Characteristics of Information Systems

• Organise Data into information

• Analysis of Information to give knowledge
Make a list of as many information systems
that you can think of. Think-Pair Share
Types and Purposes of Information
Systems
TPS: Collect, store, modify and retrieve the
daily transactions of an organisation.
Organisations rely heavily on these systems.
Backup Sytems are important. TPS can be
either batch, or Real time processing.

Decision Support Systems assist people to

make decisions by providing information,
models and analysis tools. A DSS can be used
on a daily basis or when an organisation has to
react to the unexpected or make changes.
Eg: Analysis of stockmarket, buying and
selling shares.
Modelling of variables effecting decisions.
Uses what if analogies.

Expert Systems provide information and

solve problems that would otherwise require a
person experienced in that field Diagnosing,
monitoring, selecting, designing, predicting
and training. Captures a set of knowledge that
is often difficult to transfer by a series of
questions.
• The expert parent: Do you want to go out
tonight
• Have you cleaned your room?
• Have you done your homework?
• Are sensible people going?
• Have you got a way to get home?
• Are the persons parents going?
• Combining expertise from multiple
experts The friend expert:
• Do you look good?
• Can you convince your parents that you’re
allowed to go?
Diagnosis of disease
Problems in production
Management Information Systems
Provides basic information for an organisations
managers. An MIS presents basic facts about
the performance of an organisation. Some
common examples of MIS output are reports on
sales, stock, inventory, payroll
Office Automation Systems provide people with
effective ways to complete administrative
tasks in an organisation. Eg. Denbigh.
Automatic letter writing, email, dtp of