HOMEWORK

Reading:

Sauter, V. L (2010). Decision Support Systems for Business Intelligence (2^nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.

Part III: Issues of Designs

Chapter 6: International DSS.

Chapter 7: Designing a DSS.

Chapter 8: Object-Oriented Technologies and DSS Design

Chapter 9: Implementation and Evaluation

Assignment:

Examine the annual report of an organization.  Write a three-page paper discussing how data would need to flow from transaction processing systems within the organization to a dashboard to help monitor the factors of importance in the annual reports.

·      Identify the key performance indicators (KPI).

·      Prototype a dashboard.  (You may sketch and scan or use any painting software application to illustrate the prototype.)

Your paper should follow these guidelines:

1.     Graduate level writing is expected.

2.     Follow APA (6^th edition) style.

3.     Arguments must be supported by credible references.

4.     Avoid using direct quotations. Citations should be written using your own word.

5.     Cover page and reference page are additional to the minimum page requirement.

It can be any company with reference