Management Information Systems: Why Big IT Projects Run Late
From transaction systems and the cloud to ERP, CRM, supply chains, analytics, platforms and security: how information systems really shape business.
Try 3 questions
1. Which kind of system records routine daily operations such as sales, payments and payroll?
- An executive information system
- A management reporting system
- A transaction processing system
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Answer: A transaction processing system
Transaction processing systems capture the business's basic events and feed the data that all higher-level systems use.
2. What is a decision support system mainly designed to do?
- Help managers analyze semi-structured problems
- Replace managers in making all of their decisions
- Record every single sale made at the checkout
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Answer: Help managers analyze semi-structured problems
A DSS combines data and models so managers can test scenarios, such as pricing or routing choices, that have no single routine answer.
3. In information systems terms, how does 'information' differ from 'data'?
- It is data that is stored only on paper
- It is data that has later been deleted
- It is data organized to be meaningful
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Answer: It is data organized to be meaningful
Raw data are facts like individual sales; information is those facts processed, for example into weekly sales by region.
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