MGT425-Spreadsheet Decision Modeling

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Education Saudi Electronic University

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College of Administrative and Financial Sciences

Assignment-1

MGT425-Spreadsheet Decision Modeling

Due Date: 14/10/2023 (End of Week-7) @ 23:59

General 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- 1
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- 2, 3
MGT.S.1 (2.1)	Demonstrate the tools for deciding when and which decision models to use for specific problems.	Question- 4

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 10)

Read the above Case Study and answer the following Questions:

1. What do you understand about the Business Intelligence Solutions? (250-300 words) (2.5-Marks)

2. Explain the benefits of using Business intelligence in start-up companies (250-300 words) (2.5-Marks)

3. Discuss the Business Intelligence Providers for start-up companies? (250-300 words) (2.5-Marks)

4. What is your opinion about this study and how it is related to the course and beneficial for you? (250-300 words) (2.5-Marks)

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