Information systems and software applications that are available to organizations enhance productivity and allow businesses to function to their maximum potential. This day in age, it is essential that these resources be taken advantage of by the vast majority of employees in a company. Three departments that benefit an extraordinary amount from information systems and software applications are human resources, management and marketing.

Human resource departments use information systems and software applications to manage employees within a company. Multiple software applications can be used by a single department and an example of this would be the human resource department using one application to monitor employee turnover and another application to screen job applicants (Rainer & Turban, 2008). The ability to manage these two job functions through software applications make the jobs of employees in the human resource department easier and increase the overall effectiveness of the entire company. The applications allow human resources to hire the best employees for the job openings and effectively manage all of the data that they compile.

Management also uses information systems and software applications to manage their employees. Management information systems are used to produce reports from transaction data in isolated functional areas (Rainer & Turban, 2008). The reports that are produced are used for many different functions within a company but the overall idea for management information system reports is to increase productivity of employees and ensure the company is making the best business decisions possible.

An organization’s marketing department uses information systems and software applications to increase the company’s customer base and maintain repeat business for the organization. Examples of software applications that marketing