MGT425

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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