MIS Test #3 Ch 6 Part 1

  1. accounting MIS
    An information system that provides aggregate information on accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and many other applications.
  2. ad hoc DSS
    A DSS concerned with situations or decisions that come up only a few times during the life of the organization.
  3. auditing
    Analyzing the financial condition of an organization and determining whether financial statements and reports produced by the financial MIS are accurate.
  4. brainstorming
    A decision-making approach that consists of members offering ideas “off the top of their heads.”
  5. choice stage
    The third stage of decision making, which requires selecting a course of action.
  6. computer-assisted manufacturing (CAM)
    A system that directly controls manufacturing equipment.
  7. computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM)
    Using computers to link the components of the production process into an effective system.
  8. cost center
    A division within a company that does not directly generate revenue.
  9. decision room
    A room that supports decision making, with the decision makers in the same building, combining face-to-face verbal interaction with technologyto make the meeting more effective and efficient.
  10. A room that supports decision making, with the decision makers
    in the same building, combining face-to-face verbal interaction with technology to make the meeting more effective and efficient.
  11. decision-making phase
    The first part of problem solving, including three stages: intelligence, design, and choice.
  12. delphi approach
    A decision-making approach in which group decision makers are geographically dispersed; this approach encourages diversity among group members and fosters creativity and original thinking in decision making.
  13. A decision-making approach in which group decision makers are
    geographically dispersed; this approach encourages diversity among group members and fosters creativity and original thinking in decision making.
  14. demand report
    A report developed to give certain information at someone's request rather than on a schedule.
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MIS Test #3 Ch 6 Part 1
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MIS Test #3 Ch 6 Part 1
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