Acharya Nagarjuna University (ANU) 2006 M.B.A Business Administration - VII - MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS - Question Paper

M.B.A.(Second Year) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2006
PAPER - VII - MANAGEMENT OF info SYSTEMS

Time: 3 hours Maximum: 75 marks

part - A (3 X five = 15 marks)
ans any 3 of the subsequent

1. (a) List the various criteria which can be used in decision making.
(b) What is info overload?
(c) elaborate the components of a system?
(d) How do you classify the systems?
(e) What is Bus Topology?
(f) What is the difference ranging from database and Data Warehouse in the organisation?

part - B (3 X 15 = 45 marks)
ans any 3 of the subsequent

2. It is stated that an info system will avail you nothing unless it is backed up by a management system. discuss.

3. Requirement analysis and definition is the foundation for any systems development. It is independent of the approach you take for analysis and design. discuss.

4. What additional factors must be considered during the information-level design process if the design is for a distributed database?

5. How is seamless integration achieved when network has various hardware-software platforms operating together?

6. Which are the 3 models of database? Which is mostly used and why?

7. Why is SQL important in database management?

SECTION-C (15 marks)
Compulsory

8. The Snocan Company:

At present, the Snocan Company, which manufactures 25 products has 103 sales offices throughout the United states with an avg. of 10 sales representatives per office. Every week, the sales reports in every office are tabulated by a clerk on a rotary calculating machine. The reports divide sales according to sales representative, product, and customer. The reports are mailed to headquarters where they are combined by clerks using calculating machines. The outcomes are then kinds and provided to marketing research and to management. While top management is studying the reports, marketing research analyzes them and forecasts sales for the next 6 months. Unfortunately, by the time management receives the reports, they are from 3 to 6 weeks old.

A new system has been devised in which daily sales by salesperson, product, and customer are sent over a data communication line from every office to headquarters. A new electronic computer is to be installed to compile and analyze the data and forecast sales. The computer will also handle payroll computations and change 3 clerks in payroll.

The detailed design has been approved by management. The company’s system designer is now ready to detail plans for implementation. Nobody in the company has had any experience with computers or computer languages. About 2000 square feet of floor space is available at current for the computer centre. The type of data transmission equipment and the computer have not yet been specified.

give the Snocan Company with a through set of plans for implementing their new MIS.

Earning:   Approval pending.