K-Mart case analysis
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CISM2130_CaseAnalysis1.docxStudent Name Company Name
CISM 2130 – Semester 20xx Case Analysis #1
Instructions: Based on your last name, you are assigned one of the following companies:
A-D: Target
E-L: Walmart
M-Z: K-Mart
Write a company analysis, with the sub-headings provided, and answer in detail each of the questions listed. Responses can range from 1-2 paragraphs long (with approximately 125 words per paragraph). Make sure to justify all statements with appropriate sources or explanatory statements. The document should be formatted as single-spaced with Times New Roman 12-pt font with 1” Margins.
TITLE
Write the chosen company’s name with the phrase “Company Name - Case Analysis #1.” Include the following under the title: your name, course number, semester, year.
INTRODUCTION
In 2-3 paragraphs, provide an overview and description of the chosen company. The introduction should describe the primary business activities of the company and include company details such as: sector, industry, name and length of tenure of CEO and CIO, number of full time employees, location of headquarters, current stock price (if applicable), and last reported revenue amount (Refer to http://finance.yahoo.com/, http://www.buyandhold.com/, http://en.wikipedia.org/, or company website for information to include in this section).
ANALYSIS
In a numbered bullet list format, provided responses to the following questions for the chosen company (ONLY Include the bolded sub-headings):
Chapter 1: The Importance of MIS
1. Choose a recent innovation that the company has rolled out (different from your response in #1). Explain how you think Moore’s Law facilitated the innovation.
Chapter 2: Business Processes, Information Systems, and Information
2. The company operates in the retail industry where there are numerous customer-facing processes that occur on a regular basis. Examples include product return process or product purchase process. For every process there are 2 dimensions of process quality: Effectiveness, which enables the organization to accomplish its strategy and Efficiency, how well the organization completes the process using the resources that were invested in the process.
a. Describe a customer-facing process
b. Identify data that the company can collect to measure the effectiveness AND the efficiency of the process.
Chapter 3: Organizational Strategy, Information Systems, and Competitive Advantage
3. Review the principles and techniques of competitive advantage in Figure 3-12 in Chapter 3 of your textbook. Which types of competitive advantage has the company employed? What role does information systems play in supporting the company’s competitive advantage?
Chapter 4: Hardware and Software
4. Imagine that the company wants to use a database management system, but cannot afford Microsoft Access for the entire company. Name and describe the specifications of two (2) alternative software programs to Microsoft Access (at least one alternative should be open source where the cost is free).
Chapter 5: Database Processing
5. Explain how the database you created will help the company manage its data and information. Include an explanation of the following:
a. What is a relational database?
b. What are database management systems (DBMS)?
c. How do DBMS help support databases?
Chapter 6: The Cloud
6. There have been numerous data breaches for companies that use cloud computing. Identify a recent news article on a data breach in cloud computing at your company (or another company if needed).
a. Explain what happened (e.g. how many people affected, how much data, cost of data breach, etc.)
b. Explain how the company fixed the problem (if applicable).
REFERENCES
You can use your textbook, library books, newspaper or magazine articles, and Internet resources as supporting information. Ensure all quotes, summaries, and paraphrasing are cited properly using APA guidelines (Refer to http://www.apastyle.org/ for more details). Use http://www.citationmachine.net/apa/cite-a-book to create references in APA format.
CISM 2130 Business Information Systems
Case Analysis #1
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INTRODUCTION
Introduction response provided here in paragraph form using complete sentences.
Chapter 1: The Importance of MIS
1. Responses for Question are placed here in paragraph form using complete sentences.
Chapter 2: Business Processes, Information Systems, and Information
2. Responses for Question are placed here in paragraph form using complete sentences.
Chapter 3: Organizational Strategy, Information Systems, and Competitive Advantage
3. Responses for Question are placed here in paragraph form using complete sentences.
Chapter 4: Hardware and Software
4. Responses for Question are placed here in paragraph form using complete sentences.
Chapter 5: Database Processing
5. Responses for Question are placed here in paragraph form using complete sentences.
Chapter 6: The Cloud
6. Responses for Question are placed here in paragraph form using complete sentences.
REFERENCES
Kroenke, D. (2015). Experiencing MIS (Sixth ed.). Prentice Hall.
