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Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh GX_____
National University of Ireland, Galway
Semester I Examinations 2009 / 2010
Exam Code(s) 4BF1, 3BC1, 4BC2, 4BC4, 4BC5, 1EM1, 1OA1, 3IF1, 3IF1R, 1PEM1, 1PIB
Exam(s) 4 th^ Year BSc. Business Information Systems 3 rd^ Year B. Commerce, 4 th^ Year B. Commerce Erasmus Occasional Arts 3 rd^ Year BSc. Information Technology Postgraduate Diploma in Enterprise Management Postgraduate Diploma in International Business
Module Code(s) MS402, MS Module(s) Management Decision Systems
Paper No. 1 of 1 Repeat Paper N/A
External Examiner(s) Professor Hans van der Heijden
Internal Examiner(s) Dr. T. Acton Dr. A. Nachev
Instructions: Candidates are required to answer THREE Questions
All questions carry equal marks
Duration 2.5 hours No. of Pages Department(s) Accountancy and Finance Course Co-ordinator(s)
Requirements : MCQ Handout Statistical Tables Graph Paper Log Graph Paper Other Material
MS402 / MS303 MANAGEMENT DECISION SYSTEMS
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Year BIS, 3
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Year B.Comm, 4
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Year B.Commerce,
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Year BSc. IT, Erasmus, Occasional Arts,
Postgraduate Diploma in Enterprise Management
Postgraduate Diploma in International Business
Time Allowed: 2.5 hours
Answer THREE questions. All questions carry equal marks.
Question 1
With respect to decision support systems (DSS), discuss any three of the following topics:
(a) DSS characteristics and capabilities.
(b) Data management subsystem.
(c) Model management subsystem.
(d) DSS classification
(33 Marks)
Question 2
Utopia International is a large multinational company with many offices worldwide. Recently, the company launched a new 10 month project which involves many people from different locations. The project requires intensive communication information sharing between the team members. The management of Utopia found that it is impractical to bring the team to face-to-face meetings more that twice in the lifetime of the project and the chief project manager decided to contact you as a consultant in collaborative computer-supported technologies and group support systems. He asked you to prepare a report on following issues:
(a) Explain what is meant by groupwork. (5 Marks) (b) Distinguish between synchronous and asynchronous tools and give examples of those tools outlining their characteristics. (23 Marks) (c) Explain what facilities for group support systems exist. (5 Marks)
