Information Management (administrative Function)

Which of the following statements is most correct?

• Information management is a separate business function.

• Information management has absorbed all other business functions.

• All businesses have a similar information management structure.

Which of the following is the most correct statement?

• Top-level management uses information that details daily activities in the business.

• Top-level management will generally need internal information.

• An example of information typically required by Top-level management is the volume of raw materials needed on the production line over the next week.

• Middle management makes tactical decisions

Which of the following levels of management will primarily be concerned with information that affects the medium-term running of the business?

• Top-level

• Middle-level

• Lower-level

• None of the above

Lower-level management must generally be concerned with what is happening in the political, social and economic environments because it affects their daily decisions.

• Obviously true.

• True most of the time.

• False.

• I don't know.

True or false... Day-to-day decisions can also be referred to as operational decisions.

• True

• False

True or false... Middle Management is responsible for making strategic decisions.

• True

• False

Which of the following are general requirements of a good information management system?

• flexible

• philanthropic

• fair

• economical

True or false... A decisions can only be reliable if the information that it is based on is reliable

• True

• False

True or false...The more complex the information management system is, the higher the costs associated with using it will be.

• True

• False

One word we use to describe an information system where all the information comes to a point where the data is captured and processed is...

• Decentralised

• Centralised

• Data-centred

• Information-centred