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Categorization
of IS applications by the
roles they play at various levels in the
organizational structure this is known
as the vertical approach.
In this case the organisation is viewed
as a management pyramid with four
levels:
At
STRATEGIC
MANAGEMEN
T
TACTICAL
MANAGEMENT
OPERATIONAL
MANAGEMENT
NON-MANAGERIAL
STAFF
Strategic Level,
STRATEGIC
MANAGEMEN
T
TACTICAL
MANAGEMENT
Operational Level
NON-MANAGERIAL
STAFF
According
strategic,
management,
knowledge, and
operational levels and
then
Systems
Different
kinds of systems
Four main types of systems serve
different organisational levels:
operational-level systems,
knowledge-level systems,
management-level systems and
strategic-level systems.
Operational-level
Systems support
operational managers by keeping track of
the elementary activities and
transactions of the organisation, such as
sales, receipts, cash deposit, payroll,
credit decisions, and the flow of materials
in factories.
The principal function of this system is to
answer routine questions and to track the
flow of transaction through the
organisation.
How many parts are in inventory?
What happen to Mr. Pabbi's payment?
To
Knowledge-level
systems support
knowledge and data workers in an
organisation.
The purpose of knowledge-level systems
is
to help the business firm integrate new
knowledge into the business and
to help the organisation control the flow of
paper work.
Knowledge-level
systems, especially in
the form of workstations and office
systems are the fastest-growing
Management-level
the
monitoring,
controlling,
decision-making, and
administrative activities of middle managers.
The principal question addressed by such systems is: Are
things working well?
Management-level
An
Some
What
Strategic-level
It
Information
are
organisation has
Transaction
Managers
In
Data
Typical
Document
Management
Information Systems(MIS)
MIS
MIS
generally
Decision
Decision-Support
systems (DSS)
Clearly
by design
Executive
Information Systems
Senior
Unlike
Questions
Because
Executive
Support
Systems
[ESS]
Manageme
nt Systems
[MIS]
Knowledg
e
Systems
[KWS &
OAS]
Manageme
nt
Systems
[DSS]
Transactio
n
Processin
g
Systems
[TPS]
But