CHAPTER 1 : BUSINESS DRIVEN TECHNOLOGY



Information Technology (IT)
Management Information Systems (MIS)
A field concerned with the use of technology in managing and processing information
A general name for the business function (department) and academic discipline covering the application of people, technologies and procedures to solve business problems
Example: software, hardware
Example: Accounting, Human Resources


  
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BASICS
         i.            Data, Information and Business Intelligence
·         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
       ii.            IT Resources
·         People
·         Information technology
·         information
      iii.            IT Cultures
·     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
 
·    Information-inquiring culture
        - Employees across departments search information to better understand the future
 
·    Information-discovery culture
        - Employees across departments are open to new insights about crisis and radical changes 




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