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You are the operator of a small golf and ski shop (Sam's Golf & Ski) that generates a profit of $70,000 on sales of $255,000 per year. You have been very successful with your 3-year-old business and have met all of your obligations on a timely basis. Your ultimate goal has been to rename your business S?am's Sports Emporium (SSE)? and carry most of the popular recreational sports items at multiple outlets within your state. You have been working on a business plan to present to the bank in order to secure funding and make your dream a reality. As part of your business plan, you need to address the information needs of your proposed business.

2) Write 1-2 paragraphs (100 words) identifying the IS components needed for SSE. When you explain them, use terms SSE would use. Hint: What types of communication technology, software, hardware, data procedures, and people?

3) Write 2 paragraphs (200 words) about how you would perform an Industry Analysis on the sporting goods industry as a whole.

Hint: Use Porter's Five Forces to guide you.

4) Write 1 paragraph (100 words) defining and discussing the competitive strategy you would use for SSE based on the Industry Analysis you write wrote about in #2.

5) Write 1 paragraph (100 words) discussing systems needed for SSE. Hint: EES for accounting, etc.

6) Write 1 paragraph (100 words) identifying the databases needed for SSE and explain why they are needed. Hint: What type of DBMS? What kind of information would you keep in your database?

7) Write 1 paragraph (100 words) identifying the methodology to use for developing the system(s) for SSE and justify your selection. Hint: Prototyping

8) Write 1 paragraph (150 words) about what type of system (functional or cross-functional) is needed and explain. Hint: Supply chain management, sales transactions updates, etc.

9) Write 1 paragraph (150 words) that states what your company ethics policy is. Hint: What would you include in your company's ethics policy?