ADM 2372 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Vendor-Managed Inventory, Management Information System, Byrsonima Crassifolia

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Administration
• Course: ADM 2372
• Professor: James Bowen

Document Summary

Chapter 1: information systems (is) & business strategy. > is a business function just as marketing, nance, operations, and human resources. > in organizations, this function is also referred to as: is or it (information technology) Def: is the function that plans for, develops, implements, and maintains information systems (is) hardware, software, and applications that people use to support the goals of an organization . > is (information system) is not the same as it (information technology) > before it, using books and ledgers, hotels were able to: take reservations, check guests in and out, keep track of room status, manage inventory . > before it, banks already had sophisticated information systems. > is supported the processes of the bank by doing the following: input, process, store, output (capture info, process info, store info, disseminate info) > the rst known computerized hotel system was introduced by the new york hilton in 1963.