Assignment 1: Discussion—Implementing a Data
Management System
With the implementation of business analytics, an
organization will also need to implement a good information systems plan in
order to collect, manage, and organize all of the data. Not only is an
information system needed, but the data has to be organized in a structured way
otherwise any queries will produce bad results. This could be catastrophic for
an organization because managers would be making decisions based on bad data.
To make sure that the query generates good reports, you need to think about how
to best organize data for each of the markets you are exploring.
Using the Argosy University online library
resources and the Internet, research ways of optimizing data organization.
Respond to the following:
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An organization does not have a good Management
Information System (MIS) in place to help manage all of their data. What are
some of the possible problems this could cause for decision makers?
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Assume you are going to conduct some research in
the field of toy making. What are some of the items for which you would want to
collect data? For example: market trends in toy making, latest sales
nationwide, etc. How would these pieces of data help the company to determine
what toy to release for the holiday market?
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With the implementation of an MIS for decision
making, what would be some of the concerns related to ensuring that the
organization can support the system? Would you control access to the system?
Would there be someone to keep the data structures updated? Be sure to explain
your ideas when answering these questions.
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Why would an organization want to create an
implementation plan for the integration of a MIS? Is this something that needs
to be well thought out and, if so, why?
Write your initial response in 300–500 words. Apply
APA standards to citation of sources.
By Saturday,
May 20, 2017, post your response to the appropriate Discussion Area. Through Wednesday,
May 24, 2017, review and comment on at least two peers’
responses. Consider the following in your response:
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Provide a statement of clarification or a point of
view with rationale.
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Challenge a point of discussion or draw a
relationship between one or more points of the discussion.
