Ch 12 Review Questions

• 12. A management information system gives a manager the information he needs to make decisions regarding the operational activities of the company. It produces reports for the manager to go voer to make sure the system is running properly.
• 13. A decision support system helps a manager make semistructured decisions, such as budget planning and sales forecasting, and unstructured decisions, such as new product development and contract negotiation --- known as information tools.
• 14. A geographic information system is a special type of DSS designed to work with maps and other spatial information. A GIS would be useful to a business so that they may set up their buisnesses and have an over view of all their buildings.
• 15. Managers can use an executive information system to monitor the important economic and social trends affecting their organization, as well as the important performance measures of the company.