Assessment Task (TEST) 2018 (for students)

Module Title DECISION SUPPORT Module GTUM88EKM

SYSTEMS Code
Assessment GROUP PRESENTATION Assessment 1
title No
Module DR. WILLIAM Tutor DR. WILLIAM BROWN-
Leader BROWN-ACQUAYE ACQUAYE

LO’s Module learning outcomes covered by this test (from the Module
descriptor)
1 Critically assess the relevance of different core capabilities of a DSS to a
variety of management decisions.
2 Design an appropriate configuration of DSS components and subsystems
for a specific management task.
3 Demonstrate a competence in the selection and application of
appropriate analytical techniques within model management.
4

Guidelines to the test

Test date TBA Test Time 2 weeks

The aim of this assignment is for students to critically assess the relevance of
different core capabilities of a DSS to a variety of management decisions an
design an appropriate configuration of DSS components and subsystems for a
specific management task. A very important metric for grading will be the
student’s ability to demonstrate a competence in the selection and application
of appropriate analytical techniques within model management. The
assessment is a group project which will be submitted as a report.

The assessment specification are as follows:

Each group must select an organisation and describe the following

1. Identify and analyse the various management decisions (at least 5)

made in the organisation and classify these decisions as structured, semi
structured or unstructured decisions.

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 2. Select one of the semi structured or unstructured decisions for which
DSS configuration can be developed and identify the roles of managers
in the proposed DSS.
3. Design a framework and architecture (components) of a DSS for the
chosen decision making process.
i. Here student must describe the type of DSS and defend the need
for the selected components
ii. Students must identify all sources of data inputs and defend the
types of data management that will be used for the proposed
DSS framework.
iii. Student must select and defend an appropriate analytical
techniques within model management for the chosen decision
making process
4. Identify and critically analyse the challenges in designing and
implementing a DSS for the chosen organisation and their specified
management task and identify and describe the potential benefits and
impact of the DSS to the organisation

Additional information

 each group size must be between 3-5

How to pass this Test

In order to pass this test, you need to achieve a minimum grade of 35%:
 Answer all required questions
 ensure that you have fully met all the learning outcomes and tasks as
detailed in this “Test” brief

The report will account for 100% of the grade

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Group project report marking Scheme
Each project report will be graded according to the criteria presented below

Marking Criteria and Feedback Sheet for report

>=70% 60-69% 50-59% 40-49% <40% Mark
Identify Students have Students have Student have Some Little or no /10
management clearly identified , identified, identification done identification and
decisions made in Identified , explained and explained and but with little or classification
the organisation explained and classified most classified some of no classification management
and classify these classified all management the management done of decisions made in
decisions as management decisions made decisions made in management the organisation
structured, semi decisions made in the the organisation decisions made in
structured or in the organisation the organisation
unstructured organisation
decisions.
Select one of the Student have Student have Student have Students have Students have /15
semi structured or clearly and clearly and clearly and identified a correct misidentified the
unstructured correctly correctly correctly decision making decision making
decisions for Identified the Identified the Identified the process there has process and there
which DSS decision decision decision making been little has been little or
configuration can making process making process process and have identification of no identification
be developed and and have and have Identified and the roles of of the roles of
identify the roles Identified and Identified and explained some mangers in the mangers in the
of managers in the explained all explained most of the roles of proposed DSS. proposed DSS.
proposed DSS. the roles of of the roles of mangers in the
proposed DSS.

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 mangers in the mangers in the
proposed DSS. proposed DSS.

Design a Student have Student have Student have Student have Student have /55
framework and proposed and proposed and proposed and proposed the poorly proposed
architecture defended defended defended clearly components and the
(components) of a clearly all the clearly most of some of the defended components and
DSS for the components the components and architecture of the poorly defended
chosen decision and components architecture of DSS and have not architecture of
making process. architecture of and the DSS and the defended the need the DSS and have
the DSS and architecture of need for them. for them. Some not defended the
the need for the DSS and Most of the potential sources need for them.
them. All the need for potential sources of data have been Little work has
potential them. All of data have been identified and an been done on
sources of data potential identified and an appropriate identifying
have been sources of data appropriate analytical potential sources
identified and have been analytical technique for of data have been
an appropriate identified and technique for model identified and an
analytical an appropriate model management has appropriate
technique for analytical management has been chosen analytical
model technique for been chosen and without a good technique for
management model partially analysed analysis. model
has been management management has
chosen and has been been chosen
well analysed. chosen and without a good
analysed. analysis.

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 Identify and Student have Student have Student have Student have Little or no /20
elaborate on the identified all identified most identified some identified aa few identification of
challenges in challenges in of the challenges in of the challenges the challenges in
designing and designing and challenges in designing and in designing and designing and
implementing a implementing a designing and implementing a implementing a implementing a
DSS for the DSS and have implementing a DSS and have DSS and have DSS. Student
chosen clearly DSS and have elaborated on the clearly elaborated have elaborated
organisation and elaborated on clearly potential benefits on some of the on some of the
their specified the potential elaborated on and impact of the potential benefits potential benefits
management task benefits and the potential DSS to the and impact of the and impact of the
and identify and impact of the benefits and organisation. DSS to the Analysis and
describe the DSS to the impact of the There is a good organisation. evaluation are
potential benefits organisation. DSS to the level of analysis There is a very weak.
and impact of the There is a very organisation. and evaluation fair level of
DSS to the high level of There is a high leading to strong analysis and
organisation analysis and level of concluding evaluation leading
evaluation analysis and comments to strong
leading to evaluation concluding
strong leading to comments
concluding strong
comments concluding
comments

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