What is an Information System?

• Many organizations work with large amounts

of data. Data are basic values or facts and
are organized in a database. Many people
think of data as synonymous
with information; however, information
actually consists of data that has been
organized to help answers questions and to
solve problems. An information system is
defined as the software that helps organize
and analyze data. So, the purpose of an
information system is to turn raw data into
useful information that can be used for
decision making in an organization.
• IS (information system) is the collection of
technical and human resources that provide
the storage, computing, distribution, and
communication for the information required
by all or some part of an enterprise. A special
form of IS is a management information
system (MIS), which provides information for
managing an enterprise.
application of information system

 Application Software are the most common programs that run

in the foreground of the computer. They tend to perform
useful tasks which are not associated with computer
maintenance, system boot-up, or hardware communication.
Application Software are the most familiar forms of software
and come in a variety of types. Most often they can be
accessed through the graphical user interface of the
operating system being used by double-clicking on an icon.
Some of the most popular examples include word processors,
spreadsheets, photo-editing programs, database programs,
and accounting programs to name a few
Types of Information Systems:

• Transaction Processing Systems (TPS)

• Management Information System (MIS)
• Decision Support System (DSS)
• Executive Support Systems (EIS)
• Strategic Information System(SIS)
• Accounting Information System (AIS)
• Transaction Processing Systems (TPS) Processing system has
the task of the organization's events that are recorded. The
MIS, records and stores information about the queue and
Chiefs organization collects, processes and provides them in
the form of documents, reports, or information systems and
decision support information.

• Management Information System (MIS) is the most

popular information systems. MIS receives internal data
from the operation processing system and summarized
in the form of meaningful and useful as management
reporting. To be used when performing administrative
tasks such as controlling and decision making.
• Decision Support System (DSS) Decision Support System is
defined as a computer-based system to be used by a
manager or group of managers at any organizational level
decision process for problem solving

• Executive Support Systems (EIS) Which is a special type of

DSS can help the decision-making high levels .Accurate picture
of the performance of the system and shows a summary of the
activities of competitors. The system is easy to work with,
because they provide information in a way that can be easily
downloaded (as a graphic and charts).
• Accounting Information System (AIS) describes the
data that collect organization's activities and convert
the data into information. Gives the available
information to internal and external organization’s
users.

• Strategic Information System (SIS) is one of the most

important information systems applications, organization,
management, politics, the military, business and strategic
information is provided for supplying to achieve its strategic
objectives. Mainly in terms of strategic information systems
are complex, challenging, unpredictable, and chaotic critical
applications.