Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University المملكة العربية السعودية
وزارة التعليم
الجامعة السعودية الإلكترونية
College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Assignment-1
MGT425-Spreadsheet Decision Modeling
Deadline: End of Week 6 @ 23:59 (8/10/2022)
Course Name:
Spreadsheet Decision Modeling Student’s Name:
Course Code: MGT425 Student’s ID Number:
Semester: 1st CRN: 14868
Academic Year: First Term-2022-2023 (1444 H)
For Instructor’s Use only
Instructor’s Name: Dr. Salem Alanizan
Students’ Grade: Marks Obtained/Out of Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low
Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
⦁ The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated folder.
⦁ Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
⦁ Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
⦁ Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
⦁ Late submission will NOT be accepted.
⦁ Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
⦁ All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
⦁ Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Course Learning Outcomes-Covered
Aligned
PLOs Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) Question
MGT.K.1
(1.1) Find some structured ways of dealing with complex managerial decision problems. Question- 2. 3
MGT.K.3
(1.2) Explain simple decision models and management science ideas that provide powerful and (often surprising) qualitative insight about large spectrum of managerial problems. Question- 1, 4
MGT.S.1
(2.1) Demonstrate the tools for deciding when and which decision models to use for specific problems. Question-5
Assignment Instructions:
⦁ Log in to Saudi Digital Library (SDL) via University’s website
⦁ On first page of SDL, choose “English Databases”
⦁ From the list find and click on EBSCO database.
⦁ In the Search Bar of EBSCO find the following article:
Title: The Effects of Using Business Intelligence Systems on an Excellence Management and Decision-Making Process by Start-Up Companies: A Case Study
Author: Otmane Azeroual, Horst Theel (March 2018)
Assignment Questions: (Marks 15)
Read the above Case Study and answer the following Questions:
1. What do you understand about the Business Intelligence Solutions? (250-300 words) (3-Marks)
2. Explain the requirements for implementing the business Intelligence in start-up companies. (250-300 words) (3-Marks)
3. What are the benefits of using Business intelligence in start-up companies (250-300 words) (3-Marks)
4. Discuss the Business Intelligence Providers for start-up companies? (250-300 words) (3-Marks)
5. What is your opinion about this study and how it is related to the course and beneficial for you? (250-300 words) (3-Marks)
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