Information system

Post 1: Types of Information Systems
1. What are types of Information Systems? Give a specific example and images on each IS.

- First type of Information System is Transaction Processing System. It is an organized collection of people, procedures, software, databases, and devices
used to perform and record business transactions. If you understand a transaction
processing system, you understand basic business operations and functions. Example is the Payroll System in a certain company. The inputs in the payroll are the number of employee hours worked
during the week and the pay rate.
Second type is Enterprise Resource Planning. is a set of integrated programs that manages
the vital business operations for an entire multisite, global organization. Example of this is the result of the feedback of the customers in a certain fast food chain. Third is the Management Information System. It is an organized collection of people, procedures,
software, databases, and devices that provides routine information to managers and decision
makers. For example, MIS systems help customers order airline tickets online and withdraw cash from automated teller machines. Fourth is Decision Support Systems. It is an organized collection of people, procedures, software, databases, and
devices that support problem-specific decision making.