Global University Bangladesh (GUB), Barisal

Faculty of Business Studies

Department of Business Administration
Program: BBA
Course Code: CSE-311
Course Title: Management Information System
Final Examination Spring-2020

Full Marks: 40

Answer all of the following questions. All the questions including parts must be answered sequentially.
Figures in the right margin indicate full marks:

Question number 1: 10

In this course, you have learned that businesses utilize database management systems (DBMS) to
store, organize, retrieve, manipulate, and report data. For this assignment, each student will
submit an analysis of the business scenario for the ABC corporation. The ABC corporation
business scenario is based on a fictitious company that is developing a database management
system (DBMS) for storage of product, customer, and sales data.
Project Prompts

The ABC corporation business scenario provides a foundation in which to examine the
components of a database management system (DBMS), development of a system for business
purposes and data collection, manipulation, and storage. The ABC corporation analysis should
discuss the use of database management systems in business and examine how a DBMS presents
a centralized view of data that can be accessed by multiple users. The written essay should be a
minimum of 1,000 words in length and follow the APA formatting standards.
Business Scenario
The ABC corporation is a newly established company and the owner is looking for an efficient
method of collecting, storing, and manipulating data. The corporation offers a variety of pet
supplies and is initially a retailer that is currently selling products only online. As the corporation
grows, it plans to also include physical retail locations in which to add services to the company's
offerings.
As a startup business, the ABC corporation needs to implement a database management system
to allow the collection and sharing of business data among the employees; thus, the database
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management system should allow for multiple users. The corporation is currently gathering
information about database management systems and seeking a contractor to create and
implement the system. Business data will be organized in a logical manner and will be retrieved
using a client-server network.
In your analysis provide the ABC corporation with information on database management
systems and a recommendation from a contractor's perspective. Information you are providing
the ABC corporation should include the following:

 Provide a definition of a database management system (DBMS) and discuss the

purpose(s) in business.
 Introduce the business scenario to analyze and discuss the benefits of implementing a
database management system.
 Describe what business data the company would benefit from collecting and
manipulating.
 Explain how a company uses a database management system to manage data collection,
manipulate data and realize benefits from usage of a database management system.
 Discuss the components of a DBMS and the process of developing a DBMS for
implementation.
 Discuss why companies utilize various systems for domestic and global business
functions.

Question Number 2: 10

a. What is decision making?

b. What are the steps of decision making?
c. What are the various dimensions of decision making?
d. What are the limitations of decision making?
e. What are the various types of networks?

Question Number 3: 10

a. What do you mean by a computer?

b. Define computer hardware and software.
c. How many types of hardware and what are those?
d. What are the negative impacts of technology on society?
e. What are the positive impacts of technology on society?

Question Number 4: 10

a. Draw the behavioral view 2of an organization.

b. Draw and discuss entity relationship diagram.
c. What are the various types of query language?
d. What are the fields of database application?
e. Discuss the two-way relationship between organizations and information technology.