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-1
MGT425-Spreadsheet Decision Modeling
| Course Name: Spreadsheet Decision Modeling | Student’s Name: |
| Course Code: MGT425 | Student’s ID Number: |
| Semester: First | CRN: |
| Academic Year: 2023-2024 (1445 H) | |
For Instructor’s Use only
| Instructor’s Name: | |
| Students’ Grade: Marks Obtained / Out of 10 | Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low |
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:
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)
