ADM 1370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Byrsonima Crassifolia, Portable Document Format, Robert Reich
11 Oct 2018
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Purpose: to provide accurate, timely and useful information. Each element must be present and all of the elements must work together. Information system (is) = it plus procedures, and people that produce & utilize information. Do not try to buy an is; you cannot do it. Buy or lease hardware, license programs and database, even obtain predesigned procedures. Ultimately, people execute those procedures to employ that new it. Any new system requires training takes, overcoming employees" resistance to change and managing employees as they utilize new system. Input: captures raw data from organization or external environment. Output: transfers processed information to people or activities that use it. Advanced information systems also incorporate one additional functionality. Output returned to appropriate members of organization to help evaluate or correct input stage. It is important to remember that these functionalities are not limited to technologies. Using information systems e ectively requires an understanding of the organization, management, and information technology shaping the system.
