Types of information systems
In this report I will explain the 4 different types of information systems which are marketing information systems, financial management systems, human resources systems and management information systems. I will also use diagrams to explain these types of information systems.
Marketing information systems
The marketing information system is a software programme and is used by the business and is designed to support them in decision making. The information that the software would provide would be marketing research, this would benefit the marketing managers as they would be able to have access to information about products which isn’t well known. The marketing information would benefit the business has they would
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The human resources information system will hold the details of the employees which will allow the business to pay the staff their wages, so this information system will take care of the payroll. The information system will hold the attendance information of the staff which will allow the employer to be able to see if the employees are coming to work. As the business would be paying the staff the business will need to make sure that the staff are coming to work. The human resources information system will hold all of the information about the staff in the business which means that there wouldn’t be any paper documents containing personal information as it would be all electronic based which would make it more secure as the business would protect it with passwords and make sure that it doesn’t get into the wrong hands. The business would have a good firewall which means no one will be able to gain access to it as they wouldn’t have the right to. The information system would also hold information of staff training, so they see what kind of training the staff has and what the staff is capable of doing. So the business would keep track on kind of training the staff has been …show more content…
The information system will give the business with in-depth analysis for every department in the business and this will allow them to see how they are preforming, so it would be providing detailed reports. Like it would show the revenue that the business is making per day and the expenses of the business such as wages for employees. Also it may show the amount of sales each sales person has made, this information will allow the business to decide if this is good or bad for the business as the business may get more expenses compared to revenue which would show that the business isn’t making a