Business Information Systems in Organisations

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Business Information Systems in Organisations

• Revision/review

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Businesses

• What is a business
• Business structures
• Hierarchy
• Matrix
• Management functions
• Business aims and objectives

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Strategic Analysis

• STEEP
• What it stands for
• Why do it
• How to do it
• SWOT
• What it stands for
• Why do it
• Internal external factors

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Information

• Data versus information
• ACCURATE
• Formats
• Information in business
• Data types

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Systems

• Definition
• Business objectives SMART
• Control systems

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Prototyping

• Scope
• Users
• Business benefits
• Technology
• Storyboards

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Management Information Systems

• Definition
• A system using formalised procedured to provide
  management at all levels in all functions with
  appropriate information, based on data from both
  internal and external sources, to enable them to
  make timely and effective decisions for planning,
  directing and controlling the activities for
  which they are responsible.

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Management Information Systems (cont)

• Multidimensional analysis
• Relational query generators
• Simulations

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Decision Support Systems

• Definition
• An organised collection of people, procedures,
  software, databases and devices used to support
  problem-specific decision making
• MIS helps an organisation to do things right
• DSS helps an organisation to do the right thing

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Decision Support Systems (cont)

• Optimisation of
• Resources
• Manpower
• Money
• Time
• Decision modelling software
• Identify options and evaluate against criteria

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Processing methods

• Batch
• OLTP
• Real Time
• Examples of each

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System Infrastructures

• Centralised
• Decentralised
• Distributed

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The examination

• Thursday May 18th 10.00-12.00, LT111/LT113
• Eight questions
• Answer any six
• Each answer between ½ and 1 page