1-Assignment 4- Assume you are the associate dean for the MBA program. In 3-4 page paper, identify the critical data that should be captured and then available to you to manage and grow the business? Provide three examples of decisions that would be made based on the data. How will you collect and store the data?

2-Assignment 3 - modified from page 120 #9

Go to bls.gov & data.gov browse the websites by first looking at a minimum of two topics or subject areas. For each of the topics do the following:

• What three datasets or topics listed do you think would be most helpful to a business owner and why?

• What type of information could help you in strategizing for a new business?

3-Assignment 1 - Do question 1 on page 64 - Unit of Closing Case[Best of the Best of the Best - Under 25]

13. Starting Your Own Business Josh James recently sold his web analytics company, Omniture, to Adobe for $1.8 billion. Yes, James started Omniture from his dorm room! Have you begun to recognize the unbe-lievable opportunities available to those students who understand the power of MIS, regardless of their major?

Answer the following questions.17

a. Why is it so easy today for students to create start-ups while still in college?

b. What would it take for you to start a business from your dorm room?

c. How will this course help you prepare to start your own business?

d. Research the Internet and find three examples of college student start-ups.

e. What's stopping you from starting your own business today? You are living in the infor-mation age and with the power of MIS, it is easier than ever to jump into the business game with very little capital investment. Why not start your own business today?

4- Assignment 2 - Do question 13 on page 69 - Making Business Decisions Answer the questions with thoughtful paragraphs (1-2) on each.

If You had 1$ million to invest in one of the five above-mentioned start-ups,Which one would you choose and why ?

Be Sure to justify your answer using Porter's Five Forces Model and three generic Strategies analysis.

Attachment:- Case.rar