ITM 102 Chapter Notes -Personal Information Protection And Electronic Documents Act, Chief Information Officer, Netflix

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Information Technology Management
• Course: ITM 102
• Professor: Franklyn Prescod

Document Summary

Information systems" impact on business operations: business functions receive the greatest benefits from information systems. Information technology plays a critical role in deploying/organizing such initiatives by facilitating communication and increasing business intelligence. For example instant messaging allows people across an organization to communicate. To understand information systems, it"s important to understand how business functions and information systems role creates effectiveness in organizations. Each area has its own specific business function. Accounting marketing operations management human resources . Production management finance sales management information systems. These functional departments are not independent in a business but rather, interdependent. For example: sales has to rely on information from operations. Management to understand inventory, place orders, calculate transportation costs and gain insight into product availability based on production schedules. All departments must work together and share information to work efficiently. Information systems are not helpful until the proper people know how to use and manage them effectively.