BackIntroduction to Information Systems (IS) – Definition, Organisations and ISs, Individuals and ISs, Information, Components of an IS.
Types of IS – Transaction Processing System (TPS), Management Information System (MIS), Decision Support Systems (DSS), Office Automation Systems (OAS), Executive Support Systems (ESS).
Evolution of IS Technology
The value added by IS - Processes and products, Added value to process,
added value to product, Added value to quality, added value to management, IS
and competitive advantage,Ethics, Social Responsibilities.
Personal Management Information Systems (PMIS) : The need, PMIS for communication, PMIS for analysis, PMIS for tracking and monitoring, value added by PMIS, components of PMIS, development of PMIS.
Workgroup Management Information Systems
(WMIS). Workgroup, WMIS, WMIS for communication, WMIS for analysis,
WMIS for tracking and monitoring, value added by WMIS, components of WMIS, development
of WMIS.
Enterprise Management Information Systems (EMIS) EMIS, Interdepartmental
MIS, Interdepartmental MIS and enterprise functions, Business Process Redesign,
Business Network Redesign, Components of EMSI, Development of EMIS.
Decision Support Systems (DSS) – Introduction to DSS, Evolution of DSS, Scope of DSS, Current trends on DSS, DSS architecture, Technology levels, people involved, development approach, sources of data for DSS, relationship of DSS to data sources, distributed DSS, DSS modeling techniques, Modeling tools, DSS interface component, Group Decision Support Systems (GDDS), advantages/disadvantages of GDDS, Characteristics of GDDS, Components of GDDS, Types of GDDS, Design of GDDS, Implementation alternatives of GDDS, DDS and Expert Systems.