A REVIEW OF THE ROLE OF DIFFERENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN MODERN ORGANIZATIONS
Agburu Ogbaji Gabriel
Department Management Information Technology
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria
Email: gabrielagburu2017@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
A good number of information systems have been designed for use in modern organizations. These information systems perform different functions depending on the needs and objectives of the organization which provides a firm with competitive products and services that give strategic advantages over its competitors. This can reinforce a firm to survive and succeed in the long run in the market. Today, organizations use a variety of information systems such as transaction processing systems (TPS) to record
the daily routine transactions necessary for the conduct of the business, office automation systems (OAS) to perform office task effectively, management information systems (MIS) to Provide information in the
form of pre specified reports and displays to support business decision making, decision support system (DSS) to support unstructured and semi-structured decision making, executive information systems (EIS)
that support top managers in decision making, Expert System (ES) that performs the jobs of human experts etc. Each plays a different role in organization’s hierarchy and management operations. This study attempts
to review the role of different information system (IS) in modern organizations.
Keywords: Information Systems, Types of Information Systems, Computer-based information System, Modern Organizations.
