DEFINITION:
Decision Support Systems (DSS) are a specific class of computerized information system that supports business and organizational decision-making activities. A properly designed DSS is an interactive software-based system intended to help decision makers compile useful information from raw data, documents, personal knowledge, and/or business models to identify and solve problems and make decisions.
DSS, the term refers to an interactive computerized system that gathers and presents data from a wide range of sources, typically for business purposes. DSS applications are systems and subsystems that help people make decisions based on data that culled from a wider range of sources.
DESCRIPTION:
A Decision Support System (DSS) is an umbrella term used to describe any computer application that enhances the user’s ability to make decisions. More specifically, the term is usually used to describe a computer-based system designed to help decision-makers use data, knowledge and communications technology to identify problems and make decisions to solve those problems.
2. Distinguish DSS from MIS
Decision Support System is the computerized info system that support in decision making especially in the organization. It supports the technological and managerial by assisting in the organizational knowledge and analyze a specific situation or decisions to come up a better result.
While MIS or Management Information System is a subset of overall internal controls of a company covering the application of people, documents, technologies, and procedures that used by management asccountants to solve some problems within the organization. This system utilizes quantitative techniques as regression, linear programming, and financial planning.
3. Illustrate and give examples on how DDS can improve company’s competitive advantage and organizational performance.
DDS can improve the company’s competitive advantage by using this computerized management info system that can help the business in making the good and better decision, solving problems. By using this system also the company or business establishment have a good performance and improve productivity.
Example: Like for example, I'm the of the owner of Internet Cafe here in General Santos City. As I discovered, my cafe is very progressive because everyday many customers used internet for chatting, searching, scanning and games. I decided that I built a new branch of Internet Cafe. It is not difficult for me to purseu my plan because DDS will support my decision in establishing a new branch. I have a confident to compete my competitors because of this system that help me a lot.
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