Final Question # 2

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM


Decision Support Systems (DSS)- are a specific class of computerized information system that supports business and organizational decision-making activities. A properly-designed DSS is an interactive software-based system intended to help decision makers compile useful information from raw data, documents, personal knowledge, and/or business models to identify and solve problems and make decisions.A system that supports technological and managerial decision making by assisting in the organization of knowledge about ill-structured, semistructured, or unstructured issues.

Management Information System- is a computer system designed to help managers plan and direct business and organizational operations while Decision Support System are a specific class of computerized information system that supports business and organizational decision making.

An example of Decision Support System users could be airline companies: price and route selection. The advantage of the company is they have all the necessary information about the company products that the customers might asked. It could increase their competitive advantage among others and its organizational performance also. An EXCEL can also be a example of it.


JEAZLE MAE G. HASSAN
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_support_system

http://www.usfca.edu/~villegas/classes/002-303/ch13pp99/tsld009.htm