Formal records such as payroll documents, intangible data such as memos, and nonfinancial information such as customer satisfaction surveys are all part of an organization's ______.

Formal records such as payroll documents, intangible data such as memos, and nonfinancial information such as customer satisfaction surveys are all part of an organization's ______.

• A. information system
• B. accounting system
• C. operating system
• D. decision support system

Answer: (A)

Information systems collect, process, store, and distribute information used to run the organization, plan, control operations, and make decisions. Formal payroll records, intangible memos, and nonfinancial information like customer satisfaction surveys are all information that flows through and is handled by the organization’s information system. They aren’t limited to financial data (that would be the accounting system), nor are they about computer hardware management (that’s an operating system), and they aren’t limited to a single decision-support tool (that’s a type of information system). The broader information system category best accommodates all these kinds of information.

Information systems collect, process, store, and distribute information used to run the organization, plan, control operations, and make decisions. Formal payroll records, intangible memos, and nonfinancial information like customer satisfaction surveys are all information that flows through and is handled by the organization’s information system. They aren’t limited to financial data (that would be the accounting system), nor are they about computer hardware management (that’s an operating system), and they aren’t limited to a single decision-support tool (that’s a type of information system). The broader information system category best accommodates all these kinds of information.