ADMS 2511 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Transaction Processing System, Decision Support System, Transaction Processing

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 2511
• Professor: Mariovalteinos

Document Summary

True/false: the functional area information systems are the most fundamental information systems in the organization. Transaction processing systems (tpss) are the most fundamental. Difficulty: easy: the data processed by transaction processing systems provide the inputs for other organizational information systems. Difficulty: easy: in general, organizations try to automate data entry as much as possible. Difficulty: easy: functional information systems support the entire enterprise or major portions of it. They provide information to managers in functional areas. Difficulty: easy: information systems can be function-specific. Difficulty: easy: exception reports show a greater level of detail than is included in routine reports. 2: historically, functional area information systems were developed independently of one another. Difficulty: easy: information silos were particularly efficient when business processes crossed functional boundaries in an organization. Difficulty: easy: business processes may be located within one functional area, or may span multiple functional areas.