MIS 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Management Information System, Decision Support System, Social Software

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Management Info Systems Main
• Course: MIS 304
• Professor: Faiz Currim

Document Summary

Organized to create, collect, process, store and distribute useful data. The root and purpose of information systems. Data needs to be processed into information to be useful. When information is understood and used for decisions, it becomes knowledge. Knowledge: data relationships (465-88-9727 -- ssn -- john doe) Information -- apply to specific answers and percent answered which option. This holds true for all types of organizations -- professional, social, religious, educational and governmental. Blend of technical, business, and system skills. Describe the characteristics of the digital world, societal issues shape the digital future. Mobile, social media, iot, cloud computing, big data. Many left behind in the information age. Strong linkage to computer literacy and persons ability to compete in the information age. Rural, elderly disabled people and minorities lag in internet access and computer literacy. Globalization anreduce costs tod societal issues in the digital world. Rise of new middle class enabled companies to reach new customers.