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Information Systems

MIS DSS EIS

Management Information System Decision Support Systems Executive Information Systems

MIS
Management Information System
Data + Organization Set of formal business systems designed to provide information for an organization Computers are typical components

DSS Decision Support Systems


Supplements an MIS Pulls information from variety of databases Interactive Nonroutine decision-making Model mathematical representation of real-life system Simulation using a computer model to reach a decision about a real-life situation

MIS vs. DSS


MIS
Planned reporting Standard, scheduled, structured, and routine Constrained by the organizational system

DSS
Decision making Unstructured and by request Immediate and friendly

EIS Executive Information Systems


DSS for top-level managers How decisions effect entire organization
Overall vision; company goals Long-term objectives Organizational structure Staffing and labor relations Crisis management Control of overall operations

Access to information from external sources

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