Management Information & Control System

Summer- 2020
Suggested Questions For Mid

Chapter- 1
Information in Business Systems Today

Questions:

1) Describe how information system have changed the way business operate their products
and services. Page: 33 (Ref. Book) Marks:4/5
2) What is digital firm? Explain the characteristics of a digital firm. Page: 40 (Ref. Book)
Marks:4/5
3) Enlist and describe the reasons why information systems is too important for business
today. Page: 42 (Ref. Book) Marks: 7/8
4) Define an information system and describe four activities of information system. Page: 45
(Ref. Book) Marks:7/8
5) Describe the dimensions of information system. Page: 46 (Ref. Book)
6) What academic disciplines are used to study information systems and how does each
contribute to an understanding of information systems? Page: 56 (Ref. Book)

Chapter- 2
Global E- Business and Collaboration

1) What are the business processes? How are they related to information system? Page: 71
(Ref. Book)
2) How information technology improve business process. Page: 73 (Ref. Book) Marks: 4
3) What are types of information systems? Describe it. Page: 74 (Ref. Book)
4) Short Notes: (Definition only) Page: 83 (Ref. Book)
I) Supply chain management system.
II) Customer relationship management system.
III) Knowledge management system.
IV) Enterprise system.
V) E-Business, E-commerce and E-Government

5) What is collaboration? Why are systems for collaboration and social business so important?
Page: 85 (Ref. Book)
6) Tools and technologies for collaboration and Social business? Page: 89 (Ref. Book)
7) What is the role of the information systems function in a business? Page: 95 (Ref. Book)
 Chapter- 3
Information systems, Organizations and Strategy

1) How information technology influence organization? Page: 109 Marks: 4 (Ref. Book)
2) What is organization? Organization’s technical & behavioral view point? Page: 110 & 111
(Ref. Book)
3) What are the features of organization? Explain the features. Page: 112 (Ref. Book)
4) Short Question: Disruptive Technology. Page: 115 Marks: 03 (Ref. Book)
5) Describe Porter’s competitive forces model with figure. Page: 124 (Ref. Book)
6) Business Value Chain Model. Page: 129 (Ref. Book)

Disclaimer: This is not the final suggestion for Summer Mid-2020 and a few of them will be
eliminated by the respective course teacher in the class forthcoming.