Management Information Systems

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
SYSTEMS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART 1............................................................................................................................................1
Question 1........................................................................................................................................1
a) Define GIS and three ways GIS can be used in modern business...........................................1
b) Reason because of which internet has made competitive rivalry more intense......................1
Question 2........................................................................................................................................2
a) Define ‘database’ and three ways that explains why database are better as compared to flat
files..............................................................................................................................................2
b) Define ‘database’ and explain below diagram in relation to database....................................2
Question 3........................................................................................................................................3
a) Difference between Data Warehouse and Data Mart..............................................................3
b) Analyse below diagram and explain what type of IS it is and what level in organization it is
used..............................................................................................................................................3
Question 4........................................................................................................................................4
a) Information system that an organization can use to determine poor sales..............................4
b) Is cloud computing environment much safer as compared to in-house network....................5
Question 5........................................................................................................................................5
a) Two benefits of enterprise system and three types of integration in below diagram..........5
b) Competitive strategies that can be used and explain one that would be difficult to be
executed.......................................................................................................................................6
PART 2............................................................................................................................................7
EXECUTIVE SUMMKARY..........................................................................................................7
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................7
Three different types of security issues that UPS might encounter with tracking technology
that they have and ways in which they would protect itself........................................................7
How strategic business objectives of Information Systems apply to UPS..................................7
3 activities of Information Systems to the UPS’s Tracking Information System........................7
3 Dimensions of Information Systems to the UPS’s Tracking Information System...................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
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PART 1
Question 1
a) Define GIS and three ways GIS can be used in modern business
This question will help in explaining GIS and the way in which it can be used in modern
business.
GIS is also known as geographical information system which is mainly designed to
capture, analyse, store, manipulate, manage geographical data. It is a kind of tool which can be
used by users so that they can create interactive queries, edit data within maps as well as present
result of these operations (Rahmati, Pourghasemi and Melesse, 2016). There are many ways in
which GIS can be used in modern business but three main ways in which it can be used are:
 It can be used by organizations for visual representation of data or for navigation mapping as
well. One of the most common example of web-based GIS mapping solution is Google maps,
which is used by people in their everyday lives for navigation purpose.
 GIS can be used for planning and development as well for meeting global challenges. It can
help in integrating geographical intelligence into planning processes which can further help
organizations in decision making.
 It can also be used by organizations for managing their transportation issues as well as with
the help of this tool or application both topical and environmental data can be used for
transportation planning.
b) Reason because of which internet has made competitive rivalry more intense
This question will help in explaining the reason because of which internet has made
competitive rivalry much intense.
This is mainly because internet technology is completely based upon some universal
standards and already existing data that can be used by an y person or organization. With the
help of this data, organizations can easily compete with their rivals on the basis of price or any
other information which is available on internet. This information is also useful for new
competitors as they can use these standards and data and can easily enter into the new market.
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Question 2
a) Define ‘database’ and three ways that explains why database are better as compared to flat
files
This question will help in explaining what is database and ways in which database is much
better than flat files.
Database in simple language can be defined as a systematic collection of data. It is a kind
of system in which data is organized, collected, stored and can be accessed easily from computer
systems. Reasons because of which database are much better than flat files are as follows:
 Data security is one of the best reasons because of which database are much better as
compared to flat files. It is much easier to apply any kind of constrains to improve security in
databases (Clough and Barrett, 2016). These constraints also help in restricting access to the
data stored. Not only this in order to improve security all the users of database have different
kind of access to the data so that data theft, manipulation etc can be reduced.
 Database have backups because of which its recovery is much easier in case of failure or any
other issue.
 Database systems are much more flexible as compared to flat files.
b) Define ‘database’ and explain below diagram in relation to database
This question will help in explaining below diagram in a brief manner. Data within
database is stored in a structured way in table format.
Above diagram explains Three-Schema Architecture. This architecture helps in explaining
database schemas at three different levels
 External level: This level of database helps in describing part of database which is related to
individual users of the database. It is also known as user view of database.
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