Thursday, 28 November 2013

P5 - Systems Used in a Specified Organisation (Lesson 2)

P5 - Identify the information systems used in a specified organisation.

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City Academy is a large organisation that uses many business/organisational systems in order to deal with pupil information (many parts to this) financial recording and planning, booking, communication with parents, communicating with students and transport to name a few.

Produce a report or presentation (add to P4 presentation) with accompanying notes to show four information systems that are used within school. For each system cover the following:


  • The name of the system;
  • Type of system
  • Which department(s) uses it
  • The purpose of the information system
  • The specific features and functions
  • The effectiveness of the system (benefits, weaknesses and is it fit for purpose)

Types of information systems:

• management information systems (MIS) including features, benefits and suitability for purpose
• marketing analysis
• human resources (HR) (e.g. staffing, training and development)
• financial (e.g. sales, costings, investment returns)
• competitors.
• customer relationship management (CRM)
• decision support system

Hierarchy of decision making
• senior management
• middle management
• support staff

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