In the name of God

CIS Mid-term Exam (21-774)

Nov, 23^rd , 2013

Time: 7 days

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Total Grade (500)

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Attached you can find a brief case study regarding to the application of Information Technology (IT) in Air travel agencies. Study the case study carefully and then provide proper material and answers for the following questions:

<<Download the Case study by clicking this link>> 

     1.      (Grade 20 ): Recalling your reference book sentence:

<<If the steam engine, a new form of power, and mechanization created an Industrial Revolution over 150 years ago, computers and communications equipment have produced a Technology Revolution in the last half of the twentieth century>>

Provide some evidences in the case study for support of this sentence based on your idea.

     2.      (Grade 25): Consider this statement:

<<IT refers to all forms of technology applied to processing, storing, and transmitting information in electronic form.>>

 Provide some evidences in the case study for support of this sentence based on your idea.

     3.      (Grade 35): As you we learned through the course:

<<Information Technology makes it possible to create new forms of organizations through the use of different design variables. Structural, Virtual components, Communications, Inter-organizational relations>>

How do you analyze the case study for new form of organization which it had been created based on the above mentioned factors?

     4.      (Grade 45): considering the characteristic of the information based on different decision types provide proper examples considering the case study for the following table:

     5.      (Grade 35): Using the following proposed model by Slade for decision making provide an implementation example based on different scenarios which can happen in the case study.

     6.      (Grade 55): Considering the case study, use the Investment Opportunities Matrix and analyze the different aspects of the IT realization based on the facts you see in the case study

     7.      (Grade 60): Considering the IT design variables, describe the kinds of the design variables which have been applied in the case study to create a different type of organization

     8.      (Grade 25): Complete the below Value Chain model of Porter using the case study descriptions.

9.      (Grade 35): Explain the framework for the Strategic use of IT based on the data in the case study?

     10.  (Grade 65): How can you explain the below framework for the Integrating technology with the business environment based on the description in the cases study?

     11.  (Grade 65): Consider the case study and then describe the below Managing Information Technology framework based on the case study contents. Please add your own contents to enrich the framework for a feasible roadmap.

     12.  (Grade 35): based on the following framework how do you analyze the case study International Business strategies? Describe  the Information Technology management approach to achieve the goals.