Riordian Information Systems

Riordan Information systems

The first Riordan information system is the Executive support systems. The (ESS) Executive support system assists the top management team in decision-making, strategizing and planning for the business organization. The system is used for collecting, analyzing and summarizing the important external and internal information used in the business’ functions. The ESS can be likened to a plane’s cockpit in which the senior managers sit as pilots and access all information from all parts of the business units which can be likened to the instrument panel display showing results from instruments within the plane. The ESS acts as an analysis center for information with modeling of analysis queries (Barker, 2008).

The second hierarchical system is the (Management information systems) or (MIS). This system mostly works with concerns of internal information sources within Riordan. The system takes information from systems that process transactions, and thereafter makes summaries of the information into management reports (Barker, 2004). The reports generated from MIS are utilized by the operational supervisors in the factory and the middle management group of Riordan Manufacturing.

The third system is referred to as the (DSS) Decision support system. The DSS is designed to act as an assistant to the management in making decisions that are difficult because they may be shrouded in uncertainty and their outcomes are not well known. DSS is designed with techniques and tools that are used in gathering the required information and analyzing the data to show the possible alternatives and options available. DSS uses databases with ‘what if’ models and complex spreadsheets to generate options (Barker, 2008).

The human resources department controls all employee relation issues. It controls employee hiring, termination, leave of absence, and vacation time. Each employee is given a employee handbook with the companies guidelines and statues that...