BUS-K 201 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sql, Business Process Management, Database Application
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Q2: what is mis: mis = management information systems: management and use of information systems that help organizations achieve their strategies, system: a group of components that interact to achieve some purpose. Information system (is): group of components that interact to produce information. Synonym for computer- based information system: five-component framework: a model of the components of an information system: computer hardware, software, data, procedures, and people. People: the most important component of the five-component method is you. Our mind and thinking contribute to everything: small amount of work from the human side to the computer side results in a low-tech system. When the computer provides more work, it is a high tech system. Information: knowledge derived from data, whereas data is defined as recorded facts or figures. Information is data presented in a meaningful context. Business professionals must be able to rely on the results of their information systems.
