Decision Support Systems and Management Information System

UNIT-I: Management Information System: Basics; System Concepts; System Entropy; Subsystems Basics, Decomposition/Simplification; System Types; Value of Information. 

UNIT-II: Frame Works Major Trends and Applications of Information Technology; System Analysis and Design: Systems Development Methodologies SDLC and Prototype Approach, Case Study.

UNIT-III: Managerial Decision Making: Decision Basics; Decision Types; Certainty, Uncertainly, Risktaking, Decision-Making Process; Problem Solving Techniques; DSS Overview.

UNIT-IV: DSS Relevance/Scope/Characteristics/Capabilities/Components; DSS versus MIS; DBMS Sources of Data, Data File/Database Environment; Data Models Relevance of Relational Data Base Design in DSS.

UNIT-V: Dialog Generation System: User Interface Graphics, Menus, Forms: DSS Generators, DSS Development – Steps in Designing/Identification of Decision/Building of DSS/Implementation/Performance Testing.