM and explain the primary purpose of a CRM system. Use examples to support your answer.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Question 7 Explain what is meant by SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS. Support your answer with an example of each.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Unit 5 assessment

Question 1 Because of the various problems with operational data, large organizations choose to extract operational data and typically create and staff a group of people who manage and run a(n) ____________.

Question 2 Which of the following statements is true of social CRM?

Question 3 ____________ is the process of obtaining, cleaning, organizing, relating, and cataloging source data.

Question 4 ____________ is defined as information containing patterns, relationships, and trends of various forms of data.

Question 5 Which of the following statements is true about data marts?

Question 6 How should organizations respond to social networking problems? Which one of them is a dangerous approach, and why?

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Question 7 Define business intelligence and BI systems.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Unit 6 assessment

Question 1 The traditional process for developing information systems is ____________ .

Question 2 The SDLC process follows a linear sequence from requirements to design to implementation. Therefore, the SDLC process is also known as the ____________ .

Question 3 Which of the following statements is true of information systems?

Question 4 In business process management (BPM), an as-is model ____________ .

Question 5 The first step in the system definition phase of the systems development life cycle (SDLC) is to ____________ .

Question 6 Name the four stages of the business process management cycle and summarize the activities in each.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Question 7 Define business processes, roles, resources, and data flows.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Unit 7 assessment

Question 1 The purpose of the ____________ group is to protect data and information assets by establishing data standards and data management practices and policies.

Question 2 ____________ is the process of hiring another organization to perform a service.

Question 3 The responsibilities of a ____________ include advising the chief information officer, executive group, and project managers on emerging technologies.

Question 4 The ____________ is the representative for IS and IT issues within the executive staff who provides the IS perspective during discussions of problem solutions, proposals, and new initiatives.

Question 5 Which of the following is a limitation of aligning information systems with organizational strategy?

Question 6 Describe the major functions of the IS department.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Question 7 Describe a steering committee and explain the CIO’s role with regard to it.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Unit 8 assessment

Question 1 A(n) ____________ is a computer program that senses when another computer is attempting to scan the disk or otherwise access a computer.

Question 2 ____________ occurs when a person breaks into a network to steal data such as customer lists, product inventory data, employee data, and other proprietary and confidential data.

Question 3 ____________ is the term used to denote viruses, worms, and Trojan horses.

Question 4 Which of the following is classified as a technical safeguard?

Question 5 ____________ refers to an organization-wide function that is in charge of developing data policies and enforcing data standards.

Question 6 Explain what is meant by security policy and describe the basic information that a security policy must stipulate.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Question 7 Explain the term virus and explain the differences between Trojan horses and worms. Support your answers with examples.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Unit Assignments

Unit I Scholarly Activity

Components of an Information System

In this one- to two-page (250-500 word) paper, you will discuss each of the different components of an information system, and then explain how you can use the five-component model to guide your learning and thinking about information systems. You may use the Unit Lesson, Chapter Readings, Suggested Readings, Learning Activities, and outside resources to aid in your research.

Include the following in your paper:

? Define each component of an information system.

? Define how you can use the five-component model to guide your learning and thinking about information systems.

? Include at least one outside research item in your paper.

? Use APA format and cite your sources.

APA rules for formatting, quoting, paraphrasing, citing, and listing of sources are to be followed.

Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Unit II Case Study

Competitive Strategy Over the Web Assignment

In this case study, you will research an organization and determine how their business strategy differentiates them from other organizations in the same industry using Porter’s four competitive strategies model (p. 85).

Write a one- to two-page (250-500-word) paper to include the following:

? A brief explanation of Porter’s four competitive strategies.

o A brief explanation of how competitive strategy determines value chain structure.

? Identify and discuss the competitive strategy that the organization you researched utilizes in order to differentiate

them from other organizations in the same industry.

APA rules for formatting, quoting, paraphrasing, citing, and listing of sources are to be followed.

Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

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Unit III PowerPoint Presentation

Open Source Software Research Project

Research an open source software project. Examples of open source projects are listed on page 123 of your textbook. You are not restricted to the open source projects listed on page 123; you may research one of your own choosing that interests you.

In MS PowerPoint, create a presentation with slides that describe the open source software and how it works. Discuss the role this open source software has in management information systems.

Remember, management information systems is the management and use of information systems that help organizations achieve their strategies (page 10 of your textbook).

Your PowerPoint must have a minimum of four slides. Be sure to use the 7X7 rule in PowerPoint: no more than 7 lines per slide and no more than 7 words per line. Use of images, graphics, and diagrams is required. Be sure to include your sources on a references slide in APA format.

Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Unit IV Scholarly Activity

Cloud Profitability

In a one- to two-page paper (250-500 words), discuss whether or not there are cost benefits to cloud computing using specific examples. Be sure to include at least three reference sources.

APA rules for formatting, quoting, paraphrasing, citing, and listing of sources are to be followed.

Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Unit V Scholarly Activity

Data Warehouses and Data Marts

Write a one- to two-page (250-500 word) paper that discusses the differences between data warehouses and data marts.

Also, discuss how organizations can use data warehouses and data marts to acquire data. You must use the CSU Online

Library to locate at least two sources for your paper.

APA rules for formatting, quoting, paraphrasing, citing, and listing of sources are to be followed.

Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below

Unit VI Scholarly Activity

Business Process Management

In this writing assignment, you will explore how organizations use business process management (BPM). Write a one page (250-word) paper explaining how organizations use business process management (BPM). Be sure to use at least one specific example from the CSU Online Library, and address the following in your paper:

? What is business process management (BPM)?

? Why do processes need management?

? What are BPM activities?

APA rules for formatting, quoting, paraphrasing, citing, and listing of sources are to be followed.

Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

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Unit VIII Research Paper

Utilizing the unit lessons, textbook, CSU Online Library, and other outside sources, write a two-page (not including title

and reference pages) Research Paper identifying the key components of information systems management discussed

throughout this course.

Provide a description of an organization you are familiar with (possibly a company you have worked for in the past or are

currently working for) and describe briefly what services they contribute. Then, select three out of the six questions below,

and provide detailed answers, supporting those answers by referencing any sources used. Be sure to use examples from

your research to strengthen your argument as needed.

? What personal knowledge management tools does this organization utilize?

? What steps has this organization taken in securing their information and knowledge?

? What has this organization done to gain and sustain an advantage over their competitors?

? Describe in detail how this organization manages the components of its IT infrastructure.

? In what ways does the organization demonstrate successful collaboration?

? Identify at least two types of hardware and two types of software used by this organization.

APA rules for formatting, quoting, paraphrasing, citing, and listing of sources are to be followed.

Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.