V An IS system uses the resources of people ,

hardware , software , data , knowledge base &

networks to perform input ,processing , output
, storage and control activities that convert data
resources into information products.
V It provides a framework that emphasizes four
major concepts that can be applied to all types
of information systems.
V People , hardware , software , data and
networks are five basic resources of is.
V People resources include end users and IS
specialists , hardware resources consist of
machines and media , software resources
include data and knowledge base.
V 2ata resources are transformed by information
processing activities into a variety of
information products for end users.
V Information processing consists of input ,
processing , output , storage and control
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V rnd Users
V IS Specialists
V omputer System
V omputer Peripheral System
V Software System
V Application Software
V Procedures
V 2ata Base
V Knowledge Base
V ommunication Media
V Network support (Modems , Internetwork
Processors , Network operating System etc)
V jPS (jransaction Processing System )
V jhey serve the operational level of organisation
V jhis system performs and records the daily
routine transactions necessary to conduct
business
V jPS are often so central to a business that jPs
failure for a few hours can spell a firm·s demise
and perhaps other firms linked to it
V r ample ² Sales order entry System , rmployee
Record keeping , Shipping & Payroll.
V jhis serve the information needs at the
knowledge level of the organistion.
V Knowledge Workers are people who hold
formal university degrees and who are often
members of recognized profession such as
engineers , doctors , lawyers and scientists.
V Includes reating of new information for
improving the knowledge base
V reation of scientific and engineering design
workstations
V reating of technical e pertise and properly
integration of it into business.
V jhis system handle and manage documents
through word processing, documents imaging
and digital filling , scheduling through
electronic calendars , communicating through
email, video onferencing etc.
V People involved in all these activities are
known as data workers. jhey consist primarily
of filling clerks, book keepers , and managers
whose jobs are principally to use manipulate
and disseminate information
V jhis system convert paper documents and
images into digital form so that they can be
stored and accessed by the computer.
V MIS
V 2SS
V rSS