MAKERERE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION

SCIENCES
SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATICS
TECHNOLOGY

P.O BOX 7062, KAMPALA, UGANDA

BACHELOR OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND

TECHNOLOGY
(BIST-EVE YEAR-1 SEM-1)

GROUP ASSSIGNMENT TWO

FOUNDATIONS OF INFORMATION SYSTEM AND
TECHNOLOGY
(IST 1101)

LECTURER: Dr. MOSES GOLOOBA

BY: GROUP A
 GROUP MEMBERS

NO. NAME REG. NO

1 LARRY EKINI 22/U/3300/EVE
2 TUMWESIGYE EZAT 22/U/3911/EVE
3 KEMIGISA ANNET 22/U/3224/EVE

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SYSTEM TYPE Health Services (Agency: Hospital)
Transaction Processing  Patient Management system
Systems (TPS) Controlled admission of patients. The collection,
processing and storage of patient ‘s data in an
organized way hence saving time and costs.

Management  Planning, management, and decision making in

Information System hospital facilities and organizations.
(MIS) It aids the work allocation process due to better
decisions made during planning and management.

Decision Support  Analysis of institution performance.

Systems (DSS) It improves on communication, collaboration, and
coordination to help people working on a shared task
in the hospital.

Office Automation  Patient Data storage and management.

Systems (OAS) It offers a hospital the ability to monitor and control
data and information concerning its patients such as
planning schedules, billing etc.

Expert Systems  Cedat. Cancer Decision Support Tool.

Accuracy. This system is precisely accurate than
health professionals and makes decisions facts and
rules hence eliminating human errors in diagnosis of
cancer
Executive information  Integrated external and internal data. EIS helps top
Systems (EIS) management in a hospital to integrate external and
or internal data collected form various departments or
Strategic Information fields
Systems (SIS)

Groupware  Word press.

It makes communication and collaboration between
hospital teams easy due to online chats, forum
discussion, and private mailboxes and various
patients can also be added to the groups too.

System Type Educational Services (Agency: University)

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Transaction Processing  Online students’ portal,
Systems (TPS) Improved reliability. With emerging trends in
technology, these have reduced the need for human
resource in the admissions department which are
unreliable some times.
Management  planning, for resources, management,
Information System It compares projections and performances.
(MIS) Universities set various plans and goals, MIS can
monitor their effectiveness and compare with actual
performance

Decision Support  ERP Admin dashboards. These systems help

Systems (DSS) institution management to monitor performance,
finances and indicators for better decisions making.
Digital marketing and services firm Clear link uses

Office Automation  finance information system.

Systems (OAS) It minimizes human errors made during fees
payment, billing, planning for resources and financial
analysis in a institution.

Expert Systems  Cost control. Expert systems are relatively

inexpensive compared to the cost of employing
human experts i.e. the teachers.

Executive information  Students management portal

Systems (EIS) It provides detailed data. This is possible with the
or absolute data from its existing database which can
Strategic Information be used to make decisions, plan for resources etc.
Systems (SIS)

Groupware  Google class room.

With use of groupware, such as google class room,
lecturers can manage the entire class activities online
without sitting having physical lectures.

System Type Transport Services (Agency: Airports)

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Transaction Processing  Online booking system.
Systems (TPS) Efficiency. These online systems are fast, convenient
and time saving since human involvement in
accessing the resources is not required

Management  Airport Management information Systems.

Information System It has improved on planning of available resources
(MIS) based on data analysis that is processed and stored
in the database.

Decision Support  GPS route planning. (google map)

Systems (DSS) A DSS helps in planning the fastest and best routes
between two points by analyzing the available
options since they are capable of monitoring traffic
in real time
Office Automation  Air Traffic Flow Management.
Systems (OAS) It ensures an optimum flow of air traffic and aims
at solving traffic congestions and flight collisions

Expert Systems  Automated Weather Operating System.

The system increases the operator's situational
awareness and short-term prediction capabilities for
a variety of weather conditions hence contributing to
safety and resilience in adverse weather
Executive information  Improved office efficiency due to organize data
Systems (EIS) Processing and representation
or
Strategic Information
Systems (SIS)

Groupware  WordPro
it allows for the possibility of setting up multiple
office locations, which can allow organizations to
create diverse teams of professionals to accomplish
tasks and support projects.

System Type Agricultural Services (Agency: FARMS)

Transaction Processing  E-commerce e.g. Jumia Online trading platform.
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Systems (TPS)
Online trading has created massive digital markets
for agricultural products with persuasive
advertisements on these platforms.

Management Information  planning, management, and decision making in

System (MIS) hospital facilities and organizations.
It aids the work allocation process due to better
decisions made during planning and management.

Decision Support Systems  Crop planning systems.

(DSS) DSS helps Farmers to determine the best time to
plant, fertilize, and reap their crops as a result
getting better outputs.

Office Automation  Remote Environment Monitoring systems.

Systems (OAS) Gaining greater access to the method and finding
possible bottlenecks.

Expert Systems  Rice expert system.

Sarma et al developed an expert system. which
helps farmers in India to diagnose and manage
diseases occurring in rice crops

Executive information  Improvement of corporate performance in the

Systems (EIS) marketplace and Easy to use
or
Strategic Information
Systems (SIS)

Groupware  Microsoft office tools

They have eased data collection and storage for
future use purposes and save time unlike
traditional writing stationary