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A company is to produce a suite of programs to provide a payroll analysis system. The raw datafor the program input is as follows:- Pay rate- Hours workedThe logics of how to compute tax and NHIF are shown below.
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Organisation information systems are categorised under:i) Transaction Processing System (TPS)ii) Management Information Systems (MIS)iii) Decision Support System (DSS)iv) Executive Information System (EIS)v) Expert Systems (ES)Required:Suggest one application of each of the systems types listed above for each of the following functional areas of business:- Sales and marketing. - Finance
Explain meaning of the term Electronic Commerce (E-Commerce).
During the design stage of a new information system, the following issues are addressed:- User interface.- Data.- Process.Required:Discuss the composition of design document under the above three elements.
Develop a network diagram and determine the critical path from the following project development schedule.
Explain the term 'critical path as used in project management.
Structured walk-through addresses some areas of interest in a new program under programming productivity. Explain?
Explain how the use of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) improves programming productivity.
In a sequential narrative, name and describe the main stages in the program development life cycle.
The recent desire for closer user participation in new systems development and distribution systems in operations have created more impetus for end user computing technologies.Required:a) Define the term "end user computing'.b) Identity six risks associated with end user computing. c) Explain the role of the following in promoting end user computing (i) Information resource centers. (ii) Object oriented programming.
The rapid technological revolutions in both computer and management systems have brought in new dimensions in business process engineering and re-engineering.Required:(a) Explain the two terms "process engineering and re-engineering".(b) Explain the use and application of the following: (i) Telecommuting. (ii) Electric data interchange. (iii) Computer conferencing.
Tactical management level may require the use of Decision Support Systems (DSS) for semi -structured decisions and data modelling.Required:(a)Describe four functional characteristics of Decision Support Systems (DSS).(b)Name four types of accounting information systems which DSS may address.(c) Explain the term "prototype" and describe the main steps involved in its development.
New information systems quite often play a major role in the support of planning objectives of an organisation. Management participation is required for better evaluation and control of new systemsRequired:(a) Identify and explain three forms of competitive strategies which information technology would address. (b) Name three tangible and intangible benefits associated with new information systems.(c) List five ethical and societal dimensions to the development and use of information technology