Cis/207 Week 4 Information Systems Workplace
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Information Systems in the Workplace
CIS/207
10/13/2014
Information Systems2 A business information system is defined by Hooper and Page (1997) as “the sum of all the tools, techniques and procedures used by the business to process data”. Information is necessary to get success because it is context formation of data. People use systems to store information. When someone input information in systems, it is processed and then the information is output through a process. Information System is used by people to do lots of work like keeping information regarding customers, employees, markets, etc. There are also different types of information systems. The areas of business that each system support and also the changes the systems have brought to the business world will be discussed.
The first information system is the office information system, or OIS. This system uses hardware, software and networks to enhance work flow and facilitate communications among employees. (Shelly, 1999)
With the OIS system information is transported electronically instead of manually. For example, professors post our grades or the school posts our schedules on the internet. If this process was manual, the schedule would be printed out and given to us-like when I attended school in 1991.
The second information system is the transaction …show more content…
This system captures and stores the knowledge of human experts and then imitates human reasoning and decision-making process for those who have less expertise. (Shelly, 1999) This system would be used by scientists to diagnose an illness. It also part of Artificial Intelligence which has a variety of capabilities, including speech recognition and logical reasoning. Another way it is used today is the traffic light. The traffic light is based on the flow of traffic and also automatic pilot on airplanes. This information system is highly flexible and its concerned with predicting the
Information Systems in the Workplace
CIS/207
10/13/2014
Information Systems2 A business information system is defined by Hooper and Page (1997) as “the sum of all the tools, techniques and procedures used by the business to process data”. Information is necessary to get success because it is context formation of data. People use systems to store information. When someone input information in systems, it is processed and then the information is output through a process. Information System is used by people to do lots of work like keeping information regarding customers, employees, markets, etc. There are also different types of information systems. The areas of business that each system support and also the changes the systems have brought to the business world will be discussed.
The first information system is the office information system, or OIS. This system uses hardware, software and networks to enhance work flow and facilitate communications among employees. (Shelly, 1999)
With the OIS system information is transported electronically instead of manually. For example, professors post our grades or the school posts our schedules on the internet. If this process was manual, the schedule would be printed out and given to us-like when I attended school in 1991.
The second information system is the transaction …show more content…
This system captures and stores the knowledge of human experts and then imitates human reasoning and decision-making process for those who have less expertise. (Shelly, 1999) This system would be used by scientists to diagnose an illness. It also part of Artificial Intelligence which has a variety of capabilities, including speech recognition and logical reasoning. Another way it is used today is the traffic light. The traffic light is based on the flow of traffic and also automatic pilot on airplanes. This information system is highly flexible and its concerned with predicting the