MS-54

Management Programme

ASSIGNMENT
FIRST SEMESTER
(January to June)
2020

MS – 54: Management Information Systems

School of Management Studies

INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 068
 ASSIGNMENT

Course Code : MS-54

Course Title : Management Information Systems
Assignment Code : MS-54/TMA/SEM-I/2020
Coverage : All Blocks

Note : Attempt all the questions and submit this assignment to the Coordinator of your study
center on or before 30th April, 2020.

1. “The way organizations cannot exist without MIS (Management Information System), even
information does not exist without organization.” Discuss.

2. What are the features of a language which should be considered for its selection in the design
of a system? Explain your answer with special reference to on-line system.

3. “Switching systems are connected to each other through point-to-point media.” Explain in the
light of the statement the concept of connectivity through switched networks.

4. “Several problems may motivate management in an organization to adopt the database

approach- focusing on the problem of the data.” Discuss the major problems that motivate a
database approach along with the taxonomy of data structures.

5. “Computer virus is a software code that can infect other computer programs by altering them
to include a copy of it.” Discuss the concept of computer virus and its main characteristics.