Chapter 1, Problem 11RQ

Program Plan Intro

Information system:

• An information system is a system which provides the necessary information to an organization to achieve the goals.
• It monitors the transactions details, provides the required information to decision makers, and provides necessary documents to the customers.
• The main components in the information system are people, data, procedures, hardware, and software.
• The main function of information system is to accept and process the input data and then stores the retrieved information and distributes it across the organization.

Computer based information system:

Computer Based Information System (CBIS) denotes a data processing system into high-quality information and could be used as a tool that supports visualization, analysis, decision-making, control and co-ordination.