Fall 2015 Information Systems CS507
Total Marks: 20
Due Date: 24/11/2015
Objective: Practical understanding of Information Systems
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Every organization follows procedures to accomplish its business objectives. These procedures have some purpose and goals. Information is gathered from different sources for their day to day business operations. On the basis of information from different sources organization has to make some decisions to increase the efficiency. You are required to visit an organization or search through internet and answer the following questions.
1. Give the brief introduction of the organization.
2. What information is required to accomplish their day to day business operations?
3. Why Information System is required for their system?
4. Whether they are using Manual Information System or Computerized Information System and from business point of view which system is better?
5. What is the organizational structure used in the organization either hierarchal or flat and why they are using it?
6. How does information flows within the organization?
Note: Your answer must be short and precise. Copied answer through any source will get zero marks. Moreover, a good assignment submitted by the student will be declared as excellent and will be acknowledged.
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Here I am giving you sample. Take help from handouts and google then you can easily solve it.
1. Give the brief introduction of the organization.
Pick any organization and give introduction. For example Google or Apple.
2. What information is required to accomplish their day to day business operations?
Like information required from people outside of the company e.g.
3. Why Information System is required for their system?
Explain why information system is must for the company. Like handwritten paper work converted into computer data.
4. Whether they are using Manual Information System or Computerized Information System and from business point of view which system is better?
Too easy. Pick either one which your company is using and define it.
5. What is the organizational structure used in the organization either hierarchal or flat and why they are using it?
It can be either hierarchical or flat structure. Simple.
6. How does information flows within the organization?
Information can flow only in horizontal or vertical way.