Chapter 12, Problem 4CT

Program Plan Intro

Information system:

• An information system is a system which provides the necessary information to an organization to achieve the goals.
• It monitors the transactions details, provides the required information to decision makers and provides necessary documents to the customers.
• The main components in the information system are people, data, procedures, hardware, and software.
• The main function of information system is to accept and process the input data, and then store the retrieved information and distribute it across the organization.

Functional unit:

• An organization includes various computing entities. If the organizations are large then, the work is decentralized with different departments, divisions and centers.
• It signifies the specific significant function. It is also termed as departmental or functional area of the organization. It includes the information of requirements for product system.