MGT425-Spreadsheet Decision Modeling
| 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-2
MGT425-Spreadsheet Decision Modeling
| Course Name: Spreadsheet Decision Modeling | Student’s Name: |
| Course Code: MGT425 | Student’s ID Number: |
| Semester: 2 | CRN: |
| Academic Year: (1444 H) | |
For Instructor’s Use only
| Instructor’s Name: | |
| Students’ Grade: Marks Obtained/Out of 15 | 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- 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 |
| MGT.V.1 (3.1) | Build an understanding of the kind of problems that is tackled using Spreadsheet Modeling and decision analysis. | 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:
Author: Niken Prilandita, Benjamin McLellan, Tetsuo Tezuka.
Assignment Questions: (Marks 15)
Read the above case study and answer the following Questions:
Question 1: Explain the autonomous decision-making process, its advantages and disadvantages (250-300 words) (3-Marks).
Question 2: Discuss the Centralized and De-centralized Decision-making Approaches with suitable examples (250-300 words). (3-Marks).
Question 3: Explain the various stages of Decision-Making Cycle based on this case study (250-300 words) (3-Marks).
Question 4: Why are the most decisions made on energy and environmental management known as the decisions of community interest. (250-300 words) (3-Marks).
Question 5: What is your learning from this case study and how it is beneficial for you? (250-300 words) (3-Marks).
