Top 10 Types of information system used by organization

Conceptually information system is classified as under:

A. Operations support system:

Operation support system is designed to provide support to the various operations at lower level of organization following system under this category

1: TRANSACTION PROCESSING SYSTEM:

Transaction processing system record process and summarize business transaction which occurs during normal course of business. They process transaction in two basic ways i-e batch processing and real time processing. In batch processing transaction are accumulated over time and processed periodically. In real time online transaction are processed immediately as they occur.

2: PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM:

Process control system is designed to the specific production process in a manufacturing organization. These systems continually monitor the process and make proper adjustment.

3: ENTERPRISE COLLABORATION SYSETEM:

Enterprise collaboration system enhance work group and team communication by using organization personal can share research, idea and valuable information among them which promote their work efficiency.

B: MANAGEMENTINFORMATION SYSTEM:

Management support system provides information to all type of managers to support their effective decision making process. The following systems are used to support variety of decision making.

1. MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM:

These systems provide information in form of report to support business decision. For example decision about products, market and quality decision are supported by such systems.

2. DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM:

These systems provide information for that decision which one of unique nature, for example for lunching of new producer in market selection of advertisement media and its expected budget need careful decision making. By using such systems information are collected about each alternative and a best alternative.

3. EXECUTIVE INFORMATION SUPPORT SYSTEM:

This system provides critical information for MIS, DSS and other sources to support executed decision making process.

4. OTHER CLASSIFICATION OF MANAGEMENT SYSTEM:

Organization also uses several other systems to support operational or managerial decision making. These are discussed as under.

(a):  Expert advice for operational decisions.

(b): knowledge management system share information system to support knowledge among organizations employees.

(c): Functional business system supports various business functions such as accounting and marketing.

(d): strategic information system provides information to enable the organization to gain competitive advantage in the market.