BSC Business Management: Information System & Big Data Analysis Exam

This report covers key concepts in Information Systems and Big Data Analysis, including discussions on Decision Support Systems (DSS), Executive Support Systems (ESS), Transaction Processing Systems (TPS), Management Information Systems (MIS), and Knowledge Management Systems (KSM). It explores the impact of globalization on businesses, focusing on the use of the latest equipment, the increasing use of the Internet, and improvements in software. The report also delves into digital infrastructure, examining cloud computing and mobile telecommunication, outlining their advantages and disadvantages. Examples and applications of these systems are provided, offering a comprehensive overview of the subject matter. The document is a student's submission and is available on Desklib, a platform providing study tools for students.

BSC (Hons) BUSINESS MANAGEMENT WITH
FOUNDATION
SEMESTER 1, EXAMINATION 2021/22
NFORMATION SYSTEM & BIG DATA ANALYSIS
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Contents
SECTION A.........................................................................................................................................4
Question 1.............................................................................................................................................4
Question 2.............................................................................................................................................4

(i) DSS (Decision Support System)..................................................................................................4
(ii) ESS (Executive Support System)...............................................................................................4
(iii) TPS (Transaction Processing System)......................................................................................4
(iv) MIS (Management Information System)...................................................................................5
(v) KSM (Knowledge Management System)...................................................................................5
Question 3.............................................................................................................................................5
SECTION B.........................................................................................................................................6
Question 1.............................................................................................................................................6
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SECTION A
Question 1
(iii) Canvas: The technology and consulting firm Canvas places a high priority on providing
customers with a superior and distinctive experience. If compared to other industries and a
pool of opportunities, it has more capabilities on a greater scale. It combines client
expectations with employee performance in relation to the company's goals for business
expansion. Additionally, it emphasises fostering positive relationships with expanding
businesses and enterprises in order to enhance their collaboration with all sizes and types
of organisations.
(iv) MS Office: MS Office is a collection of tools that includes Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
that aid in creating reports and presentations that managers and executives may use as a
reference. They are able to organise complex facts into a more manageable form. It helps
those who wish to create and maintain data security by making the data ready, valuable,
and improving the scope of comprehension. Because it is the software utilised
everywhere, it is helpful in every organisation. It is simple to access from anyplace, which
increases its popularity and dependability. In compared to other apps, it is thought to be a
software that is simpler to manage. Additionally, it supports better organisational
performance and commercial expansion.
Question 2
(i) DSS (Decision Support System)
DSS is a machine tool that not only gathers data but also generates the important choices a business
needs to make. It can be either manually operated by a human being, computerised, or a
combination of the two. It is employed in inventory management and sales forecasting. Utilizing
DSS makes it simple to use just-in-time techniques. As a result, workplace relationships are
improved. Different DSS kinds are driven by data, knowledge, documents, models, and
communication. Examples of the same include crop planning, which farmers use to determine the
best time to harvest their crops, and GPS route planning, which assists in determining the quickest
route.
(ii) ESS (Executive Support System)
It is a mechanism used to create summarised reports based on the information available. Top-level
managers can more easily evaluate the data and draw conclusions from it because to this. It
promptly provides the necessary information to enable seamless decision-making. A different name
for it is executive information system (EIS). This is made in a flexible manner, so the features
change depending on the particular industry. This method is used to give higher-quality services.
Cambridge systematics, a planning tool for investments, is an example of an ESS.
(iii) TPS (Transaction Processing System)
There are several transactions that occur in every business; these transactions are not rigid in nature
and also call for some change. TSS makes it possible to create, store, and obtain data. Reliability,
which indicates that data is secure and can be located again, is one of TPS's qualities. Input is
received very quickly, and output is produced. Each event has a standard that is used to preserve
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uniformity. Controlled processing will support the provided input. Examples of TSS include
payroll, personnel record keeping, shipping, sales order entry, and hotel reservation systems.
(iv) MIS (Management Information System)
It is a technique used to gather information from multiple sources, combine it in a way that makes it
understandable, and then analyse various crucial elements of an organisation. Many charitable
organisations use it frequently to create their reports, saving time and money on volunteers.
Additionally, it emphasises the standard and trouble spots for deviations. In order to organise the
information properly, this considers both software and hardware. Microsoft elements, Fleetmatics
work, not many examples of MIS clearly proficient in MIS.
(v) KSM (Knowledge Management System)
The framework provides the perfect individual with the right information at the right time. It is
valuable for the integration and general use of authentic information that helps to respond to every
inquiry habitually posed. KSM's clients are both external and internal, including competitors,
governments and financial supporters, although internal clients include workers. An instance of
KSM is Tableau's repository.
Question 3
Globalization inherently implies progress within an association when exercise is exercised on a
global scale, with or without care. It integrates society, innovation, management and products, data,
speculation, etc. Eighteen hundred years later, with the advancement of transportation and
communication, the process of globalization has entered a stage of rapid development. A large
number of such connections brought about the progress of communication throughout the stages,
which in turn brought about the exchange of different ideas, beliefs and societies. It is a monetary
cycle that includes global linkages related to the social and social perspective of the world. In terms
of money, globalization mainly includes the utilization of products, management, data, progress and
financial capital assets. It plays an important role in communication enhancement, commerce and
dissemination between different world societies and economies in different countries.
Effects of Globalisation:
 Use the latest equipment - it actually means that in the current time patterns and the
inclinations of customers and workers are gradually changing. It actually intends to have a
special focus among opinion representatives and associations on hardware that is critical to
easily sustaining a business. Due to the expansion of client interests, many associations have
begun to involve artificial brain innovations to expand the productivity of their
representatives. AI innovation is just as important for assembling the highest quality
products.
 Expanding the use of the Internet - its real intention is that in the current situation, the
public, especially the younger generation, has profoundly expanded the use of the Internet.
A network is basically a bunch of organizations with the help of which data is delivered to
numerous customers in a fast manner. Because of this, numerous associations are deeply
involved in representing the IT sector. Because only the IT field staff is responsible for
overseeing feasible coordination between representatives at all levels through the Internet-
based model. This organization can be effectively achieved through cell phones,
workstations and different gadgets.
 Improvements in programming - it alludes to products introduced in mechanized hardware
by IT representatives. The basic thought process by which organizations take advantage of
the differences is to deal with the work process of regional representation in the workplace.
However, programming during work takes on an important part of running the hardware
efficiently. Due to globalization, many associations express worldwide use of the product,
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including e-mail and computer programming. Since the communication with old and new
customers with the help of these products is laid out in a certain way.
SECTION B
Question 1
(i) The digital infrastructure for conscious executive functioning exercises. It combines broadband,
advanced switching, and the use of applications.
Cloud computing is one such programming that various administrations are successfully
working with customers. It combines servers, organizations, information volumes, datasets and
other programs. Due to the utilization of the underlying capacity of the cloud, the secret data of
clients and associations are stored in large quantities effortlessly. Another component of the product
is the efficient sharing of documents in different areas at once.
Advantages of cloud Computing:
 Further development of cooperation: Cloud applications further develop collaboration by
allowing parties to quickly and efficiently share data in the cloud through shared storage.
 Excellent usability: The cloud enables us to quickly and efficiently access store data from
anywhere in the world, at any time, using network connectivity. Web cloud frameworks
improve correlation efficiency and proficiency by keeping our information open
consistently.
 Unlimited capacity limit: Cloud provides us with a huge measure of confinement to keep our
important information (like reports, pictures, sounds, videos, etc.) in one place.
 Every use of IServices in the compensation model: Distributed computing provides
application programming interfaces (APIs) to customers for access management on the
cloud and pays based on managed usage.
Disadvantages of Cloud Computing:
 Specialized Issues: Cloud innovation is generally inclined to a blackout and other
specialized issues. Indeed, the best cloud specialist organization organizations might
confront this difficult situation regardless of keeping up with elevated requirements of
support.
 Security Threat in the Cloud: One more disadvantage while working with distributed
computing administrations is security risk. Prior to taking on cloud innovation, you ought to
be very much aware of the way that you will be sharing all your organization's delicate data
to an outsider distributed computing specialist co-op. Programmers could get to this data.
 Free time: Free time ought to likewise be considered while working with distributed
computing. That is on the grounds that your cloud supplier might confront power
misfortune, low web network, administration upkeep, and so on.
 Absences of Support: Distributed computing organizations neglect to offer legitimate help to
the clients. Additionally, they maintain that their client should rely upon FAQs or online
assistance, which can be a dreary occupation for non-specialized people.
(ii) Second instance of digital infrastructure would be:
Mobile Telecommunication: It is the most common way of sending, communicating and getting
information and data from a distance fully intent on conveying. A transmission of this sort happens
with the assistance of a cell phones like cell, PC or some other wired or even a remote gadget of
some sort. The advantage of versatile correspondence happens with its capacity of executing point
to point or highlight multipoint transmissions with the usage of computerized or a digitalized simple
sign.
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Advantages:
 Document Management and Email Access
 Collaboration
 Time Management
 Increasing Knowledge
Disadvantages:
 Difficulty Monitoring Calls
 Disruption of Workflow
 Imbalance Between Work and Life
 Misuse of Cell Phones
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