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An Overview of

Management Information
Systems

Management information system


(MIS)

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Management Information
Systems in Perspective

Purpose of an MIS

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Management Information Systems


in Perspective (continued)

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Inputs to a Management
Information System

Internal data sources

TPS
ERP

Data warehouses and data marts

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External data
sources

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Outputs of a Management
Information System

Scheduled reports

Demand reports

Exception reports

Drill-down reports

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Characteristics of a
Management Information
System

MISs perform the following


functions:

hard-copy and soft-copy reports


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Functional Aspects of the


MIS

MIS

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Financial Management
Information Systems

Financial MIS

Some financial MIS subsystems and


outputs


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Manufacturing Management
Information Systems

Manufacturing MIS subsystems and


outputs

Common information subsystems


and outputs used in manufacturing

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Marketing Management
Information Systems

Marketing MIS

4P

Subsystems

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Human Resource
Management Information
Systems

Concerned with activities related to


employees and potential employees
Subsystems

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(Training and skills inventory)

Other Management
Information Systems

Accounting MIS

Geographic information system (GIS)

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An Overview of Decision
Support Systems

DSS

Focus of a DSS
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Characteristics of a Decision
Support System

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Capabilities of a Decision
Support System

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Capabilities of a Decision Support


System (continued)

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Principles of Information

A Comparison of DSS and


MIS

DSS differs from an MIS in numerous


ways, including:

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Components of a Decision
Support System

At the core of a DSS are a database


and a model base
Dialogue manager

DSS

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Components of a Decision Support


System (continued)

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The Database

Database management system

Data-driven DSS

DSS

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The Model Base

Model base

model
quantitative
analysis

Model-driven DSS

model

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The User Interface or


Dialogue Manager

DSS

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Group Support Systems

Group support system (GSS)

DSS
software

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Group Support Systems


(continued)

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Characteristics of a GSS
That Enhance Decision
Making

Decision-making support

Delphi approach

Brainstorming

Group consensus approach

Nominal group technique


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Characteristics of a GSS
That Enhance Decision
Making (continued)

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GSS Software (continued)

GSSs use a number of tools,


including:

E-mail, instant messaging (IM), and text


messaging (TM)

Videoconferencing

Group scheduling

Project management

Document sharing
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GSS Alternatives

Decision room

Decision makers are located in the same


building or geographic area
Decision makers are occasional users of
the GSS approach

Local area decision network

Group members are located in the same


building or geographic area
Group decision making is frequent
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GSS Alternatives (continued)

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GSS Alternatives
(continued)

Teleconferencing

Decision frequency is low

Location of group members is distant

Wide area decision network

Decision frequency is high

Location of group members is distant

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Executive Support Systems

Executive support system (ESS)

Specialized DSS
Includes hardware, software, data,
procedures, and people used to assist
senior-level executives
Also called an executive information
system (EIS)

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Executive Support Systems


(continued)

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Executive Support Systems


in Perspective

Characteristics of an ESS

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Capabilities of Executive
Support Systems

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