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  1. Patrick Maddock is the managing director of a medium sized publishing company. He feels that it is time that an MIS were developed. However he has read horror stories about other businesses that had attempted to install such systems with disastrous results. He calls in a consultant for advice. Write a report from the consultant, advising Patrick on what he needs to do to ensure that an MIS system developed for his business will be successful. (8)
  2. In your school or college, identify three levels of management: strategic, tactical and operational. For each level, give two decisions that would need to be made and for each decision, list the information that would be required. (9)
  3. The manager of a cinema is facing a dilemma whether to raise admission prices by a small amount to ensure total income continues just to cover running expenses or to risk a much larger increase. Suggest a suitable type of general purpose package for the manager to use to study the implications of the options. Explain how the manager could use this package to assist the decision making process and the setting of admission prices. (4) AEB Computing Specimen Paper 2
  4. Organisations often use Management Information Systems.
    1. What is the purpose of a Management Information System? (1)
    2. Why is such a system required by managers of an organisation? (1)
    3. Give one example of the use of a Management Information System within an organisation, clearly stating its purpose. (2) NEAB 1997 Paper 3
  5. What is meant by a Management Information System? (4)
    1. State four factors which could contribute to the success or failure of a Management Information System. (4) NEAB 1998 Paper 4
  6. The manager of a local company complains that the company’s information system continually fails to provide the correct level of information. State four possible reasons why the system is failing. (4) NEAB lT04 Paper 4
  7. What is meant by the term ‘expert system’? (2)
    1. Describe one example of the use of an expert system. (2) NEAB 1T04 1999
  8. Information systems are capable of producing strategic and operational level information. With the aid of examples, explain the difference between these two levels of information, clearly stating the level of personnel involved in using each one. (6) NEAB 1T04 1999
   

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