MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
15th Edition
ISBN: 9780134640037
Author: LAUDON
Publisher: PEARSON
Question
Book Icon
Chapter 12, Problem 6DQ
Program Plan Intro

Decision Support System (DSS)

  • A decision support system (DSS) is a computerized program used to support determinations, judgments, and courses of action in an organization or a business.
  • A DSS helps to analyze massive amounts of data, to compile comprehensive information that can be used to solve problems and in decision-making.
  • Typical information used by a DSS includes target or projected revenue, sales figures or past ones from different time periods, and other inventory- or operations-related data.

Executive Support System (ESS)

  • An Executive Support System (ESS) is software that allows users to transform enterprise data into quickly accessible and executive-level reports, such as those used by billing, accounting and staffing departments.
  • An ESS helps to enhance decision making for executives.
  • ESS is also known as Executive Information System (EIS).

Group Decision Support System (GDSS)

  • A Group Decision Support System is an interactive computer based system that helps to find solutions to problems for the decision makers.
  • The system is designed in such a way that they take input from multiple users that interact with the systems simultaneously for arriving at a decision.
  • The system provides tools and techniques for improving the quality and effectiveness of group meetings.

Blurred answer
Knowledge Booster
Background pattern image
Recommended textbooks for you
Text book image
Database System Concepts
Computer Science
ISBN:9780078022159
Author:Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan
Publisher:McGraw-Hill Education
Text book image
Starting Out with Python (4th Edition)
Computer Science
ISBN:9780134444321
Author:Tony Gaddis
Publisher:PEARSON
Text book image
Digital Fundamentals (11th Edition)
Computer Science
ISBN:9780132737968
Author:Thomas L. Floyd
Publisher:PEARSON
Text book image
C How to Program (8th Edition)
Computer Science
ISBN:9780133976892
Author:Paul J. Deitel, Harvey Deitel
Publisher:PEARSON
Text book image
Database Systems: Design, Implementation, & Manag...
Computer Science
ISBN:9781337627900
Author:Carlos Coronel, Steven Morris
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Text book image
Programmable Logic Controllers
Computer Science
ISBN:9780073373843
Author:Frank D. Petruzella
Publisher:McGraw-Hill Education