- Top-level executives.
- Contol of one of many decision-makers that assists in their activity od decision making by providingand organised set of tools.
- Sharing the same concepts of DSS or MIS, can present, summarize, & analyze data from organization's databases but EeeSS are more easier to use.
- ESS are more focuses in the end-user requirements.
- It can be understood as a friendly, full customised & interactive DSS to be mostly used by top executives & policy-makers.
- ESS focuses only on interactive & executive assessment tools.
- An ESS need a previous expert work filtering information & knowledge into meaningful indicators & tools.
- In the figure, the green circle represents the domain area of a Executive Support System.
- For more information, please refer to http://www.mcrit.com/ASSEMBLING/assemb_central/WhatESS.htm
The Role of ESS in the Organization
- faced information overload & able to make the right decision.
- if the informations are not detailed, it will affect to make the right decision.
- summarized information executives need & provide the opportunity to drill down to more detail if necessary.
- ESS's allow firm's top executives to gain direct access to information about the company's performances.
- ESS may be organized to retrieve information from databases outside the company.
Advantage & Disadvantage of Executive Support System
Advantage :
~ Filters data for management
~ Improves to tracking information
~ Offers efficiency to decision makers
Disadvantages:
~ Difficult to keep current data
~ May lead to less reliable and insecure data
~ Small companies may encounter excessive costs for implementation
~ Too detailed Oriented
Citation :
- Computing Essentials Complete 2010
