Mis 505 Final Project Paper

Izelle Matthes
MIS 505
Final Project Paper

It is important for managers to make right decisions when it comes to a business. Managers need to make decisions based on surrounding factors and make decisions due to problems that arise. Managers also need to solve those problems which can give a business a competitive advantage. That is why it is important to have a Decision Support System in place, it can help a manager in better decision-making. This paper seeks to explain Information systems and Decision Support System (DSS). The following topics will be covered with regards to Information Systems and Decision Support System; background on what an Information system is, what a Decision Support Systems is, explain how the Decision Support System relates to users, discuss the types of Decision Support Systems, characteristics of a Decision Support System, explain the advantages as well as the disadvantages of the Decision Support Systems and lastly An information system is a “collection of software, hardware, procedures, data and computer networks used by people in organizations” (). Managers can use computer-based

The Passive Decision Support System, Active Decision Support System and Cooperative Decision Support System (2013). A Passive Decision Support System, is a system that assists in the process of decision making, however, it can’t bring out clear decisions (2013). An active Decision Support System, on the other hand, can bring out solutions and decision suggestions. The Cooperative Decision Support System allows the decision maker to change the decision suggestions provided by the system before the information is sent back to the system for validation (2013). While there are many ways computerized systems can be characterized, it is important to compare them in terms of what the user will be doing with the