Athabasca Assignment
Assignment 1: Using a Database for Strategic Business Development
Assignment 1 is worth 5 percent of your final grade for this course. Answer all questions in the Hands-on MIS project “Improving Decision Making: Using a Database to Clarify Business Strategy” on pages 92–93 of the textbook. Read the assignment instructions in the textbook carefully and follow all instructions.
Background:
Relational databases are not new technology. Commercially, they gained importance in the early 1980s with the introduction of Oracle’s relational database, and since then they have been an essential tool for most businesses. Databases are critical tools that help to support various business functions in an organization. These information systems help a business to build and maintain competitive advantage. Databases not only support the operational levels of business—they are also used to support the activities of managers.
For this assignment, you will be analyzing the data in a simple, one-table database by creating queries and reports in Microsoft Access. The system you are “developing” will be used by The Queen’s Inn in St. John’s, Newfoundland for strategic business development purposes.
Remember that Access, Excel, and even FrontPage, are all tools. This assignment will help you discover how to use a database tool to support a business. You will be analyzing the data in the database and answering the questions in the exercise to create the queries and reports that are necessary to determine what the Inn’s current business situation is.
Instructions:
* If you have not yet set up your access to MyMISLab, go to the Learning Materials page for the proper steps and codes. It is vital that you set up MyMISLab correctly to ensure you have access to the resources for CMIS 351. * Go to MyMISLab and download the Exercise Data File: MIS11ch03 for this assignment from the Assignment 1 folder (after logging in, click Course Content, choose View All Content, then scroll
Assignment 1 is worth 5 percent of your final grade for this course. Answer all questions in the Hands-on MIS project “Improving Decision Making: Using a Database to Clarify Business Strategy” on pages 92–93 of the textbook. Read the assignment instructions in the textbook carefully and follow all instructions.
Background:
Relational databases are not new technology. Commercially, they gained importance in the early 1980s with the introduction of Oracle’s relational database, and since then they have been an essential tool for most businesses. Databases are critical tools that help to support various business functions in an organization. These information systems help a business to build and maintain competitive advantage. Databases not only support the operational levels of business—they are also used to support the activities of managers.
For this assignment, you will be analyzing the data in a simple, one-table database by creating queries and reports in Microsoft Access. The system you are “developing” will be used by The Queen’s Inn in St. John’s, Newfoundland for strategic business development purposes.
Remember that Access, Excel, and even FrontPage, are all tools. This assignment will help you discover how to use a database tool to support a business. You will be analyzing the data in the database and answering the questions in the exercise to create the queries and reports that are necessary to determine what the Inn’s current business situation is.
Instructions:
* If you have not yet set up your access to MyMISLab, go to the Learning Materials page for the proper steps and codes. It is vital that you set up MyMISLab correctly to ensure you have access to the resources for CMIS 351. * Go to MyMISLab and download the Exercise Data File: MIS11ch03 for this assignment from the Assignment 1 folder (after logging in, click Course Content, choose View All Content, then scroll