BU415- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 40 pages long!)
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Information systems and the role of general and functional managers. A manager is a knowledge worker of modern business and not-for-profit organizations who oversees a team, a functional area, a business unit or an entire organization. Ge(cid:374)eral a(cid:374)d fu(cid:374)ctio(cid:374)al (cid:373)a(cid:374)agers should act i(cid:374) part(cid:374)ership with the fir(cid:373)"s i(cid:374)for(cid:373)atio(cid:374) syste(cid:373)s and technology professionals. With the unrelenting pace of it innovation and its widespread adoption in organizations, the personal success of managers and their areas of responsibility depend on use of information. End users are those individuals who have direct contact with software applications as they use them to carry out specific tasks. Most general and functional managers in modern organizations are also end users. Fu(cid:374)da(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal it tre(cid:374)ds: the stayi(cid:374)g power of moore"s law. They are formal, sociotechnical, organizational systems designed to collect, process, store and distribute information. Has four fundamental components that must work together to deliver the information processing functionalities that the firm requires to fulfill its information needs.
