DECISION SUPPORT AND EXECUTIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS

The System Approach in problem-solving will be introduced especially in the context of organization problems. Students will be exposed to the importance of information in an organization for its problem solving and also for its decision making. Topics such as decision support system, database management system, data warehouse, model management system, dialog generators management system, group decision support system, executive information system, and knowledge management will be discussed. Some developmental approaches for decision support systems and executive information systems will also be discussed. Students will be required to develop an executive information system at the end of this course.