MIS 207 Midterm 1

Covers: Second Wave, Web Technology, Revenue Model, GA#1 , Lab#1 Orange HRM
Software
Answer all 5 questions Set 1 5 x 4 = 20 Point

● Answer within the context of an organization (specific compared to other

organizations).
● Answer from a manager’s perspective. Consider at least five dimensions when you
answer.
● Answer objectively considering the textbook, and lectures. In case you are using
external materials, provide details of assumption(s).

1. Explain with a diagram how a client request is handled by an organization's (e.g. Daraz)
web application.

This is the short process to order in Daraz. Too digital, too new. Very easy to understand.
Picture says everything.

By “serverless”, we mean no explicit infrastructure required, as in: no servers, no

deployments onto servers, no installed software of any kind. We’ll use only managed cloud
services and a laptop. The diagram below illustrates the high-level components and their
connections: a Lambda function as the compute (“backend”) and a mobile app that connects
directly to it, plus Amazon API Gateway to provide an HTTP endpoint for a static Amazon S3-
hosted website.

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 2. Explain the various software used at an ecommerce organization (e.g. Daraz)
considering the business activities they support.

Software Supported business activity

 Web Servers - Tengine is a web server originated by Taobao, the largest e-commerce website in
Asia. It is based on the Nginx HTTP server and has many advanced features. Tengine
Tengine has proven to be very stable and efficient on some of the top 100 websites in the
world, including daraz.com.bd.

Integrating Magento and Daraz helps to increase online sales from new customers
 Ecommerce: and increase repeat sales from existing customers. The Integration passes all
Magento customer data and attributes from your Magento store into Daraz, including:
Inventory Update :Real-time synchronization of product inventory and product price.

Bootstrap (currently v3.3.5) has a few easy ways to quickly get

 Web started, each one appealing to a different skill level and use case.
Framework: Basically, for getting this advantage Daraz adopt this huge
Bootstrap 3.3.5 opportunity.

Found on page https://www.daraz.com.bd/shop-hair-brushes/ WordPress is an open

 Programming source blog publishing and content management system, based on PHP and MySQL.
Language: PHP Web-Dorado Photo Gallery is a photo gallery platform based on WordPress. PHP is a
popular scripting language for creating web pages

Google Tag Manager is a free tool that allows Daraz to manage and deploy
 Tag Manager: marketing tags (snippets of code or tracking pixels) on their website (or mobile app)
Google Tag without having to modify the code.
Manager

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 3. Explain the various features available in a functional software (e.g. OrangeHRM) within
the context of an organization (e.g. Daraz).

Answer: Basically the OrangeHRM software is the personalized HR software that brings
the employees together. Daraz is the leading online marketplace in South Asia
connecting thousands of sellers with millions of customers in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri
Lanka, Nepal and Myanmar. That’s why OrangeHRM software is very important to use
for Daraz.

01. Time & Attendance management: Millions of workers are working here. So this is
quite impossible to maintain manually the attendance process. So this is the alternative
way for get rid of that problem. Here workers manually click their attendance through
process.

02. Recruitment: If Daraz adopt orangeHRM then they can track the systems which
provide the ability to attract and retain talent in an organization is imperative to the
success of any business.

In order to attract the right people for the right jobs Daraz have to implement this
software for better future.

03. Leave/ Time off Management: Managing leave/time off can often be a complicated
and time consuming process across Daraz. Basically it is not easy to always ensure if
proper procedures adhered to and records are properly maintained for Daraz. So this
process can be the great deal for daraz, there is no doubt.

04. Succession & Development: Succession and Development at OrangeHRM will help
Daraz to Identify, Develop and retain talent to ensure your Organization's success. Our
All in One HR software believes in Strategic staff development to help groom your
Potential Star Employee into Critical roles.

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 4. Explain the three strategies for an advertising-supported revenue model within the
context of various organizations.

An advertising-supported revenue model is a business approach that emphasizes the

sale of advertising as a major source of revenue. This structure is most prominent in
traditional broadcast and print media, as well as online media. Media businesses
generally earn revenue from advertising, customer subscriptions or a combination of
the two.

Organization Strategy Explanation

Google General interest Google is a very large platform where million of million visitors
strategy come daily. That’s why this is the most attractive advertising site. For
advertising service revenue model the google for general interest
strategy is far far better.

Specific interest . CricBuzz is an Indian cricket news website owned by

Cricbuzz Strategy Times Internet. It features news, articles and live
coverage of cricket matches including videos,
scorecards, text commentary, player stats and team
rankings. Their website also offers a mobile app. So it is
clear that this organization attract the cricket lovers.

CNet Collection of Is a collection of various interest. But the interest

Specific interest should be specific. Cnet is one of them. It is more
similar to you tube. But this is exceptional in specific
interest.

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 5. Explain five ways an organization (e.g. Daraz) might use EDI.

Answer:

01. Business to Business Transactions:

Computer-readable data in standard format can use Daraz.

By this process they can reduce errors, can avoiding printing & mailing costs, can eliminates
need to re enter data

02. Trading Partners:

– Businesses engaging in EDI with each other that can follow Daraz.
• Improved purchasing processes and supplier relationships between
different companies.

03. Value-added network (VAN)

– Independent firm like Daraz offering EDI connection and transaction-forwarding

services
– Ensure transmitted data security between different org.
– This can cost some amount of money.

04. Challenges

– High implement & maintain cost for Daraz.

– Expensive computer hardware and software
– Establishing direct network connections to trading partners or subscribing to
value-added network.

05. Solutions

– Basically the traffic goes till the network.

– Its can be good for Daraz because of it reduce EDI cost.

The End

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