management information system summery
Lecture 1 introduction to information systems (chapter 1)
1.1 Introduction to Information Systems
IT relates to a computer-based tool that people use to work with information and to support the information and information processing needs of an organization.
An IS collects, processes, stores, analyzes, and disseminates information for a specific purpose
An academic/professional discipline concerned with the strategic, managerial and operational activities involved in the gathering, processing, storing, distributing and use of information, and it’s associated technologies, in society and organizations (from Wikipedia).
Also known as Management Information Systems (MIS), Computer Information Systems (CIS), Information Technology (IT), or Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
The business of moving data -> information -> knowledge
Why should I study Information Systems (IS)?
Information technologies are so heavily embedded in our lives that our daily routines would be almost unrecognizable to a student 20 years ago
Whether it is creating your own blogs, registering for classes, paying bills, emailing your family, searching powerpoints and YouTube videos etc.
Even though our generation is so comfortable using technology, and it is part of our everyday life, it is important to become an informed user: a person knowledgeable about IS and IT.
First, you can benefit from this knowledge as it allows you to understand what is “behind” all of your IT applications
Second, if you are informed you are able to enhance the quality of of your organization’s IT with your own input
Third, as a new graduate, your organization will recommend you to perhaps select the IT applications your organization will use
Fourth, being an informed user will keep you abreast with both new technologies and rapid development in current technologies
Fifth, you will understand how using IT can improve your organization’s performance and teamwork as well as your own
1.1 Introduction to Information Systems
IT relates to a computer-based tool that people use to work with information and to support the information and information processing needs of an organization.
An IS collects, processes, stores, analyzes, and disseminates information for a specific purpose
An academic/professional discipline concerned with the strategic, managerial and operational activities involved in the gathering, processing, storing, distributing and use of information, and it’s associated technologies, in society and organizations (from Wikipedia).
Also known as Management Information Systems (MIS), Computer Information Systems (CIS), Information Technology (IT), or Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
The business of moving data -> information -> knowledge
Why should I study Information Systems (IS)?
Information technologies are so heavily embedded in our lives that our daily routines would be almost unrecognizable to a student 20 years ago
Whether it is creating your own blogs, registering for classes, paying bills, emailing your family, searching powerpoints and YouTube videos etc.
Even though our generation is so comfortable using technology, and it is part of our everyday life, it is important to become an informed user: a person knowledgeable about IS and IT.
First, you can benefit from this knowledge as it allows you to understand what is “behind” all of your IT applications
Second, if you are informed you are able to enhance the quality of of your organization’s IT with your own input
Third, as a new graduate, your organization will recommend you to perhaps select the IT applications your organization will use
Fourth, being an informed user will keep you abreast with both new technologies and rapid development in current technologies
Fifth, you will understand how using IT can improve your organization’s performance and teamwork as well as your own