External Business Information
All of these aspects combined should insure that the information reaching the different levels of the organisation would allow them to make correct and successful decisions for the business. A primary task of management for any firm is coping with change. Management, and the information systems that support them, have to learn to deal with change and to adapt their operations accordingly in order to survive. Competition is a typical change that is taking place in every industry, managers need to be able to view data such as performance related data in order to constantly evaluate their position in the market place.