MBA MIS Cases

1. Report and chart the basic financial data for each firm for at least five years. Identify strengths and weaknesses.
2. Identify the primary transactions and decisions that are made within a firm in the industry. Classify the decision-levels.
3. Evaluate the Web strategies of the firms in the industry. Compare and critique the approaches. Choose the best firm and suggest changes.
4. Identify the leaders and followers in the industry in terms of both business and IT. Explain how you reached your conclusions.
5. Compare your industry’s use of IT to the others presented. Identify at least one strength and one weakness compared to each industry.

Cases are team projects.

The goal of the case is to provide a detailed, supported, intelligent answer to the question posed.
You will need to examine the current status of the firm and industry. For example, by collecting and presenting current financial data.
The cases in the printed textbook are slightly dated. You will want to conduct additional research.
Students will be expected to answer questions and present plans in class.

Note the last case submission requires that you compare your team's work to that done by the other teams. You will have to take notes and ask questions of the other teams during their presentations.