discuss What is the difference between the ability of a mana

discuss What is the difference between the ability of a manager to retrieve information instantly on demand using an MIS and the capabilities provided by a DSS? Provide real world example.

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Managers have traditionally relied on the capabilities of MIS to obtain the data that they required. However, the information for these requests had traditionally been structured in advance, and was designed to address the requirements of structured requests. In a DSS support system, the capabilities are much broader.Now managers can query the information in a number of ways, and these systems can handle the ad hoc queries that come about. DSS provide the capabilities for a manager to participate in interactive analytical modeling in order to make more informed decision. DSS software is capable of supporting semistructured and unstructured decisions faced by individual managers. They are designed to use decision maker’s own insights and judgments in an ad hoc, interactive, analytical modeling process which will lead them to a specific decision.