ITM 100 Chapter Notes -Cost Leadership, Chief Technology Officer, Personal Information Protection And Electronic Documents Act

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Information Technology Management
• Course: ITM 100
• Professor: Ron Babin

Document Summary

Information systems are computer based tools that people use to work with information that support information and processes of an organization. An is can be an important enable of business success and innovation. Is are most useful when they leverage the talents of people. Information technology is the acquisition processing storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics based combination of computer and telecommunications. Management information system is a business function just like the marketing finance operations and human resources management. It hardware, software and applications that people use to support the goals of an organization. Almost all organizations have an is department called it, is or mis. The difference between data, information and knowledge: data- raw facts that describe the characteristics of an object or event. Characteristics for a sales event, including the date, item number, item description, quantity, customer named, and shipping details: information- is data converted into meaningful and useful content.