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The managing director of an Indian manufacturing company wants a dashboard showing trends in sales, cash position and key risks drawn from internal and external data to support long-term strategic choices. Which information system level is this most suited to?

An executive support system is most suitable. It gives senior management summarised internal and external information and trends for unstructured, long-term strategic decisions, whereas a transaction processing system only captures routine day-to-day transactions at the operational level.

  1. ATransaction processing system
  2. BExecutive support systemCorrect
  3. COffice automation system
  4. DOperational payroll system

Explanation

Executive support systems serve senior management with summarised, trend-oriented internal and external data for unstructured strategic decisions. A transaction processing system records routine events and does not give strategic dashboards. Office automation and payroll tools support clerical work.

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