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EXERCISE 1
Futhermore strategic management deals with the major intended and emergent
initiatives taken by general managers on behalf of owners involving utilization of
resources to enhance to performance of firms in their external environmental. It entails
specifying the organization mission, vision and objectives, development policies and
plans often in terms of project and program which are designed to achieved objectives,
and then allocating resources to implement the policies, plans, projects and programs.
Strategic level of information concentrates on the performance of the complete
organization.
In short the difference between strategic and tactical levels, is that strategic
levefines “ What “ IS TO BE DONE but tactics defines “ HOW”. TO IMPLEMENT is
strategy. Tactical management allows the managers to select appropriate tactics for
achieving the objectives and tactical decisions are made by lower management level or
teams.
Three activities in an information system produce the information that organization need
to make decisions, control operation, analyze problems, and create new products or
services. These activities are input, processing, and output. Input captures or
collects raw data from within the organization or from its external environment.
Processing converts this raw data input into a more meaningful form. Output
transfers the processed information to the people who will use it or to activities for
which it will be used. Information system also requires feedback, which is output that
is returned to approprieta members of the organization to help them evaluate or correct
the input stage.
3. Differentiate the decision support system from the expert system
1. Supermaket
2. Banks
3. Airlines
4. Insurance