BUS 237 Study Guide - Final Guide: Management Information System, Business Process Automation, Executive Information System

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 237
• Professor: Zorana Svedic

Document Summary

Bus 237 - ch 1-3 study notes - summer 2013. Is combines the people and procedures they use, to make technology work for business. Management information system (mis): comprises the development and use of information systems that help organizations achieve their goals and objectives. A system is a group of components that interact to achieve some purpose. An information system (is) is a group of components that interact to produce information. Is: a system of hardware, software, data, procedures, and people that produces information. It: the raw technology components of is (hardware, software, data components) It must be embedded into an is to help accomplish objectives. In other words, technology must be combined with people and procedure components. Example stimulus: customer request, supplier shipment, management directive. Example response: ship product, update inventory, create committee. Describes a set of activities that are necessary to complete a response to a stimulus applied to an organization.