ITIS 2P91 Chapter 1: Introduction to Information Systems [Chapter One]

• School: Brock University
• Department: Information Technology Information Systems
• Course: ITIS 2P91
• Professor: Tejaswini Herath

Document Summary

Data: elementary description of transactions that are recorded, classified, and stored but not organized to convey any specific meaning. Information: refers to data that has been organized so that they have meaning and value to the recipient. Knowledge: data and/or information that has been organized and processed to convey understanding, experience, accumulated learning, and expertise. Knowledge is backed on information that is organized, synthesized, or summarized to enhance comprehension, awareness, or understanding. A set of interrelated components that collect (or retrieve), process, store, and distribute information to support decision making and control in an organization. Getting the right information to the right people at the right time in the right amount in the right format. Combination of key elements: hardware/software, data, telecommunications networks, A business process is a collection of related activities that produce a product or a service of value to the organization, its business partners, and/or its customers.