IT 014 Lecture 1: IT

• School: Hofstra University
• Department: Information Technology (IT)
• Course: IT 014
• Professor: Tafti

Document Summary

Computer literacy-skill using productivity software, as well as having a basic knowledge of hardware and software, the internet and collaboration tools. Information literacy- the understanding of using the role of information in generating and using business intelligence. Business intelligence- provides historical, current and predictive views of business operations and environments that gives competitive advantage in the market place. Transaction processing systems (tps)- data collecting and processing- used for cost reduction. Management information system (mis)-organized integration of hardware and software technology, data, process, and human element"s designed to produce timely, accurate, and useful information for decision-making purpose. 1. in designing a mis the first task is to clearly define the objective: second data must be collected and analyzed, third information must be provided and useful for decision making purposes. To be useful information has to have timeliness, integration with other data and information, consistency and accuracy and relevance.