This work highlights the coming age of management information
systems for all types of executives by focusing on executive
information systems, or EIS. Serving as a data-intensive system, an
EIS offers a snapshot of a company's past and present operations as
a way of predicting the future. In this book, Robert Thierauf
provides a complete picture of executive information systems, from
an introduction of what these systems are all about, to the
hardware, software, and applications that form the basis of an EIS
environment.
The work is divided into four basic sections. The first provides
an overview of executive information systems, discussing the real
need for an EIS, the essential characteristics underlying it, and
its relationship to prior management information systems. The types
of executive decision making typically found in an EIS environment,
illustrated with specific examples, are also examined. The second
section focuses on the computer hardware and software that is
useful within an EIS operating mode, along with on-line databases
that assist executives in decision making. The development of
executive information systems is covered in section three, which
features current approaches for executives and their staffs as well
as methods to be followed by the Management Information Systems
department. Finally, section four addresses various aspects of
working in an EIS environment, including strategic planning,
marketing, manufacturing, finance, and personnel. A master case
study is presented, and each topic is explored in relation to it.
Typical EIS applications are also described for each of the topic
areas. With its combination of both EIS theory and practical
applications, this work will be a valuable resource for senior
executives and MIS professionals as well as for students of
management and information systems. Public, academic, and business
libraries will also find it to be a useful addition to their
collections.
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