Types if Information Systems

There is a variety of requirements of information for the most business. Information System in
organization support operations, management, and knowledge work.

Types of Information Systems

 Management Information System

 Decision Support System
 Expert Information System
 Transaction Processing System
 Office Automation System

Subset of Information System

 Enterprise Information System

 Executive Information System
 Management Reporting System
 Office Information System
 Professional Support System
 Communication System

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

-provides information to the organization’s managers to assist them in planning and decision making
process needed to push the firm in a higher level.

Extracts and summarizes data from TPS.

Enterprise Information System, a subset of MIS creates unified databases to allow any authorized
unified databases to allow any authorized individual to gather information helpful in making decision
across the firm.

Management Reporting System, another subset of MIS, provides routine information to managers to
generate internal information reports.

Decision Support Systems, is an interactive information system that provides information, models, and
data manipulation tools to support the decision-making process.
Example of DSS is the real time automated online booking designed for Internet.

Expert Information System, a subset of DSS was introduced from the research domain of artificial
intelligence into the information systems practice.

Executive Information System –creates a variety of external and internal information readily available in
a highly summarized and convenient from.
-usually incorporate user-friendly interfaces that can be used by someone with little computer-related
knowledge.

-configuration of a computer-based EIS usually includes a personal computer on a local area network,
known as executive workstation.

Professional Support System –is the extended workstations whose resources are specifically designed to
support a category of professional work.

Ex. Engineers develop new products from automobiles to computers using high-resolution graphics
workstations and computer-aided design (CAD) software.

Transaction Processing System –supports the operation of a firm by processing its business transaction

 Batch mode
 On-line mode

-A transaction is an elementary activity conducted during business operations.

-Batch processing gather and stores information for each transaction made but not processed
instantaneously.

-Real time processing is processed immediately.

Office Automation System –simplifies everyday processing tasks in offices, and in businesses.

-word processors, spreadsheets, and presentation tools are the common applications used in offices and
businesses.

Categories of OAS:

 Spreadsheets
 Text and image processing systems
 Presentation packages

Personal database and note-taking systems

Office Information system, a subset of OAS, facilities communication between the members of an
organization and its environment.

Office Automation System

Communication systems, another subset of OAS, helps people exchange or share information
electronically without being present in the same location.

Categories of Communication Systems:

 Teleconferencing
  Audio conferencing
 Audio-graphic conferencing
 Video conferencing
 Messaging Systems
 Electronic mail
 Voice mail
 Fax
 Groupware
 Computer conferencing/ newsgroup
 Intranets
 Extranets

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