Chapter1

Business Driven Technology

1.1) Compare management information systems (MIS) and information technology (IT)

1.2) Describe the relationship among people , information technology and information

1.3) Identify four different departments in a typical business and explain how technology
       helps them to work together

1.4) Compare the four different types of organizational information cultures and decide which culture applies to your school

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ROLE IN BUSINESS

IINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

IMPACT ON BUSINESS OPERATION

1)Organizations typically operate by functional areas or functional silos

2)Functional areas are interdependent

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

  

2)MANAGEMENT INFORMATION

   SYSTEM

  

    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

INFORMATION

• Data - raw facts that describe the characteristic 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

DATA INFORMATION  AND BI

Data in an Excel Spreadsheet

Data turn into information

Information turned into business intelligence

IT RESOURCES

People us 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. For example, a manager in sales refuses to share information with marketing. This causes marketing to need the sales manager’s input each time a new sales strategy is developed.

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.

 

IT Resources

 

 
 

Information

Information Technology Basics

Information Technology Basics

 

Information Technology’s Impact on Business Operations

Information Technology’s Impact on Business Operations

Information Technology’s Impact on Business Operations