MGTA02H3 Chapter 3: Chapter 3.docx

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Chapter 3: managing information systems and communication technology. Information manager: the manager responsible for the activities needed to generate, analyze, and disseminate information that a company needs to make good decisions. Information management: an internal operation that arranges the firm"s information resources to support business performance and outcomes. Information system (is): an organized method of transforming data into information that can be used for decision making. Electronic information technologies (eit): is applications based on telecommunications technologies. Providing coordination and communication within the firm. Data communication networks: global networks that permit users to send electronic network messages quickly and economically. Internet: a gigantic network of networks that serves millions of computers, offers information on business, science, and government, and provides communication flows among more than 170 000 separate networks around the world. Internet service provider (isp): a commercial firm that maintains a permanent connection to the internet and sells temporary connections to subscribers.