Kenneth C. Laudon,Jane P. Laudon Management Information System 12th Edition pdf

formal control tools  

Project management technique that helps

monitor the progress toward completion of a task and fulfillment

of goals.

formal planning tools  

Project management technique that

structures and sequences tasks, budgeting time, money, and

technical resources required to complete the tasks.

forward chaining  

A strategy for searching the rule base in an expert

system that begins with the information entered by the user and

searches the rule base to arrive at a conclusion.

fourth-generation language  

A programming language that can be

employed directly by end users or less-skilled programmers to

develop computer applications more rapidly than conventional

programming languages.

franchiser  

Form of business organization in which a product is

created, designed, financed, and initially produced in the home

country, but for product-specific reasons relies heavily on foreign

personnel for further production, marketing, and human

resources.