ADMS 2511 Lecture 1: ADMS 2511 Chapter 1

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 2511
• Professor: Donna Rex

Document Summary

Adms 2511 chapter 1- introduction to information systems. A person knowledgeable about information systems and information technology. Informed users tend to get more value from whatever technologies they use. The executive who is in charge of the is function. Actively participates in the organizations strategic planning process. Factors that contribute to the complexity of managing information systems: information systems have enormous strategic value to organizations. An information system collects, processes, stores, analyzes, and disseminates information for a specific purpose. It has been said the purpose of information systems is to get the right information to the right people at the right time in the right amount, and in the right format. An elementary description of things, events, activities, and transactions that are recorded, classified, and stored but are not organized to convey any specific meaning. Data items can be numbers, letters, figures, sounds and images.