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Assignment 1: Decision Support Systems IT445

This document provides instructions for Assignment 1 for a course on Decision Support Systems. It specifies that students must submit their assignment in both Word and PDF formats through the assigned folder on Blackboard. Late submissions and plagiarized work will receive zero marks. The assignment includes 3 questions about decision support systems, their effects on individuals and managers, decision making styles, and data mining patterns.

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Assignment 1: Decision Support Systems IT445

This document provides instructions for Assignment 1 for a course on Decision Support Systems. It specifies that students must submit their assignment in both Word and PDF formats through the assigned folder on Blackboard. Late submissions and plagiarized work will receive zero marks. The assignment includes 3 questions about decision support systems, their effects on individuals and managers, decision making styles, and data mining patterns.

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Decision Support Systems

IT445

Assignment 1

Instructions:

You must submit two separate copies (one Word file and one PDF file) using the Assignment Template on
Blackboard via the allocated folder. These files must not be in compressed format.
It is your responsibility to check and make sure that you have uploaded both the correct files.
Zero mark will be given if you try to bypass the SafeAssign (e.g. misspell words, remove spaces between words,
hide characters, use different character sets or languages other than English or any kind of manipulation).
Email submission will not be accepted.
You are advised to make your work clear and well-presented. This includes filling your information on the cover
page.
You must use this template, failing which will result in zero mark.
You MUST show all your work, and text must not be converted into an image, unless specified otherwise by the
question.
Late submission will result in ZERO mark.
The work should be your own, copying from students or other resources will result in ZERO mark.
Use Times New Roman font for all your answers.
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Learning
Outcome(s): LO1 Question One
Describe the DSS is a data processing system that support transactions processing and
structure of
Decision Support
evolve to management information systems to support tactical and strategic
Systems (DSS) decision-making. Explain in your own words, how DSS effects in making
and their services decisions in the following terms:

1- Effect on individuals
2- Effects of DSS on Managers
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Learning
Outcome(s): LO1 Question Two
Describe the
structure of Each decision-making style is characterized by either a task or social focus and
Decision Support a high or low tolerance for ambiguity. Discuss the following decision-making
Systems (DSS) style which they might be used in the workplace and provide an example to
and their services
support your answer.

a. Directive
b. Analytical
c. Behavioral
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Learning
Outcome(s): LO2 Question Three
Analyze various
Data Mining is a nebulous term that is subject to numerous subjective
industrial
applications of definitions, it extracts patterns from data. However, these patterns might be a
DSS and their mathematical (numeric and/or symbolic) relationship among data items. List
limitations. these different taxonomies (patterns) and discuss each type in details.

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