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Kapoor Logistics designs its MIS with separate subsystems for finance, marketing, production and HR, each feeding a common central database, while a management layer draws integrated reports. Which statement about this structure is correct?

This is an integrated MIS structure. Functional subsystems share a common central database, so management can obtain reports that combine finance, marketing, production and HR information. Isolated databases would make a silo design, which the scenario expressly rules out by describing one shared database.

  1. AIt is a purely functional silo design because each subsystem keeps its own isolated database
  2. BIt is an integrated structure, where functional subsystems share common data so that reports can combine information across functionsCorrect
  3. CIt is a decision-free design since a central database cannot support management reports
  4. DIt is a design with no hardware component because data is centralised

Explanation

Functional subsystems sharing a common database is an integrated MIS structure, enabling cross-functional reports such as sales against production capacity. Silos would have separate databases, which the scenario excludes. Centralised data still needs hardware, and it supports reporting.

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