Executive Information System

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses the implementation of an executive information system (EIS) in order to answer to the problem of integrating reports for a company. The paper discusses the key issues that must be decided prior to implementing the EIS. It then looks at how EIS addresses the company's objectives and the benefits of using EIS. The paper concludes by discussing an EIS solutions framework. The paper is presented largely in point form.

Table of Contents:
The Need for an EIS
Key Issues
Change Management Mechanisms
EIS Addressing the Company's Objectives
Benefits of an EIS
EIS Solutions Framework

From the Paper:

"The EIS provides the information infrastructure critical to the business processes in these corporate core business and decision-making functions of the corporation. It allows delivery of the critical business information to the desktop of anyone authorized individual who needs the information immediately. Also, it provides the business intelligence that management needs; lessens, if not totally eliminates, manual paper reports; and reduces meetings and briefings. The overlying objective of the EIS is not just to support the company's decision-making process but to meet the strategic, tactical and operation objectives."

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