Management Information Systems
doc. Mgr. Petr Suchánek, Ph.D.
Management Information Systems
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1. Information systems for management support

Information and knowledge society. Information and communication technologies. Information system. Data, software, hardware and functional architecture. Database, application and presentation layer. The role of information systems in business practice. Information systems at various levels of management. Digital company.

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2. System approach to solving tasks

Hard and soft system methodologies. Decision-making process. Functions and methods for decision-making with confidence, risk and uncertainty. Decision criteria. Decision models. Modelling and simulation. Types of simulation models. SW tools for realization of simulations.

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3. Types and functionalities of management information systems

Enterprise CRM (Customer Relationship Management) and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems. Knowledge systems. Expert systems. The usage of management information systems for analysis, planning and strategic planning, budgeting, statistics, etc. Types of reports.

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4. Business and competitive intelligence

Information and knowledge management. Sources, characteristics and preparation of data and information for management and decision-making. Big data. Data transformation and data cleaning. Analytical components. Data mining. Automated and interactive reporting. BI software. Competitive Intelligence as a source of information to decision-making support.
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