...MIS in Your Pocket - Case Study 2 Case Study Questions 1. What kinds of applications are described here? What business functions do they support? How do they improve operational efficiency and decision making? The kinds of applications described in the case study include simple applications such as email, photo-sharing, text-messaging and calendar applications. Moreover, other applications include the Doylestown Hospital's electronic medical records system( delivers information on vital signs, medications, lab results, allergies, nurse's notes etc.) , Doylestown medical reference application, Epocrates Essentials (help interpret lab results and obtain medication information), the ChainLinq mobile application developed by D.W Morgan (updates shipment info, collects signatures and provides GPS tracking on each box it delivers) and the application developed by Timothy Childs to help control chocolate making machines in his business. The use of these applications allow employees to communicate business information and keep up to date with this information more easily than ever before. For example, the MediTech application allows doctors to access medical records with ease, anywhere and anytime, unlike previous paper records that are time consuming. In addition, the Epocrates Essential application allows them to obtain more medical info and understand results better. The applications described in the case study, generally all support key business functions such as promptness;...
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...1 of 15 Assignm ent 2 Garment Industry Case Study MIS – Garment Industry Case Study 2 of 15 The Business Problem In common with the rest of the UK textile and garment industry, IGL faced problems of increasing competition from overseas suppliers, in particular relatively low-wage “Newly Industrialising Countries” like Hong Kong. In response to these competitive pressures, The Special Garment Group began searching for appropriate strategies to meet the challenge. In early 1983, they hired management consultants to study the future of their contract garments business. MIS – Garment Industry Case Study Organizational Structure CONGLOMERATE INTERNATIONAL GARMENTS LIMITED BOARD 3 of 15 PRODUCT GROUP 1 SPECIAL GARMENTS GROUP BOARD PRODUCT GROUP 3 CHIEF EXECUTIVE PROFIT CENTRE 1 PROFIT CENTRE n COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR FINANCE DIRECTOR DP MANAGER DP MANAGER MIS – Garment Industry Case Study 4 of 15 SADT Diagram Suppliers Retailers Business Objectives & Strategies Policies & Plans Investment Proposal Project Plan Concepts & Business Needs . Flexibility . Responsiveness Production Control MICS Development Project User Training Management Info Education & Training DP Staff (SDC & SGG) Hardware MICS Application Finance Technology MIS – Garment Industry Case Study 5 of 15 Investm ent Proposal 1. increase the proportion of high value-added merchandise 2. improve the speed of response...
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...Shaikh Index ● ● ● ● Introduction Case Study Questions MIS In Action References Introduction ● What are virtual meetings? 4 Videoconference ● A videoconference allows individuals at two or more locations to communicate simultaneously through two-way video and audio transmissions. ● Growing at an annual rate of 30 percent. ● Examples: 1. Rip Curl, a producer of surfing equipment, uses videoconferencing to help its designers, marketers, and manufacturers collaborate on new products. 2. Executive recruiting firm Korn/Ferry International uses video interviews to screen potential candidates before presenting them to clients. 3. Zomato also uses Skype for interviewing potential candidates. 5 Telepresence ● The top-of-the-line videoconferencing technology is known as telepresence. ● It is defined as a sensation of being elsewhere, created by virtual reality technology.[1] ● Prices for fully equipped telepresence rooms can run to $500,000. 6 Case Studies Questions 1. One consulting firm has predicted that video and Web conferencing will make business travel extinct. Do you agree? Why or why not? 7 Case Studies Questions 2. What is the distinction between videoconferencing and telepresence? 8 Case Studies Questions 3. What are the ways in which videoconferencing provides value to a business? Would you consider it smart management? Explain your answer. 9 Case Studies Questions 4. If you were in charge of...
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...Case Studies on Cardiac Function This is the first case study that is required for the class. Please submit a paper (doesn’t have to be long; you could even give me bullet-point answers to the questions listed below) that answers all of the questions posed after Case Study 1. I have included an easy second case study which, if you complete it, will be worth extra credit. Answers to the first Case Study are worth 25 points and responding to Case Study 1 is required work for the course. The extra credit, which is not required, will be worth a total of 10 points. Case 1 A.O. is an 89-year-old woman with a long history of systolic heart failure secondary to a large left ventricular infarct when she was in her 70s. She had poor activity tolerance and required assistance with activities of daily living. Even minimal activity was associated with moderately severe dyspnea and exertional chest pain, which was relieved by rest. A.O. also exhibited marked pedal edema bilaterally. She is being treated with digitalis, furosemide (Lasix), KCl, and sublingual nitroglycerin. Discussion Questions 1. Which type of heart failure (left or right sided) is usually associated with dyspnea? Left-sided heart failure is usually associated with dyspnea. What other clinical findings are likely to be present with left-sided heart failure? Other clinical findings that are likely to be present with left-sided heart failure include radiographic cardiomegaly, abnormal apical pulse and...
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...CHAPTER 24 Pure Monopoly A. Short-Answer, Essays, and Problems 1. What are the major characteristics of pure monopoly? 2. What are the major barriers to entry that explain the existence of monopoly? 3. What is the relationship between economies of scale and a natural monopoly? 4. Some economists argue that pure monopolists will purposely avoid the price-output combination that will maximize their profits. Explain how this less-than-maximum profit behavior could be rational. 5. In what ways, if any, do the demand schedules for a purely competitive firm and a pure monopolist differ? What significance does this have for the price-output behavior of each? 6. Why is marginal revenue less than price for every level of output except the first? 7. How does price elasticity affect the price-quantity combination and segment of the demand curve that the monopolist would prefer for price and output? 8. A pure monopolist determines that at the current level of output the marginal cost of production is $2.00, average variable costs are $2.75, and average total costs are $2.95. The marginal revenue is $2.75. What would you recommend that the monopolist do to maximize profits? 9. A pure monopolist sells output for $4.00 per unit at the current level of production. At this level of output, the marginal cost is $3.00, average variable costs are $3.75, and average total costs are...
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...attack. In attack response tree (ART), attack and response are both captured but ART suffers from the problem of state-space explosion, since solution of ART is obtained by means of a state-space model. In this paper, we present a novel attack tree paradigm called attack countermeasure tree (ACT) which avoids the generation and solution of a state-space model and takes into account attacks as well as countermeasures (in the form of detection and mitigation events). In ACT, detection and mitigation are allowed not just at the leaf node but also at the intermediate nodes while at the same time the state-space explosion problem is avoided in its analysis. We study the consequences of incorporating countermeasures in the ACT using three case studies (ACT for BGP attack, ACT for a SCADA attack and ACT for malicious insider attacks). Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. KEYWORDS attack trees; non-state-space model; mincuts;...
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...MIS Mini-cases -- 1 of 30 Cases for Use in Management Information Systems MIS Mini-cases -- 2 of 30 MIS Mini-cases -- 3 of 30 Case 01 -- Freeway Ford You are a management consultant working for Franklin Absolom, the majority stockholder for a group of 10 automobile dealerships. He has asked you to spend several days at Freeway Ford, a dealership that is not performing up to its potential. You are not to go ―looking for trouble‖: instead, your assignment is to find ways to help management at the dealership take advantage of opportunities. One day while you are talking with James Kahler, the sales manager for Freeway Ford, you realize that the dealership only uses transaction processing systems—it is not realizing the full potential of the information it has gathered for managerial decision making. For example, Freeway Ford knows the purchase date and owner of every car it sells, but it never contacts owner about routine maintenance. Freeway Ford know that people who purchase a new car generally trade it in for another new car 3 to 4 years later, but the dealership does not contact these previous customers. Another opportunity comes from used car purchasing and sales. Every car has a vehicle identification number (VIN), and the dealership uses this number to check for known problems with a used car before it makes a purchase. A data bank of car insurance claims histories and major repairs is kept on a set of CDs that is sent to the dealership each month. At the...
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...the principle driving factor. 1 May, 2013 Session 1 - MIS Fundamentals 1 • • Unit 403–Managing Information Systems Topic Learning Objectives • Explain why managing information systems is important in today’s business world • Define concepts from the hierarchy of data and IS, as distinct from IT. • Describe the major challenges facing today’s business and IS managers. • Analyse and report on an organisation’s ITinvestment profile. • Describe an organisation’s learning curve when applying IS or IT. 1 May, 2013 Session 1 - MIS Fundamentals 2 Unit 403–Managing Information Systems Who Am I ? Dr Tony Jewels •Bachelor of Business Management (Management Economics) •Certified Member Australian Computer Society (Project Management) •Master of Information Technology (Professional) •PhD (Increasing the chances of project success through sharing knowledge) 1 May, 2013 Session 1 - MIS Fundamentals 3 Unit 403–Managing Information Systems •30 years industry experience •Operated “Inventory Management Services” •Designed and implemented robotic warehouses •Project manager of many leading edge MIS projects oe-commerce oinventory control and robotics oaccounting and database systems •Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane) in their School of Information Systems •United Arab Emirates University (Al Ain) in their MIS department. •Currently Associate Professor teaching in Dubai. 1 May, 2013 Session 1 - MIS Fundamentals 4...
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...CASE STUDY TATE AND LYLE MODULE TITLE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM BSC COMPUTING SEMESTER 5 August 2012- November 2012 ABIODUN EMMANUEL TAIWO L0592LYLY0411 MODULE ADVISOR DR UMA MOHAN Cardiff Metropolitan University Department of Business and Information Technology London School of Commerce, London SE1 1NX ABIODUN EMMANUEL TAIWO L0592LYLY0411 MIS CASE STUDY 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Tate and Lyle is a manufacturing firm that has it history dated back to the year 1921. The company was established as a result of a major merger between two sugar refining companies; Henry Tate & sons and Abram Lyle and sons. The company, after the merger expanded its coast to the production of specialty food ingredients such as sweeteners, texturants, wellness ingredients among others and bulk ingredients such as corn syrup, acidulants and flours. Tate and Lyle is based in Silver-town, London from where it runs supplies to a huge market network which comprises of food and beverages, pharmaceutical, animal feeds and personal care industries around the globe. Vision and Mission remains the backbone of every successful business organization and the managers of Tate and Lyle left nothing untouched in this regard. It has simple, direct and concise goals and mission which are clearly outlined in their mission statements. This case study pays particular attention to a broad analysis of the company’s mission statements, its alignment to the company’s strategies...
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...MIS COURSES – Student Learning Outcomes1 MIS 180: Principles of Information Systems At the end of this course students should be able to: 1. Understand the importance of determining information system requirements for all management levels by developing an understanding of the differences between various types of information systems 2. Understand how information systems are developed 3. Understand the computer revolution and its impact on the way business is conducted 4. Become familiar with critical-thinking skills in identifying information systems problems and how to investigate existing literature about hardware and software solutions to problems. 5. Know the components and functions of computer systems, both hardware and software. 6. Become familiar with the advances in networking, data communications and the Internet and how they affect the way business is conducted. 7. Identify which information technology tools are used to solve various business problems. 8. Develop proficiency solving business problems using modern productivity tools (e.g., spreadsheet, database) or creating custom programs. MIS 301: Statistical Analysis for Business At the end of this course students should be able to: 1. Use data from a sample to make inferences about a population. 2. Apply probability theory in decision making situations. 3. Formulate hypotheses for decision making and research. 4. Analyze data using appropriate statistical techniques. 5. Interpret the results of statistical...
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...TOPIC: THE IMPROVEMENT OF EFFICENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS AMONG UUM STAFF’S BY USING MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (MIS) * DV- Efficiency and effectiveness among staff of management in UUM * IV- Management Information System (MIS) Abstract An efficiency of management in university is depends on its staff who worked at different sector and different department. It is because the staff play an important role to the development of an university. The purpose by doing this research is to study the effect of management information system in efficiency and effectiveness of management among UUM staff. In this study, we focused on College of Business staff in UUM. We distributed a questionnaire to 140 sample of staff from total number of population which is 220 that inquired about their satisfaction in doing their worked by using management information system and how the system effect the quality of efficiency and effectiveness among them based on nominal, interval and ordinal scale. According to our result, the uses of management information system effect their efficiency and effectiveness as most of the work they do are based on the system. CHAPTER 1 : INTRODUCTION 1.1 INTRODUCTION OF THE STUDY The information system are consider such as arena which is concerning to provide the information for using it in the organization, and the information and its system have took today dimension well, because its became dealing with it now as a resource from the organization resources...
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...Math 202 - Assignment 6 Authors: Yusuf Goren, Miguel-Angel Manrique and Rory Laster Exercise 14.8.1. Proof. The discriminant of x4 + 1 is D = 256 = 28 . We have x4 + 1 ≡ (x + 1)4 (mod 2). Let p be an odd prime (so p D), and suppose the irreducible factors of x4 + 1 have degrees n1 , n2 , . . . , nk . By Corollary 41, the Galois group of x4 + 1 contains an element with cycle structure (n1 , n2 , . . . , nk ). Since the Galois group of x4 + 1 over Q is the Klein 4-group, in which every element has order dividing 2, it follows that each ni = 1 or 2. This gives the possibilities (1, 1, 1, 1), (1, 1, 2), (2, 2). However, D is a square and so the Galois group in contained in A4 ; in particular it contains no transpositions, so (1, 1, 2) is ruled out. This leaves the possibilities (1, 1, 1, 1), and (2, 2), which correspond to the factorization into 4 linear factors or 2 quadratic factors, respectively. Exercise 14.8.3. Proof. The polynomial f (x) = x5 + 20x + 16 is irreducible mod 3 and hence must be irreducible. The Galois group is therefore a transitive subgroup of S5 . The discriminant of f (x) is 216 56 and hence a square; therefore the Galois group is a subgroup of A5 . Modulo 7, we have factorization into irreducibles as f (x) ≡ (x + 2)(x + 3)(x3 + 2x2 + 5x + 5) (mod 7). Therefore the Galois group contains a 3 cycle. From the table on page 643, we see that the Galois group must be isomorphic to A5 . Exercise 14.8.6. Proof. By Eisenstein at 3, we see that f (x) is irreducible,...
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...Management Information System (MIS) enables small business organization to focus on solving business problems and creating new opportunity with technology. In his article titled “The impact of Management Information System effectiveness on task productivity”, Trivellas explains that “management information system (MIS) is the basic tool to support planning and controlling functions of the managers in small business organization” (2013). He states that MIS touches almost all areas of business, such as manufacturing, accounting & finance, human resource and marketing. Trivellas conducted a survey to investigate the impact of MIS in small business sector such as banking. According to his survey, MIS provides necessary information for managers so that they can able to monitor the organization’s activities and make important decisions accordingly. On the other hand, many other authors state that while MIS provides several benefits to the organization, Trivellas fails to mention the issues and the challenges associated with implementing the MIS technology. The authors find that installing MIS can be expensive for small business organization. The organization should create a separate budget to ensure that the system is current. Trivellas ignore the fact that maintenance of the system is another issue that comes along with installing MIS. Companies should hire someone to keep the system operating effectively. This increases labor cost. Moreover, MIS sometimes become ineffective...
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...3rd Prize Winner – Shri Raghav Jain, Birla Institute of Management Technology Mis-selling in Insurance and how to prevent it 1. Mis-selling at a glance By definition, mis-selling means selling a product by giving a wrong picture of a product, it may include, giving wrong information, giving unrealistic information, not giving full information about the product. You must have heard an insured, saying – but this was not I asked for. And, your agent accusing, but then I did mentioned all the details upfront, didn’t I? Insurance is a business of selling commitments and here is a case where this was broken. Unfortunately the product was mis-sold. Mis-selling is not unique to insurance and happens in various lines of businesses (loans, credit cards, investment products, pharmacy, hospitality etc.), but Insurance being an intangible service – the principle of Caveat emptor prevails in insurance. Often, the intermediary does not fully explain the policy details to the customer. Or the buyer (insured) is in a hurry and doesn't care to check the fine print. There have been cases reported where the agent deliberately misguided the buyer. Discussing an example of mis-selling: A person aged 54, having a handsome amount of savings with him and having no dependents (no kids and wife has passed away a few years ago), has no need of a term insurance (death benefit) but the agent may sell him this policy. A common practice that is seen in this regard is where the agent sells the policy promising...
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...syllable and, if needed, add a written accent mark. Example: elefante No written accent mark 1. taza 2. sabor 3. razon 4. rio 5. agua 6. aguila 7. espiritu 8. espiritual 9. adios 10. pequeño 11. pequeñito 12. pequeñisimo 13. enseñabas 14. enseñabamos 15. America 16. religion 17. religiones 18. religioso 19. religiosos 20. dramatico 21. quien (= question “who?”) 22. mi (= “my”) 23. haz 24. hazlo 25. hazmelo Exercise 2: Noun Gender Name _____________________________ A. Indicate the gender (m., f., or either) of each noun. 1. persona 2. novio 3. serpiente 4. testigo 5. plato 6. montaña 7. hogar 8. héroe 9. vez 10. guardacostas 11. dilema 12. tele 13. dentista 14. coche patrulla 15. incertidumbre 16. bailarina 17. voléibol 18. látex B: Provide the feminine form of each noun, or indicate that there is no unique feminine form. Examples: el hombre—la mujer el niño—la niña el profesor—la profesora el estudiante—la estudiante 1. elefante 2. lobo 3. soldado 4. escritor 5. pariente 6. mesero Exercise 3: Noun Number Name _______________________________ A: Provide the plural form of each noun. Examples: la casa–las casas el maniquí–los maniquís/maniquíes el énfasis–los énfasis 1. el árbol 2. el anillo 3. el soltero 4. el iglú 4. el tórax 6. la cortaúñas 7. el hombre lobo 8...
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