NMIMS Global Access

School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)

Course: Information Systems for Managers
Internal Assignment Applicable for September 2018 Examination

Assignment Marks: 30

Instructions:

 All Questions carry equal marks.

 All Questions are compulsory
 All answers to be explained in not more than 1000 words for question 1 and 2 and for
question 3 in not more than 500 words for each subsection. Use relevant examples,
illustrations as far as possible.
 All answers to be written individually. Discussion and group work is not advisable.
 Students are free to refer to any books/reference material/website/internet for attempting
their assignments, but are not allowed to copy the matter as it is from the source of
reference.

 Students should write the assignment in their own words. Copying of assignments from
other students is not allowed.

 Students should follow the following parameter for answering the assignment questions.

For Theoretical Answer For Numerical Answer

Assessment Parameter Weightage Assessment Parameter Weightage
Introduction 20% Understanding and usage 20%
Concepts and Application 60% of the formula
related to the question Procedure / Steps 50%
Conclusion 20% Correct Answer & 30%
Interpretation

1. Raghu has been appointed as the Chief Information Officer of BuyFromMe a leading
ecommerce company based in Pune. The company has data on buying habits of its
customers. This data is available easily to each employee of the company through
shared folders. What is the change Raghu should bring about in this case?
(10 Marks)
 NMIMS Global Access
School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)
Course: Information Systems for Managers
Internal Assignment Applicable for September 2018 Examination

2. The Smart Cube is a leading Knowledge Process Outsourcing company based in

Noida. The company boasts of clientele from all parts of the world and they cater to
the need of various industries. Their projects involve providing support to
organisations in taking business decision. The company has 300 analysts working
for various clients. The job of analysts is gathering data from various sources both
primary and secondary and convert them into meaningful information. Advice the
company on whether it makes sense to go for data warehousing? (10 Marks)

3. CapitalStock Data Pvt. Ltd is a data aggregator whose job involves getting data from
various companies and aggregating it at one place. The company has appointed a
new CIO. He advices the CEO that the company should be on the cloud.

a. What are the advantages the clients will have if the company is on the cloud?
(5 Marks)

b. Compare the three models and state which of the three, cloud service model
would suite the company? (5 Marks)

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