Computer Science 1032A/B Chapter 1: Chapter 1 MIS and You.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Computer Science
• Course: Computer Science 1032A/B
• Professor: Louis Magguilli

Document Summary

Q1: what is an information system: system: a group of components that interact to achieve some purpose. Information system: a group of components that interact to produce information. Q2: what is mis: mis comprise the development and use of information systems that help organizations achieve their goals and objectives. Development and use of information systems: designed and created by business analysts and system designers at the request of senior managers or entrepreneurs to solve a particular problem or meet a perceived need. Information systems exist to help organizations achieve their goals and objectives. Information systems can be found in almost every type of enterprise, social organization, and nonprofit organization and in governments: not created to make the company more modern or because the company is falling behind the technology curve . Information technology (it): refers to methods, inventions, standards and products: only concerns hardware, software and data components of an is.