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Sample Final: Bonus Question

shilpanarayan07 — Fri, 08 May 2009 11:37:57 +0000

What was your team’s project in the ‘Emerging Technologies’ presentation? List three reasons why you think that the technology will / will not be successful.

Sample Final: Short Answer 7

shilpanarayan07 — Fri, 08 May 2009 11:37:24 +0000

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Enlighten the CEO of Will & Sons on any three differences between sustaining and disruptive technologies. Also give three examples each of sustaining and disruptive technologies

Sample Final: Short Answer 6

shilpanarayan07 — Fri, 08 May 2009 11:36:48 +0000

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The VP marketing at Will & Sons thinks that the marketing information system at the company is running fine, and is skeptical about shifting to an ERP system. Explain to the VP marketing how her team can benefit from an enterprise system which integrates marketing with other functional areas such as production, accounting etc. List and explain three reasons.

Sample Final: Short Answer 5

shilpanarayan07 — Fri, 08 May 2009 11:36:17 +0000

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The CFO at Will & Sons has heard from other companies that more than 50% ERP projects fail. Explain to him three common mistakes companies make while implementing ERP and how you, as a consultant, are going to avoid making these mistakes at Will & Sons.

Sample Final: Short Answer 4

shilpanarayan07 — Fri, 08 May 2009 11:35:38 +0000

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The VP – Legal of Will & Sons recently watched the video “No Place to Hide”. She would like to know why information privacy is such a big issue these days. What would you answer the VP – Legal? List and explain any three reasons.

Sample Final: Short Answer 3

shilpanarayan07 — Fri, 08 May 2009 11:35:08 +0000

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At a crucial executive meeting, the CIO has to convince top management that the ERP project is necessary for the company. He says, “If we don’t implement this enterprise resource planning system, we’ll get killed by our competitors because they’re all implementing these kinds of systems……We either do this or we die”. In light of our class discussion on valuing IT investments, what type of an argument is this? Also, list and briefly explain other types of arguments for making a business case for information systems.

Sample Final: Short Answer 2

shilpanarayan07 — Fri, 08 May 2009 11:34:30 +0000

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Last year, a clerk at Will & Sons defrauded the company of hundreds of thousands of dollars by processing a single fraudulent purchase order and sending payment to a fictitious vendor in the Cayman Islands. He then deleted the vendor from the computer records and no one could trace how the fraud was committed. Explain two ways in which an enterprise system such as SAP can help prevent such fraud.

Sample Final: Short Answer 1

shilpanarayan07 — Fri, 08 May 2009 11:33:43 +0000

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Will & Sons implemented a supply chain management (SCM) system a year ago, but the CEO is not convinced that the SCM system is a success. Advise the CEO on what performance measures his company can use to judge the success of the SCM system (list and describe three such measures).

Sample Final: Post 1

shilpanarayan07 — Fri, 08 May 2009 11:33:06 +0000

Will & Sons, a manufacturer of sports goods, has hired you as an IT consultant to oversee implementation of its SAP enterprise solution. The existing IT infrastructure at Will & Sons is similar to Fitter Snacker where different functional areas have their own information systems which are not connected to the information systems of other functional areas. Your job is to advise the top management on technology related business issues. Here are some potential situations that you are likely to encounter.