INFORMATION PROCESSING COMPONENTS

The Architecture of components of computers and their information interaction is a mirror of the functioning of the human physiological information system (Nervous System)

Likewise the Architecture of computer systems is basically similar to the structure of information as organizations commonly handle it in business.

HUMAN BEINGS

BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

COMPUTER SYSTEMS

5 THINGS ONE CAN DO TO A DATA: INPUT STORE PROCESS TRANSMIT OUTPUT

INPUT They receive Data, they find things out. STORE They remember or write Data down for reference. PROCESS They compare, think about or manipulate Data. TRANSMIT They convey or send Data to others. OUTPUT They record and publish Data in written form.

These Five processes are basic to understanding information systems whether they are human nervous systems, organizational or managerial information systems, or computer systems.
PROCESS

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (MIS) SUPPORT MANAGERIAL FUNCTIONS

Because information is power, managers have always managed information by some method.

In the past, each operational department (finance, marketing, production, and its personnel) maintained separate information systems to satisfy its particular needs.

The problem was that each system collected, stored, and retrieved some of the same data. The data of each department were not consistent or compatible, the system were costly, and the information is inadequate.

The need for a comprehensive information system became evident. The result was the evolution of the concept of MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.

MIS can be defined generally as an integrated, structured complex of people, machines, and procedures for supplying relevant data (information) from both external and internal sources to aid managers in planning, staffing, communicating, controlling, and decision-making.

The heart of the integration of information needed in MSI is a Data Base. DATA BASE an organized repository of the organization s information resources (internal and possibly containing some external data), including raw data and procedures

The idea is that the data base consist of most of the data available in the organization and can be accessed by different managers for their varied uses. One manager may access data for planning, another for controlling, and all managers may access data for decisionmaking.

One powerful, and probably more easily used, concept is that of DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM(DSS). Although DSS can be viewed as an application within MIS for supporting decisions, it has become more powerful and useful to managers because of the following developments:

Interactive Computing a dialogue between the manager and the system through question and response. User friendly hardware. data base languages and

Distributed data processing - where at least some portion of the computing function is decentralized via remote terminals.

The manager s office of the future has been predicted to be built around executive terminals, or work-stations. These managerial work stations are multifunction, on-line terminals connected to a company wide information network.
By: M.U. CLARIDAD (eto palang yung aking part)