Pronounced as separate letters, and short for Information Systems or Information Services. For many companies, IS is the name of the department responsible for computers, networking and data management. Other companies refer to the department as IT (Information Technology) and MIS (Management Information Services).
Information systems support different types of decisions at different levels of
the organizational hierarchy. Major types of Information systems include
structural databases and information management software that can include the
following;
ION501: Types of Information Systems While operational managers mostly make structured decisions, senior managers deal with unstructured decisions; middle managers are often faced with semi-structured decisions.
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