Computer Science Industrial Attachment

SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATICS

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COURSE NAME: INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS

CODE: SCS 437

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LECTURER: TASK: Take away CAT

Questions: 1. Discuss the features and application on executive support systems

2. Compare and contrast decision support systems and executive support systems

1.0 Introduction

An Executive Information System can be defined as a specialized Decision Support System. This type of the system generally includes the various hardware, software, data, procedures and the people. With the help of all this, the top level executives get a great support in taking and performing the various types of the decisions. The executive information system plays a very important role in obtaining the data from the different sources, then help in the integration and the aggregation of this data. After performing these steps the resulting information is displayed in such a pattern that is very easy to understand. Boston:McGraw-Hill Irwin,(2004).

Executive information system is ‘a computer based system that serves the information that is needed by the various top executives. It provides very rapid access to the timely information and also offers the direct access to the different management reports.’

Executive Information System is very user friendly in the nature. It is supported at a large extent by the graphics.

Executive support system can be defined as the comprehensive executive support system that goes beyond the Executive Information System and also includes communications, office automation, analysis support etc.

2.0 Features of Executive support system

According to Manuel Mora, ‎Guisseppi A. Forgionne, ‎Jatinder N. D. Gupta (2003) Executive Information System / executive support system depends on some of the factors that can be summarized as the follows

2.1 Informational characteristics

i. Flexibility and ease of use.

ii. Provides the timely information with the short response time...