Question 1: Thinking about the benefits of being an informed user of IT, why is being an informed user important if you join a small organization (think about a company with 2-10 employees)? Why is being an informed user important if you join a large organization (think about a company with thousands of employees)? Explain and write two paragraphs for each sub-questions.(CHAPTER 1 POWER POINT AND TEXT BOOK)

Question 2: List and describe Porter's Competitive Forces model. Pick one industry and evaluate each of the forces for that industry.(IN CHAPTER 2 POWER POINT AND TEXT BOOK)

Question 3: List and describe the types of networks a large company like Wal-Mart might have with justifications for why you are including that network.(CHAPTER4 TEXT BOOK)

Question 4: Every year, the CSUF admission process involves the analysis of many variables to decide whom to admit to freshmen class. As you recall from applying at the CSUF, typical variables would include high school attended, high school grade point average, standardized test scores such as ACT or SAT, and many others.

A. Provide an example of how the CSUF admissions office uses descriptive analytics in the admission process. Use the variables you have found in your example.

B. Provide an example of how the CSUF admissions office uses predictive analytics in the admission process. Use the variables you have found in your example.

Question5 : List and describe the five key factors that are contributing to the increasing vulnerability of organizational information resources.

Textbook : Management Information Systems : Moving Business Forward[4th edition] By Rainer and Price and Watson.