- Compare management information systems (MIS) and information technology (IT).
- Describe the relationships among people, information technology and information.
- Identify four different departments in a typical business and explain how technology helps them to work together.
- Compare the four different types of organizational information cultures and decide which culture applies to your school.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY'S ROLE IN BUSINESS
- Information technology is everywhere in business.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY'S IMPACT ON BUSINESS OPERATIONS
- Organizations typically operate by functional areas or functional silos.
- Functional areas are interdependent.
Common departments in an organization
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BASICS
- Information technology (IT) - A field concerned with the use of technology in managing and processing information.
- Information technology is an important enabler of business success and innovation.
- Management information systems (MIS) - A general name for the business function and academic discipline covering the application of people, technologies and procedures to solve business problems.
- MIS is a business function, similar to Accounting, Finance, Operations and Human Resources.
- When beginning to learn about information technology it is important to understand :
- Data, information and business intelligence
- IT resources
- IT cultures
- Data - Raw facts that describe the characteristics of an event.
- Information - Data converted into a meaningful and useful context.
- Business intelligence - Applications and technologies that are used to support decision-making efforts.
IT RESOURCES
- People use
- Information technology to work with
- Information
IT CULTURES
Organizational information cultures include :
- Information-Functional Culture - Employees use information as a means of exercising influence or power over others.
- Information-Sharing Culture - Employees across departments trust each other to use information (especially about problems and failures) to improve performance.
- Information-Inquiring Culture - Employees across departments search for information to better understand the future and align themselves with current trends and new directions.
- Information-Discovery Culture - Employees across departments are open to new insights about crisis and radical changes and seek ways to create competitive advantages.
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