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Performance management information systems





                           Data and information




               Information and data are two different things:



                                Data                                          Information


                    Data consists of numbers, letters,              Information is data that has
                     symbols, raw facts, events and                   been processed in such a way
                     transactions, which have been                    that it has meaning to the
               .     recorded but not yet processed                   person that receives it, who may
                     into a form that is suitable for                 then use it to improve the quality

                     making decisions                                 of their decision making


















































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