NMIMS Information Systems for Managers Assignment April 2023

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NMIMS Global Access
School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)
Course: Information Systems for Managers
Internal Assignment Applicable for April 2023 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.

1. Since its founding in 1994, Amazon has collected reams of information on what
millions of people buy, where those purchases are delivered and which credit cards they
use. What are Three (3) different types of Analytics that Amazon uses this data for and
how does it help them? (10 Marks)

2. ArcelorMittal is the second largest steel producer in the world, with an annual crude
steel production of 78.5 million metric tonnes as of 2018. Laksmi Mittal is the
Chairman and CEO of ArcelorMittal. In this role, what is the Focus of the CEO’s role
(i.e. Objectives, Kinds of Decisions, information needed, Timeframes etc.)? What are
the Primary IS & Supporting IS Used (Description Data Types, Kind of Data, Type of
Processing, which provides data to these IS)? (10 Marks)

3. Vijay Ananth has just been hired as the CIO at Wilshire Finance. During the interview,
the CEO had tasked Vijay with the responsibility of revamping the firm’s IT
Infrastructure. Now that Vijay has come onboard, he is keen to get started on the Infra
Revamp initiative and has targeted BYOD as his first initiative.

a. What is BYOD? Explain the three (3) levels of BYOD? (5 Marks)

b. What are (2 each) Pros & Cons of BYOD? Your Recommendation? (5 Marks)

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