MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

EXPERIMENTAL LEARNING
INSTRUCTIONS:
a. Submit the assignment as one word / pdf document. The file name should be
b. Assignments are individual exercises. Write down the details of your findings supported by
screen captures of the outputs from the activity you have carried out.
c. Last date for submission: Announced on the portal
d. Credit for the respective experiment is indicated in the figure to the right.

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1. Visit any three job portal web sites (like naukri.com). Visit all aspects of the site and study
the overall features of these. Prepare a feature comparison matrix on the metrics given
below. Rate each metric on a score of 0-5 (0=lowest, 5= highest) and arrive at the overall
score for each site. You may use screen captures to record and validate your observations.
[5 marks]

S. Description Site A Site B Site C

No. Detail Score Detail Score Detail Score
Features for job
applicant
Search for
positions by
applicant
Features for job
posting
organization
Search
capability for
organizations
Ease of Use of
site for
applicants

Type of
interactions
between
applicant and
organization

Types of
notifications
Security ;
login, secure
connections etc
Mobile support
 <Any other
aspect>

2. SAP is now offering SAP Business Objects, a Business Intelligence Suite. Explore the product
details from the internet and tabulate basic details of all modules along with the features of
each. [2 marks]

3. Microsoft PowerBI is a self service BI tool. Download MS PowerBI Desktop (the free desktop
version) from https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/desktop/ and install on your system.
Work a few example visualizations for familiarization purposes. (examples are available on
youtube / or accessible from the powerBI start screen). From your work place, identify a
sample data for a specific scenario and develop an interactive visualization that is suitable to
be used by the manager. Clearly describe the scenario and the type of analysis you have
implemented. Also identify the visualization suiting the same. The dashboard / visualization
should address 6-8 KPI measures for the application. Take screen grabs of your visualizations
and use them in your report. [8 marks]