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612 PART 6 Managing Business Operations, Management Information Systems, and the Digital Enterprise

Portfolio Projects

Exploring Your Own Case in Point Starting Your Own Business
After reading this chapter, you can better understand After reading this chapter, you will be in a better
the management information systems function of the position to plan for the information systems needs of
company that you have selected to research. your startup company.
1. What computer hardware and software, databases, 1. What computer hardware and software, databases,
and telecommunications networks does your and telecommunications networks will be needed
company use? by your business?
2. Does your company have information systems for 2. What information systems will your managers
operational, middle, and senior managers? If so, (operational, middle, and senior) need?
how are these systems used? Does it have 3. How will the information systems needed by your
information systems for marketing, production, managers be developed?
accounting, finance, and human resources? If so,
4. What controls will you have in place to protect
how are these systems used?
your management information systems?
3. What has been your company’s experience in
developing information systems? Does it have
global information systems in place?
4. What information systems controls does your
company use? What is its organizational structure
for its management information systems business
function?

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