...external view of an organization or the MIS services of organization from the perspective of an actor. An actor can be an external entity such as a customer or vendor, or an internal entity such as a manager or end user. This paper discusses use case modeling as an important planning framework in management information system courses. Definitions of important terms are provided. Techniques are presented for employing use case modeling in reengineering and global case studies. A simple example of a college registration system and a more complex example of a global case study are presented.An important tool in object oriented development is the concept of use case modeling. This modeling tool necessitates an external view of an organization or the MIS services of organization from the perspective of an actor. An actor can be an external entity such as a customer or vendor, or an internal entity such as a manager or end user. This paper discusses use case modeling as an important planning framework in management information system courses. Definitions of important terms are provided. Techniques are presented for employing use case modeling in reengineering and global case studies. A simple example of a college registration system and a more complex example of a global case study are presented.An important tool in object oriented development is the concept of use case modeling. This modeling tool necessitates an external view of an organization or the MIS services of organization from the...
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...CHAPTER 13 Investment Centers and Transfer Pricing ANSWERS TO REVIEW QUESTIONS 13-1 Goal congruence means a meshing of objectives, in which the managers throughout an organization strive to achieve goals that are consistent with the goals set by top management. Goal congruence is important for organizational success because managers often are unaware of the effects of their decisions on the organization's other subunits. Also, it is natural for people to be more concerned with the performance of their own subunit than with the effectiveness of the entire organization. In order for the organization to be effective, it is important that everyone in it be striving for the same ultimate objectives. 13-2 The managerial accountant's primary objective in designing a responsibility-accounting system is to provide incentives for the organization's subunit managers to strive toward achieving the organization's goals. 13-3 Under the management-by-objectives (MBO) philosophy, managers participate in setting goals that they then strive to achieve. These goals may be expressed in financial or other quantitative terms, and the responsibility-accounting system is used to evaluate performance in achieving them. The MBO approach is consistent with an emphasis on obtaining goal congruence throughout an organization. 13-4 An investment center is a responsibility-accounting center, the manager of which is held accountable not only for the investment center's profit but also...
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...MIS 310 Final Exam Name: Note: Q1-Q3 are based on readings provided as PDF attachments; Save this file, complete your answers and post to D2L Dropbox folder titled Final Exam. Q1 (from ERP Readings Chapter 1): What are some advantages and disadvantages of business process integration through an ERP system? Advantages: By changing business processes to align with the new ERP system, a company can dramatically change the value derived from the technology and scale operations profitability. The ERP system usually consists of several functional modules that are deployed and integrated generally by business process. The ERP implementation creates cross-module integration, data standardization, and industry best practices, which are all combined into a timeline involving a large number of resources. Disadvantages: with the increased benefits comes increased complexity and care to ensure minimum risk to map correctly a company’s business process to the ERP system processes. Implementing the processes incorrectly can lead to poor integration between modules in the system, leading to significant operational deficiency. Additionally, there exists considerable risk in changing multiple processes at a time (Subramoniam, Tounsi, & Krishnankutty, 2009). The risk is certain to increase if a fallback plan is non-existent. Environmental and competitive factors play an important role in organizations’ ability to respond to changing requirements. What tools, methodologies, and techniques...
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...Table of Contents: Introduction: 1 General & Application controls: 1 General controls: 1 Application controls: 1 Data Input: 1 Data Entry Procedures: 1 Authorized staff: 2 Documentation: 3 Satisfaction by end users and end user management: 3 End-user documentation: 4 Conclusion: 4 Introduction: In today’s business sector there are many threats that face business information systems such as malicious intent, both from internal and external sources, and this can be either intent to disrupt data entry or hacking into a system to create chaos. Disasters such as crippling power surges that shut down a system or ones that completely corrupts the database or issues that arise from Hardware or software failures or possibly from upgrading a system to a newer “better version”. To help combat these threats there are two basic types of controls; General controls, and Application controls. These controls help to control how the database is used, monitored and protected, as well as set in place firm documentation that outlines how the system is used and methods to ensure the proper use and maintenance of the system. General & Application controls: General controls: Monitors and secures the use of the system throughout the organization, protects data through consistent backups as well as ensuring procedures and standards are followed. Application controls: Risk - Data Input: Are Input controls in place help to ensure that all data that is being entered into...
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...Case Study No. 17 Title: Establishing a Telephony Service Desk System to Enhance Telecommunications Support Author: TEKSYSTEMS GLOBAL SERVICE Date: 2014 Category: Development Process, Engineering Keywords: Telecommunications support, Telephony Service Desk System Source:http://www.teksystems.com/~/media/Files/case-studies/global-services/Delivering%20Superior%20IT%20Support%20Services%20for%20a%20Video%20Game%20Maker.ashx Content: With the guidance of TEKsystems’ Support Services practice, the client was able to successfully launch its first telephony service desk designed to resolvetelecommunications-focused issues. The service desk has been fully operational since 2001. TEKsystems sourced, screened and onboarded nine service desk analysts who were experts working to assess and fix any telecommunications problems. From TEKsystems’ Support Center in Maryland, this team was dedicated to providing 24x7x365 support for all telecommunications issues across the client’s massive network of retail locations; this ensured that tickets were resolved in a timely fashion and in order of urgency and escalation requirements. Regular client touchpoints were held to stay abreast of any shifts in business objectives andprovide transparency into our progress. Over time the analyst team earned the client’s respect, as they were perceived not as a vendor but as an extension of the organization’s internal telecommunications team. The team remained on the pulse of changing technologies...
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...EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (To summarize the whole paper) 1.0 Industry Background SAMA resort, located at Kuala Linggi Malacca, is a 5-acre resort area by a beautiful sandy beach, artistically landscaped with ten chalets and with the features of traditional Malay houses. The beautiful wooden chalets equipped with all the modern utilities signified the success of turning traditional Malay houses deserted by the youngsters who inherited them from their forefathers, could be salvaged and turned into fitting accommodations for tourists and holiday-makers. On average, the total amount of revenue earned from visitors is those who interested into food, accommodation and recreational activities at the resort. 2.0 Existing Manual Operation / Processes Most of the business operations and transactional activities are managed manually by the owner, En Annuar considering that it is a small-medium sized resort. The owner and employees of the resort perceived the implementation of Information Systems (IS) solutions into their business operations as tedious and unworthy having the mindset that it will be an expensive initiative on top of consideration of risk to deal with complicated procedures. 2.1 Customer Handling Process of room reservation manually had causing a lot of inconvenience and unpleasant experience to the customers. This will directly influence the sales and profit of the resort. During working days, the room reservation only can be done via phone booking in PJ office. If customer...
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...ARMY AVIATION OPERATIONS IN LOW INTENSITY CONFLICT Introduction “Foot slogging” by infantrymen has been most important and fundamental to address an insurgency; however, there are limitations to their mobility. To increase their versatility, the Portuguese introduced two contrasting means, the helicopter and the horse. While there were other, more conventional solutions to the mobility problem, such as trucks, jeeps, and light armored cars, these vehicles required at least crude roads, had other terrain limitations, and were vulnerable to land mines. The advent of the helicopter and its application in counter-insurgency began with the British in Malaya on 1 April 1950, with the formation of the Far East Casualty Air Evacuation Flight at Seletar with strength of three Westland S-51 Dragonfly helicopters. During the Malayan Emergency the British used their helicopters primarily for casualty evacuation and later for airlifting troops. Question that looms ahead for the future, no matter what the outcome in Jammu and Kashmir, and North Eastern States, is how the army aviation succeeds against fierce insurgency in strategy and capabilities. The Taliban’s resurgence, tenacious resistance against NATO forces in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda’s ability to elude United States forces, and the trouble Israel has had in trying to subdue violence in tiny Southern Lebanon (Hezbollah) and tinier Gaza (Hamas) deepen concern that even world’s finest militaries have problems against any kind...
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...Guidance on Information Classification Asset identification This is a list of some types of assets. The list is not exhaustive. Physical assets • • • computer and communications equipment (owned by MIS) magnetic media (owned by Manager) power supplies and plant, such as air-conditioning units (owned by MIS) Software assets (owned by MIS) • • • • application software system software development tools utilities Information assets (owned by Manager or MIS) ‘Information’ means information held by the Company on its own behalf and that entrusted to it by others. The following are examples of the media which may contain or comprise information assets. • • • • • • • • • • databases and data files system documentation user manuals training material operational or support procedures continuity plans and fallback arrangements back-up media on-line magnetic media off-line magnetic media paper Services • • computing and communications services (owned by MIS) heating, lighting and power (owned by Manager or Building Services Manager) 1 17/01/03 First•Base Technologies Town Hall Chambers High Street Shoreham-by-Sea West Sussex BN43 5DD UK Tel: +44 (01273 454 525 Fax: +44 (0)1273 454 526 info@firstbase.co.uk Guidance on Information Classification Categories for classifying document security Category 1 : Routine (non-confidential) documents Description: All documents of a routine nature. Effects of disclosure: No measurable damage to the company or a department...
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...Nikki Vanessa V. Novales July 20, 2012 # 2012-42443 PI 10 E2-6R Rizal: Hidden Beneath The Surface A Reaction Paper On “Bayaning 3rd World” “Who is Rizal?” If you ask this question to any Filipino, they will most likely say, “He is our national hero” Or “He’s the person stamped on our 1-peso coin”. But is that all he really is? The movie “Bayaning 3rd World” is about two film makers trying to make a movie about Rizal. They found out, however, that this would not be an easy task, for their subject is a very complicated man. Rather than focusing on a single issue about Rizal, they decided to make a detective story about Rizal being the country’s national hero. They tackled several issues but focused mainly on Rizal’s retraction and Josephine Bracken. The movie was meant to be educational, but unlike most documentaries, “Bayaning 3rd World” is definitely not boring. The documentary was presented in a comical way, so that viewers of all ages would be able to understand it and grasp its meaning. I was confused at first because I didn’t know what the “Retraction Controversy” was and the two film makers started having these long conversations about it without explaining it to the viewers. But when I found out what it was all about, following the flow of the story became easy. Another controversy that arose was about Josephine Bracken, on whether she and Rizal were married or not. It was implied that if they were indeed married, then Rizal retracted...
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...BUS 3305 Unit 2 Week 2- Written Assignment: During this week’s written assignment, I will share three different scenarios. Then, I will discuss which of the three concepts: litigation, ADR, or criminal prosecution is the appropriate plan of action for the predescribed scenarios. I will also attempt to cite information from the textbook to support any of my positions. However, my personal preference is paraphrasing. Other requirements for this assignment will include to produce an essay of at least 1,500 words. This paper should be 12-point font size, Times New Roman font, and I am to include a list of any outside resources that I used during this assignment. Adele is a secretary for her company. As part of her responsibilities, she can...
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...How to write a great research paper Simon Peyton Jones Microsoft Research, Cambridge Why bother? Fallacy we write papers and give talks mainly to impress others, gain recognition, and get promoted Good papers and talks are a fundamental part of research excellence Papers communicate ideas Your goal: to infect the mind of your reader with your idea, like a virus Papers are far more durable than programs (think Mozart) The greatest ideas are (literally) worthless if you keep them to yourself Writing papers: model 1 Idea Do research W rite paper Writing papers: model 2 Idea Do research W rite paper Idea W rite paper Do research Forces us to be clear, focused Crystallises what we don’t understand Opens the way to dialogue with others: reality check, critique, and collaboration Do not be intimidated Fallacy You need to have a fantastic idea before you can write a paper or give a talk. (Everyone else seems to.) Write a paper, and give a talk, about any idea, no matter how weedy and insignificant it may seem to you Do not be intimidated Write a paper, and give a talk, about any idea, no matter how insignificant it may seem to you Writing the paper is how you develop the idea in the first place It usually turns out to be more interesting and challenging that it seemed at first The purpose of your paper The purpose of your paper is... To convey your idea ...from your head to your reader’s...
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...tablet (not including Smartphones). These last may even represent the majority of the market, reaching a wider audience, if prices, still exceeding € 300, were to fall. Also according to this study, the digital book and digital media in general should know a better situation and favorable growth in the coming years, most users remaining faithful to the paper (including books), seeing the new devices with only additional functions. In addition, unlike the music industry or the audiovisual industry, there are very few parallel market, where users can illegally download works. If this phenomenon were to grow, then it may be as difficult for the publishing industry as the entertainment industry. Currently, there are three main schools of thought on the so-called traditional print media and its evolution towards digital media. Some see through this trend the death of newspapers and even the journalists (the professional ones). We cannot give them completely wrong, when you look at recent news. We can talk about the particular case of the French newspaper "France Soir"2 put into administrative closeout on July 23th, 2012, and the last paper edition was completed on December 13th, 2011. The newspaper did not A s we can see through recent events, it is not too much to say that the world of publishing and edition in its entirety, whether newspapers (daily, weekly,...
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...“Mi Casa Es Tu Casa,” Welcome To The United States Of America. As an anfrition of this Country, It is important to remark our values and culture that we all have. The importance to spread the world, that everybody is welcome to visit us, and how many and beautiful places this Country have. “Mi casa,” is a Spanish word, that means, “My home.” “Mi casa,” however, is California. California is better known for its wonderful weather, testy wines, the famous Silicon Valley, the bright- red Golden Gate, Alcatraz island, and many more beautiful places. But one, has in particular a peculiar interest, “The Santa Clara Mission.” Santa Clara Mission, embrace all in one place; culture, values, and the roots of American people. Santa Clara Mission, is one of thirteen Missions that were built from southern California to northern California. It is located in Santa Clara, California. The construction was typical at that time, which was made out of bricks and stones as well as woods. The purpose of the Missioners, was to convert native people into a Christianity. Santa Clara Mission was the largest Mission built at that time. The Missions was part of the colonisation of, “The new...
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...Execution System in Paper-making Enterprises Zhihong Xu Key Lab for Paper Science and Technology of Ministry of Education Shandong Institute of Light Industry Shandong 250353, China E-mail: xzh1385@163.com Feng Huang The State Key Laboratory for Microbial Technology Shandong University, Shandong 250100, China Jiachuan Chen & Guihua Yang Key Lab for Paper Science and Technology of Ministry of Education Shandong Institute of Light Industry Shandong 250353, China Abstract Manufacturing execution system (MES) is a production management technology and real-time information system which lies between the enterprise upper layer (ERP) and the bottom layer (PLC/DCS) and faces to workshop layer. MES's concept, its functional model and its important status in the manufacture industry are introduced in this article. Based on the production practice in Kunshan Banknote Paper Mill, an evaluation model of EMS is set up. The model also has a certain reference value to the construction of management information system (MIS) for the relative industries. Keywords: Pulp and paper industry, Manufacturing execution system, Furzzy evaluating method 1. Introduction The construction of informationization has made considerable progress with years of development in domestic paper industry. Large and medium-sized paper-making enterprises has widely adopted Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) for enterprise production planning management and Process Control System (PCS) for control of paper production process...
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...business is to provide packaging materials for the products of different industries. It also produces all types of tissues available in the local market as well as for export purposes. There are more than 3000 employees working in the company. Packages Limited has had a joint venture with Tetra Pak International in Tetra Pak Pakistan Limited to manufacture paperboard for liquid food packaging and to market Tetra Pak packaging equipment. Packages commissioned its own paper mill with a production capacity of 24,000 tonnes in 1968. The mill produces paper and paperboard based on waste paper and agricultural by-products like wheat straw and river grass. With growing demand the capacity was increased periodically and in 2003 was nearly 100,000 tonnes per year. In the beginning 22 Swedish Experts came to Pakistan to run the factory and to train the Pakistani staff. Packages Limited was established in 1957 as a joint venture between the Ali Group of Pakistan and Akerlund & Rausing of Sweden, to convert paper and Paperboard into packaging for consumer industry in 1958 production of packaging cartons for different industries started packaging. Cartons include soaps, biscuits, cigarettes, tea, and pharmaceutical products and many others. a joint venture agreement was signed with Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan for the manufacture of Polypropylene films at the Industrial Estate in Hattar, NWFP. This project, called Tri-Pack Films Limited, commenced production...
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