mgt402*2 – MGT425 – IT402

‫المملكة العربية السعودية‬
‫وزارة التعليم‬
‫الجامعة السعودية اإللكترونية‬

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University

College of Administrative and Financial Sciences

Assignment 1
Entrepreneurship and small business (MGT 402)
Due Date: 01/03/2025 @ 23:59
Course Name: Entrepreneurship and small
business
Course Code: MGT402

Student’s Name:

Semester: 2nd Semester

CRN:

Student’s ID Number:

Academic Year:2024-25-1st

For Instructor’s Use only
Instructor’s Name:
Students’ Grade: X / 10

Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low

General Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
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The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated
folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced
for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other
resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No
pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.

Learning Outcomes:
1. Describe the place of small business in history and explore the strengths and weaknesses
of small business.
2. Design a solid projected financial plan and conduct a breakeven analysis for a small
company.
3. Demonstrate the ability to deliver and communicate marketing massages in coherent and
professional manner.
4. Illustrate the ability to think independently and systematically on developing a viable
business model.
Assignment Workload:
This assignment is an individual assignment.

Start-up Business Plan
Assume yourself as an entrepreneur of a small startup business in Saudi Arabia.

Write brief notes on the following objectives:

1. Owners, capital structure and company profile (2 Marks)
a. Your Business Name, Address, E‐Mail
b. Form of ownership: What is the legal structure? Sole proprietor, Partnership,
Corporation….
C. Investment capital

2. Company Business Description (300 – 400 words)
A. Scope and type of business (4 Marks)
What business will you be in? What will you do? What market segment will you
choose?
• Business idea: what is your big idea? Is it a product or a service? What makes
your idea different?
• Mission Statement
• Company’s short-term and long-term goals and objectives.

• Target market and demographics: Who will your customers be? Where do they
live? What is your target market passionate about?
B. Business Philosophy (4 Marks)
What is important to you in your business?
• Describe your Industry: Is it a growth industry? What long-term or short-term
changes do you foresee in the industry? How will your company take advantage
of it?
• Describe your most important company strengths and core competencies: What
factors will make the company succeed? What do you think your major
competitive strengths will be? What background experience, skills, and strengths
do you personally bring to this new venture?
• Risk Assessment: Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your business using
SWOT.
•Who is your competition and how do you beat them?

Note: Use APA style of referencing

Answers
1. Answer2. Answer-

‫المملكة العربية السعودية‬
‫وزارة التعليم‬
‫الجامعة السعودية اإللكترونية‬

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University

College of Administrative and Financial Sciences

Assignment 1
Entrepreneurship and small business (MGT 402)
Due Date: 01/03/2025 @ 23:59
Course Name: Entrepreneurship and small
business
Course Code: MGT402

Student’s Name:

Semester: 2nd Semester

CRN:

Student’s ID Number:

Academic Year:2024-25-1st

For Instructor’s Use only
Instructor’s Name:
Students’ Grade: X / 10

Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low

General Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated
folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced
for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other
resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No
pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.

Learning Outcomes:
1. Describe the place of small business in history and explore the strengths and weaknesses
of small business.
2. Design a solid projected financial plan and conduct a breakeven analysis for a small
company.
3. Demonstrate the ability to deliver and communicate marketing massages in coherent and
professional manner.
4. Illustrate the ability to think independently and systematically on developing a viable
business model.
Assignment Workload:
This assignment is an individual assignment.

Start-up Business Plan
Assume yourself as an entrepreneur of a small startup business in Saudi Arabia.

Write brief notes on the following objectives:

1. Owners, capital structure and company profile (2 Marks)
a. Your Business Name, Address, E‐Mail
b. Form of ownership: What is the legal structure? Sole proprietor, Partnership,
Corporation….
C. Investment capital

2. Company Business Description (300 – 400 words)
A. Scope and type of business (4 Marks)
What business will you be in? What will you do? What market segment will you
choose?
• Business idea: what is your big idea? Is it a product or a service? What makes
your idea different?
• Mission Statement
• Company’s short-term and long-term goals and objectives.

• Target market and demographics: Who will your customers be? Where do they
live? What is your target market passionate about?
B. Business Philosophy (4 Marks)
What is important to you in your business?
• Describe your Industry: Is it a growth industry? What long-term or short-term
changes do you foresee in the industry? How will your company take advantage
of it?
• Describe your most important company strengths and core competencies: What
factors will make the company succeed? What do you think your major
competitive strengths will be? What background experience, skills, and strengths
do you personally bring to this new venture?
• Risk Assessment: Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your business using
SWOT.
•Who is your competition and how do you beat them?

Note: Use APA style of referencing

Answers
1. Answer2. Answer-

‫المملكة العربية السعودية‬
‫وزارة التعليم‬
‫الجامعة السعودية اإللكترونية‬

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University

College of Administrative and Financial Sciences

Assignment-1
MGT425-Spreadsheet Decision Modeling
Deadline: 01/March/2025 @ 23:59 (End of Week 6)
Course Name: Spreadsheet Decision
Modeling
Course Code: MGT425

Student’s Name:

Semester: Second

CRN:23556

Student’s ID Number:

Academic Year: 2024-2025 (1446 H)

For Instructor’s Use only
Instructor’s Name: Dr. Salah Oraby
Students’ Grade: Marks Obtained / Out of 10 Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low
General Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
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•
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•
•
•

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The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via
allocated folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented; marks may be
reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover
page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students
or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No
exceptions.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced)
font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered
plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.

Course Learning Outcomes-Covered
Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)

Question

Find some structured ways of dealing with complex managerial
decision problems.
Explain simple decision models and management science ideas
that provide powerful and (often surprising) qualitative insight
about large spectrum of managerial problems.
Demonstrate the tools for deciding when and which decision
models to use for specific problems.
Build an understanding of the kind of problems that is tackled
using Spreadsheet Modeling and decision analysis.

Question-1

Aligned (PLOs)
MGT.K.1
(1.1)
MGT.K.3
(1.2)
MGT.S.1
(2.1)
MGT.V.1
(3.1)

Question-3

Question-2
Question-4

Assignment Instructions:
Assignment Questions: (Marks 10)
PART-A:
Modeling in a problem-solving Framework (Critical Thinking)
Question 1: In context of Modeling in a problem-solving framework, Discuss the
Modelers’ roles in problem-solving process with suitable examples. (250-300 words) (2.5
Marks).
Question 2: Explain the various stages of problem-solving process with suitable examples.
(250-300 words) (2.5 Marks).

PART-B: Critical Thinking
• Log in to Saudi Digital Library (SDL) via University’s website.
• On first page of SDL, choose “English Databases.”
• From the list find and click on EBSCO database.
• In the Search Bar of EBSCO find the following article:
Title: “Intuitive and Rational Cognition in the Theory and Practice of Management
Sciences”

Author: Marcin Nowak, Joanna Ziomek
Date: March 26, 2019

Read the above case study and answer the following Questions:
Question 3: Explain the role of rational and intuitive cognition in the theory and practice
of management. (250-300 words) (2.5-Marks).

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Question 4: Discuss the inadequacy of the management theory in relation to problems faced
by management practitioners in the decision-making process. (250-300 words) (2.5Marks).

Answers:
1
2
3
4

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College of Computing and Informatics

Assignment 1
Deadline: Day 18/02/2024 @ 23:59
[Total Mark for this Assignment is 8]
Student Details:
Name: ###

ID: ###

CRN: ###
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, convert text into image 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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Question One

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Learning
Outcome(s):
CLO 1: Explain
the
interdisciplinary
concepts,
theories, and
trends in ES and
their role in
supporting
business
operations.

Question One

4 Marks

This question will improve your process scheduling skills and allow you to understand
the process of calculating the critical path.
Apply the Critical Path Method (CPM) to a course enrollment process for a semester
at an educational institution. The goal of using CPM here would be to identify the tasks
that are critical to the timely completion of the course enrollment process and ensure
they are managed to avoid delays in the start of the semester.
Let’s break it down into tasks typically involved in the course enrollment process and
then apply the CPM steps.

Educational Process: Course Enrollment for the Semester
Here are some typical steps for course enrollment:

Task

Duration (days)

Predecessors

A

2

None

B

3

A

C

2

A

D

4

B

E

2

D

Task Breakdown for Course Enrollment:
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Task A (Announcement of Enrollment Period): The first task is the
announcement of the enrollment period to students. This might include posting
dates, deadlines, and guidelines.
o

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Duration: 2 days

Task B (Course Catalog Finalization): This task involves preparing the
official list of available courses, along with course descriptions, schedules, and
prerequisites.
o

Duration: 3 days

o

Dependency: It starts after the announcement (Task A).

Question One

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Task C (Online Enrollment System Setup): This task involves setting up or
configuring the online system that students will use to register for courses,
ensuring it’s user-friendly and functional.
o

Duration: 2 days

o

Dependency: It starts after the announcement (Task A).

Task D (Student Registration): This task is when students actually register for
courses through the system.
o

Duration: 4 days

o

Dependency: It starts after the course catalog is finalized (Task B).

Task E (Course Confirmation and Scheduling): After students complete their
registrations, confirmation emails are sent, and schedules are finalized.
o

Duration: 2 days

o

Dependency: It starts after the student registration phase (Task D).

Question Two

Pg. 03
Learning
Outcome(s):
CLO 4: Design
ES architectural
models for
various business
processes.

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Question Two

2 Marks

Enterprise architecture (EA) is a holistic approach that supports the analysis, design,
planning, and implementation of enterprise strategies.
In this context, clarify the roles of viewpoint, view, and perspectives in enabling an
effective enterprise architecture. Support your answer with examples.

Question Three

Pg. 04
Learning
Outcome(s):
CLO3: Discuss
the issues and
challenges
associated with
implementing ES
and their impacts
on corporate
enterprises.

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Question Three

2 Marks

Compare Lewin’s Change Management Model and the Deming cycle. Discuss the key
principles of each model and when each model can be used.
illustrate how each model can be applied to manage organizational change effectively.

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