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Analyse the benefits and limitations of different information systems

• Benefits of manual information systems: capital investment; everyone has experience of using manual systems; relevance to the user; reduce information overload; data entry errors; lower risk of data loss;
• simplicity
• Benefits of electronic information systems: storage capacity; time, simultaneous multiple access to records; a combination of other data; presentation of information; business efficiency, integration of multiple systems (reporting systems, strategic information system, management information system, performance monitoring systems); report generation; document management; ease of amendment; addition and deletion of records
• Limitations of manual information systems: speed; time; efficiency; physical space requirements; file naming conventions; archiving requirements; degradation of physical records
• Limitations of electronic information systems: capital investment; up-to-date software and technological change; data loss through technology failure and security threats; system upgrades; server storage space; file naming conventions; quality of data input; resistance to change; may require training; information overload; duplicate copies of records)