The Origin Before the 1970s Computers were thought to provide only computational power During the 70s,

s, people started expecting computers to also generate and maintain processes that support the decision-making capability of human beings The primary reason for this change was the information overload problem Lots of data was starting to get generated on a daily basis: Media, Internet, Enterprise transactions etc. Also, the development of the relational data model facilitated database storage and retrieval. High-level Enterprise employees needed to sift through voluminous data in order to extract useful information for making decisions -year record of sales for a particular product, a frequency distribution of customers for the past 6 months etc. satisfied through traditional systems Decision Support Systems (DSS) were developed that specially prepared, separated, and staged the data that was specifically needed for decision support ss to the needed data

understood

DSSs: both are used in conjunction s, while DSSs study them and offer alternative solutions.

Executive Information System DSS Output example: Comparative sales and Projected Revenue figures autonomously : More simplified systems in which the manager instantly knew what was happening to-use user interfaces application status, plans, external events (competitor information, emails etc.) EIS Pros and cons Pros:

-level executives