ADM 2372 Midterm: Midterm Notes - CHP 2-6

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Administration
• Course: ADM 2372
• Professor: Mirou Jaana

Document Summary

Chapter #1 - information systems and business strategy. Organizations typically operate by functional areas or functional silos. Functional organization each functional area has its own systems and communicates with every other functional area. Information systems (is) any computer-based tool that people use to work with information and that supports the information and information-processing needs of an organization. An information system can be an important enabler of business success and innovation. Information technology (it) is the acquisition, processing, storage, and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual, and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications. Management information systems (mis) the function that plans for, develops, implements, and maintains is hardware, software, and applications that people use to support the goals of an organization. Mis is a business function, similar to accounting, finance, operations, and human resources: when beginning to learn about information systems it is important to understand the following: The difference between data, information and knowledge.