1 . An employee at Amy's candles has noticed that some order quantities in the two reports...
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1. An employee at Amy's candles has noticed that some order quantities in the two reports presented are different although the order numbers are the same. We normally refer to such data as dirty. What could be the possible causes for dirty data? How can they clean the inconsistent data values?
Q2. Match Lighting is a large manufacturer of lights. The company decided to fragment its data. How and why do organizations such as Match Lighting fragment data despite the potential problems associated with this practice?
Q3.The director of Amy's Candles realised they would need to use IT to store information; therefore, she hired someone to design a database quickly. However, when they started using the system, they realised they couldn't enter some customer details. As a consultant, you realise they should have developed an information architecture before developing the system. Explain to the director of Amy's Candles what information architecture is, why they need it and how they can develop it in four stages.
Q4. The growing use of information technologies has sparked a phenomenon referred to as information overload. Moreover, Toffler (1970) predicted that this would happen. What does information overload mean? What approaches can organisations take to reduce information overload among employees?
Q5. You have been requested to define the life cycle for product information at Match Lighting. State the key stages and activities in managing this information.