BBA205 – MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

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ASSIGNMENT

PROGRAM	Bachelor of Business Administration- BBA
SEMESTER	2
SUBJECT CODE & NAME	BBA205 – MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
CREDIT	4
BK ID	B1522
MAX.MARKS	60

Note: Answer all questions. Kindly note that answers for 10 marks questions should be approximately of 400 words. Each question is followed by evaluation scheme.

Q.1 Define planning process. Explain the three stages of a Planning process. Explain the guidelines for a successful Planning process.

Answer: - Definition of a Planning process: - The development of goals, strategies, task lists and schedules required achieving the objectives of a business. The planning process is a fundamental function of management and should result in the best possible degree of need satisfaction given the resources available.

Stages of a Planning process:-

Q.2 what do you mean by ERP? Describe the situations before and after the existence of ERP. Explain the challenges involved in ERP

Answer: - Definition of ERP:- Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a business management software—usually a suite of integrated applications—that a company can use to collect, store, manage and interpret data from many business activities, including:

·         Product planning, cost and development

·         Manufacturing or service delivery

·         Marketing and sales

·         Inventory managem

Q.3 Define Decision Support System (DSS).Explain the components of a DSS. State the differences between DSS and Expert System (ES)

Answer: - Definition of DSS:-

A Decision Support System (DSS) is a computer-based information system that supports business or organizational decision-making activities. DSSs serve the management, operations, and planning levels of an organization (usually mid and higher management) and help to make decisions, which may be rapidly changing and not easily specified in advance (Unstructured and Semi-Structured decision problems). Decision support systems can be either fully computerized, human or a combination of both.

Characteristics:

·         DSS tends to be aimed at the less well structured, underspecified problem that upper level managers typically face;

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Q.4 Explain the functions of DBMS. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of DBMS

Answer: - Explain the functions of DBMS:-

·         Ability to update and retrieve data

This is a fundamental component of a DBMS and essential to database management. Without the ability to view or manipulate data, there would be no point to using a database system. Updating data in a database includes adding new records, deleting existing records and changing information within a record.

·         Support concurrent updates

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Q.5. A project is composed of 9 activities the three estimates of time in weeks for the activities are given below in the following table.

Activity	Immediate predecessors	Optimistic time	Most Like time duration	Pessimistic Time
A	…	5	8	10
B	…	18	20	22
C	…	26	33	40
D	A	16	18	20
E	A	15	20	25
F	B	6	9	12
G	C	7	10	12
H	D	7	8	9
I	F, E	3	4	5

a. Draw a PERT Network

b. Determine the expected time and variance for each activity

c. Determine earliest and latest occurrence time of each event

d. Determine the critical path for the network

Answer : PERT

Q.6 Write short notes on the following:

A) Neural Networks (NN)

B) Business Process Re-engineering (BPR)

(c)Concept, advantages and disadvantages of Neural Networks

(d)Concept and importance of BPR

Answer: - Neural Networks (NN):- A neural network is a system of programs and data structures that approximates the operation of the human brain. A neural network usually involves a large number of processors operating in parallel, each with its own small sphere of knowledge and access to data in its local memory. Typically, a neural network is initially "trained" or fed large amounts of data and rules about data relationships (for example, "A grandfather is older

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