Higher Admin Revision

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Higher AdminRevision

• Data Management Systems
• Appraisals
• Teamwork

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Data Management Systems

• How the organisation Inputs, Stores and
  Retrieves information
• Control access to data
• Control how data is secured

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Data Management Systems

• Centralised System dedicated team
• Have overview of company requirements
• Develop a standard across the org
• Control what is being used and how
• Have specialisation in the area

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Avantages

• One dept has overview of whole co.
• Easier to standardise hard software
• Easier to prioritise new purchases
• Easier to control procedures
• Allows expertise specialisation
• Easier cheaper to train and support users

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Disadvantages

• System may not suit all
• System failure results on co failure
• Potential threats can be more extreme

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Data Management Systems

• Departmental operation
• Each department manages their own data
• Allows autonomy

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Hardware Software

• Things to think about
• Processing speed
• hard-drive
• available memory
• performance management software
• communications software
• applications software gpp
• customised software

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Database Management System

• Central store of information
• Avoids duplication
• Ensures consistency
• Easier to secure information
• Increased accuracy

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Security Integrity

• Security
• Concerns theft, damage destruction
• Integrity
• Correctness of data prevent inaccurate data
  entry or alteration/privacy and confidentiality

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File Management

• Different from Data Management
• Part of the Data Management process
• Involves location of files
• naming files folders
• backup procedures

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Consequences of poor data mgmt

• Time lost finding files
• Frustrated staff - confusion
• Activities slowed down
• Slow system due to server being full
• Costly decisions based on historical
  information
• Loss of customer relations - errors

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Tasks

• Leckie Leckie extended response questions 1-6
• Resource store page 26

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Performance Management

• The Appraisal
• Used to measure and assess, rate and record
  employee performance.