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Question 1:
a) In your opinion, should an organization invest in knowledge management initiatives? Justify.
b) Managers are able to influence employee's behavior partly through subjective norms which affect the attitudes toward knowledge sharing within a company. Bock et al identify a number of potentially salient (individual and organizational) motivational factors to knowledge sharing practices. As a manager how do you stimulate and therefore enhance the willingness of your employees to actively share their knowledge?
c) What are the drivers for the implementation of knowledge management in an organization? Also discuss the various knowledge management drivers.
Question 2:
(a) Discuss the five Organizational Informational requirements: Information for Planning, Information for Decision Making, Information for Performance Measurement, Transactional Recording and Monitoring and Control.
(b) List and discuss FIVE ways in which corporate and business strategy are relevant to the types of information System required in an organization?
Question 3:
Suppose your company has an e-commerce Website for selling different types of goods and services. Discuss the followings: (a) Ethical concerns associated with storing and analyzing user data?
(b) Security threats, challenges and vulnerabilities that face this Web site and how to minimize them. (Threats, Risks and Attacks)
Question 4:
The organizational pyramid shows the various levels of management and their functional areas.
(a) Managers occupy three levels of responsibility. Discuss the three levels of management, functions, and types of information used at each of these levels.
(b) Explain the various functional areas of an organization clearly giving examples of computer-based information systems used respectively.
Question 5:
(a) With examples of possible Information Systems, discuss how Information Systems Support the Steps in Decision Making (i.e. intelligence, Alternative formulation, Choice, Implementation, and Review).
(b) Explain using appropriate examples the following facets: INTERNET, INTRANET and EXTRANET
Question 6:
(a) Elucidate the General Systems Theory. Include in your discussion: What a system is, Characteristics of a system, Elements of a system, Types of Systems etc
(b) With the aid of a diagram explain the components of an expert system
Question 7:
a) Discuss how businesses use collaboration systems for decision making?
b) Discuss how businesses use collaboration systems for problem solving?