Integration of different technologies into efficient information systems. Part 3

Offices and businesses may be functionally described as information systems in which people, supported by information tools, perform goal-oriented information work. This article shows how the efficiency of support depends on how well applicable technologies can be integrated into systems and how well these systems can be adapted to the needs of a particular organization. Descriptive illustrations show how different technologies are integrated to perform information system functions (e.g., word, data and image processing as well as financial data and records management functions), and how all these technologies depend on compatibility and coordination in integrated systems to serve decision support functions of management and planning.