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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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