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ASSIGNMENTS

ADL-11: MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (MIS)

Subject Name & Code : Management Information System (MIS)

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INSTRUCTIONS

a) Students are required to submit three assignments

ASSIGNMENT DETAILS MARKS

Assignment A Five Subjective Questions 15
Assignment B Three Subjective Questions + Case Study 15
Assignment C 40 Questions 10

b) Total weightage given to these assignments is 40%.

c) All assignments are to be completed in your own hand writing/typed.
d) All questions are required to be attempted.
e) All the three assignments are to be completed by due dates (specified from time to time)
and mailed/given by hand for evaluation at the ACeDL office Noida/your Study Centre.
f) The evaluated assignments can be collected from your study centre/ ACeDL office after six
weeks. Thereafter, these will be destroyed at the end of each semester.

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Assignment ‘A’ Assignment ‘B’ Assignment ‘C’

 ADL–11: Management Information System (MIS)

Assignment 'A'

Notes: Marks : 15

Analytical Questions

1. What is the purpose of organisations, how do they achieve it. What is a System,
explain the types of systems by giving examples. What type of systems are used
in the management and why.
2. Explain the difference between Data and Information. Why different information
is required by three distinct levels (Strategic, Tactical & Operational) of
management.
3. Identify and list any three responsibilities of the CEO of a manufacturing
organisation. Also list three 4 decisions which she/he has to take as part of this
responsibility.
4. Do you agree that understanding Information needs is the first step towards
developing a workable MIS? What are the various types of Information Needs?
Explain with examples of each.
5. What is the Vision Process named after Davenport, how does it help the systems
analysts in developing MIS, which can be related the organisational objectives?

ADL–11: Management Information System (MIS)

Assignment 'B'

Notes: Marks: 15

Analytical Questions

1. Study the Case of a Departmental Store and answer the questions given at the
end of the case.
2. Explain the application of MIS by taking either materials management or
production planning system in a manufacturing industry or service organization.

Case Study

THE CASE OF A DEPARTMENTAL STORE

Mr. Somani, Director (Sales) of the Mohini Departmental Store Chain in Delhi is a
worried person. The worries revolve around the number of complaints he has been
receiving from the Store Mangers about non-availability of the store information.

The Mohini Stores chain was started about 6 years back. The then management
thought it fit to install a Sales Information System (SIS) also. The present system,
therefore, was installed at the beginning of the chain and became operational a year
later.

The system is operated on batch-processing mode and it generates monthly and

quarterly reports on several aspects of Sale.
The basic input document for the processing is the Sale Invoice. In fact the Store
personnel enter the Sale Invoices of the day at the end of the day. The Store
Manager is responsible to see that the input data is created and validated before the
same is passed on to the Computer Department for further processing. Every Store
was provided with a PC for this purpose, however, on persistent demands one more
PC was provided to each Store. The Computer Department does the final processing
at the Head Office, and then the Reports distributed to each Store.

The system worked very well for about 3 years, however, for the last two years there
have been several complaints from the Store Managers about the system.

The Mohini started its operations with 3 Stores. In the last six years, the number of
Stores has increased to 8. The management has plans to open an additional Store
every year during the next five years. During the last 3 years the sales of Mohini has
increased by nearly 120%.

Apart from the usual retail sales, almost all the Store in the chain cater to several
bulk customers e.g. Government Departments, Factories Canteens etc. Which make
bulk purchases from the Stores on a regular basis. The individual Store Managers
generally enter into the sale contracts for these on annual basis. These are credit
sales and the individual Store Manger is responsible for collecting the outstanding.

Discuss:
1. The general conditions of the Chain now and in the immediate future.
2. What are the problems, the Chain is facing. List them in order of priority.
3. Suggest a solution to overcome the problems as listed by you.

ADL–11: Management Information System (MIS)

Assignment 'C'

Notes: Marks: 10

Answer the following questions

1. What is the purpose of Organisations?

2. How is the purpose of any organisation achieved?
3. How are goods and services produced?
4. Identify and list any three responsibilities of the Production Manager.
5. List three decisions which the Production Manager has to take as part of this
responsibility.
6. Suggest a suitable name for the Database for anyone of the decisions identified
as above.
7. List three elements of the above database.
8. What is the difference between Data and Information.
9. Why different information is required by three distinct levels (Strategic, Tactical &
Operational) of management.
10. List two typical characteristics of the information needs at the three levels?
11. What is meant by Information-overload?
12. What is a System, explain the types of systems by giving examples.
13. What type of systems are used in the management and why.
14. How are the information needs identified? Give three methods.
15. What is the Visioning Process named after Davenport?
16. List four important characteristics of any MIS.
17. List four types of Information Systems.
18. What is EIS? Mention two important characteristics of EIS.
19. What is DSS? Mention three important characteristics of DSS.
20. Amongst three essential components of a MIS, one is Database, what are the
other two?
21. What is a Document?
22. Give three reasons to use computers for MIS.
23. Is MIS a strategic tool or tactical.
24. What are the advantages of Conceptual Systems over the Real Systems?
25. What is management by exception?
26. How can the decision making process be automated?
27. Is there an optimum time to decide if so how can one know it?
28. What are Data Flow Diagrams?
29. Why a long term plan is essential for MIS design.
30. Mention two important steps in MIS implementation.
31. What is a deterministic system?
32. What is a feedback system?
33. Give two examples of transaction processing.
34. Distinguish between Conceptual and Real Systems.
35. What are the three important components of IT?
36. IT provides freedom from three constraints, what are these?
37. List the RULES of Managing Information that have changed due to IT.
38. What is the capacity, in terms of A4 pages, of a 3.5" diskette?
39. What is Price for a customer and for a manufacturer.
40. Describe an organisation as a system.