Finals' Question #5
As a topic before KBS, DSS and VO, identify and describe one company that adopts an MIS. Include in your discussion, how MIS help and support the company, its managers and other employees, in their problem solving and decision-making.Do this in two paragraphs at least. COPYING OF TEXTS IS DEFINITELY NOT ACCEPTABLE.Cite your reference.

answer: Aspire company has been using Management Information System since 2001. According to them it brought so much benefits especially to their financial cost. They only use online communication technology and made the employees more effecient to thier works in the computer.
They discuss the data through online communication with there customers who are far or outside the country. They process and desseminate the data and other useful information in the computer.

http://www.amazon.com/Using-MIS-David-Kroenke/dp/0131433725

Finals' Question #4

TOPIC: THE KNOWLEDGE - BASED SYSTEMS (KBS)Question # 3: 1. Describe or define KBS.2. Distinguish KBS from MIS.3. Illustrate (give examples) how KBS can improve company's competitive advantage and organizational performance.

answer:
1. Knowledged- Based Systems is a computer system that is programmed to imitate human problem-solving by means of artificial intelligence and reference to a database of knowledge on a particular subject. Its systems are based on the methods and techniques of artificial intelligence.

2. Knowledged-based sysytems it is an artificial intelligence which imitate the human problem-solving techniques and methods while the Management Information Systems stores, gather, process and disseminate data but does not have the capacity to imitate a problem solving technique.

3. Through the use of KBS the company will have an easy access in problem solving and will minimize the time spent and other facilities being used in.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge-based_systems

Finals' Question #3
TOPIC: THE VIRTUAL OFFICE (VO)Question # 3: 1. Describe or define VO.2. Distinguish VO from MIS.3. Illustrate (give examples) how VO can improve company's competitive advantage and organizational performance.

answer:

1. Virtual Office is a term for shared office services, which normally includes business address, mail & courier services, phone services, fax services, answering services, web- hosting services, and meeting & conference facilities.

2. Virtual Office has a services which catered to those people who are finding a place wherein they can put up their business, addresses of the place of a very conventional office area. While the Managment Infromation System provides all the useful information of the company for the functions of the management except decision-making.

3. It can improve the compnay's competitive advantage because it will cost a lesser amount in looking for an area of any business purposes by using only the online communication technology.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_office

Finals' Question #2
To cover the lectures to miss during my absence, please answer questions #3-5. REFRAIN FROM COPYING AND PASTING TEXTS FROM THE NET. THIS WILL ONLY INCUR VERY VERY VERY LOW SCORES.TOPIC: THE DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (DSS)Question # 3: 1. Describe or define DSS.2. Distinguish DSS from MIS.3. Illustrate (give examples) how DSS can improve company's competitive advantage and organizational performance.

Answer:

1. Decision Support System is a computerized information system that aids business and organizational decision-making activities. It also enables management to interrogate the computer system and predict the effect of potential decisions beforehand.

2. Decision Support System refers to an interactive comouterized system that gathers and presents data from a wide range of sources. It also help people in decision making from a certain data. On the otherhand Management Information System enables to collect, process, store, and dessiminate data in the form of information needed to carry out the functions of management. Thus, the system is not intended fro decision making which obviously shows a great difference between Decision Supprt System.

3. With the newest innovation brought by DSS to the company it will develop the efficiency of the employees and much works will be done to the alloted working hours. It will increase organizational control, generates new evidence in a support of a decision and creates a competitive advantagte over competition.

It will have an overall control of the organization through its data being presented which includes compiling all useful information needed by the company.

Finals' Question # 1
Research one company from the Internet and describe their MIS strategic plan in 1-2 paragraphs. Discuss too the impact of this strategic plan on the company's management, competitors, customers and the company as a whole.Evaluate how can this strategic plan be applied to any local company in the Philippines. Discuss too the possible effect on the company.Include your reference.

answer:Aspire Systems, a Chennai-based, outsourced product development company, specialising in software product engineering services has developed an in-house application called ‘Marketing Information System’ that serves as a key driver behind Aspire’s marketing strategy. It supports all marketing and sales activities within the company.

By developing this application in-house, Aspire has been able to save on its IT Infrastructure spending. Deploying an application from an external vendor would have raised the cost at every business stage. The customisation cost in any application is high and according to Aspire any manpower addition in future would have only increased their expenditure.

MIS, describes specific systems that "provide managers with reports and, in some cases, on-line access to the organization's current performance and historical records. "MIS primarily serve the functions of planning, controlling, and decision making at the management level." MIS are one of a number of different types of information systems that can serve the needs of different levels in an organization. For example, information systems might be developed to support upper management in planning the company's strategic direction or to help manufacturing in controlling a plant's operations. Some of the other types of information systems include: transaction processing systems, which simply record the routine transactions needed to conduct business, like payroll, shipping, or sales orders; and office automation systems, which are intended to increase the productivity of office workers and include such systems as word processing, electronic mail, and digital filing. Ideally, the various types of information systems in an organization are interconnected to allow for information sharing.

The development of effective information systems holds a number of challenges for small businesses. Despite, or perhaps because of, the rapid development of computer technology, there is nothing easy or mechanical about building workable information systems. Building, operating, and maintaining information systems are challenging for a number of reasons.For example, some information cannot be captured and put into a system. Computers often cannot be programmed to take into account competitor responses to marketing tactics or changes in economic conditions, among other things. In addition, the value of information erodes over time, and rapid changes in technology can make systems become obsolete very quickly. Finally, many companies find systems development to be problematic because the services of skilled programmers are at a premium.
Despite the challenges inherent in systems development, however, MIS also offer businesses a number of advantages. Today, leading companies and organizations are using information technology as a competitive tool to develop new products and services, forge new relationships with suppliers, edge out competitors, and radically change their internal operations and organizations. For example, using MIS strategically can help a company to become a market innovator. By providing a unique product or service to meet the needs of customers, a company can raise the cost of market entry for potential competitors and thus gain a competitive advantage. Another strategic use of MIS involves forging electronic linkages to customers and suppliers. This can help companies to lock in business and increase switching costs. Finally, it is possible to use MIS to change the overall basis of competition in an industry. For example, in an industry characterized by price wars, a business with a new means of processing customer data may be able to create unique product features that change the basis of competition to differentiation.

http://www.tech2.com/biz/india/casestudies/enterprise-solutions/mis-drives-aspire%E2%80%99s-marketing-strategy/3671/0

Midterm Question #3
For those who are working, interview your IT in-charge and ask him/her to describe the computer database systems used in the company. Write your answer in 1-2 paragraphs. Further, ask also the benefits and/or disadvantages derived from these database systems.For those who are not working, research one company in the net who is using computerized database systems. Describe the use and/or nature of these systems and describe too the benefits/disadvantages from these systems. Include your reference.

answer: PNP is now adopting NEC's-Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) as biometric technology effectively raising the bar in its crime detection and prevention. Biometrics is the revolutionary technology now widely used for both civilian and criminal identification security systems and crime detection work. It authenticates unique body demographics such as fingerprint, and enables an almost instantaneous identification. The PNP Crime Laboratory attributes the early resolution of several cases resulting from the use of AFIS. This includes the identification and arrest last year of the elusive "Pajero Lady" whose real name is Ma. Lourdes de Guzman - long wanted for a string of robbery cases whose victims were mostly government and military officials.
Two weeks ago, the PNP Crime Laboratory used AFIS and promptly identified two "chop-chop" victims whose mutilated body parts were dumped in separate places in Quezon City and Muntinlupa. The laboratory ran the fingerprints in their database and quickly ascertained the identities of the two apparent victims of summary execution. (http://www.nec.com.ph/press(01).htm)

Midterm Question #2
Research 1 company and describe how they protect their company from internet risks.Also, research for possible risks or dangers and/or impacts of internet - related crimes to a company.

answer: Globe telecommunication company has a novell's secure desktop solution to protect thier company from internet risks. They have also the services from Sawiss Communication Corporation, the premier intelligent IP network to protect the data they are sending to thier connecting companies here and outside the country. Data hacking and scamming are the common internet problems which greatly affects to a certain company.