Issue 18/08/2011

Revision Date 11/06/2013 Form No. ECT/ACA/F05.02

Assignment
Date Time: All sections Total Mark:
10

Students Name

Students ID

Course Name Management Information Systems

Course Code BIT 203

Semester Spring 2017

Instructors Names Dr. Ziad Saraireh, Dr.Nadi Dahmani, Dr. Mosadaq

Hanandeh, Dr. Bilel Elayeb

Contribution to a PLO Assessment? No

Question 1 2 Total
Point 7 3 10
Student Mark

Note: This Assignment accounts for 10% of the Students Final Grade.
Instructions:

In addition to the softcopy to be submitted to the Moodle website https://lms.ectmoodle.ae/, a

hardcopy must be submitted as well to the instructor before the deadline. This assignment will be
automatically checked by the turnitin system.

Based on what youve learned in chapters 1 & 2 answer the following questions:

(1) Identify the major types of information systems that exist in the organisation you
are working in, or any other organization you are dealing with. (1 Mark)

a) What problems do the previous information systems solve? (3 Marks)

b) What is the impact of using the previous information systems on the

organization? (3 Marks)

(2) Describe how information systems can support each of the following competitive
strategies. (3 Marks)

Low-cost leadership
Product differentiation
Strengthen customer and supplier intimacies