ADMS 3660 Chapter 1: MIS-Chapter 1

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 3660
• Professor: Sophia Kusyk

Document Summary

Information technology (it): relates to any computer based tool that people use to work with information and to support the information and information- processing needs of an organization. Information system (is): collects, processes, stores, analyzes, and disseminated information for a specific process. It is making our world smaller, enabling communication, collaboration: network: digital devices, internet, small to large businesses need it, emeals: small businesses do not need to be experts in technology to succeed. In charge of is function: works with ceo and cfo and other execs, participates in organization[(cid:494)s strategic planning process. Information resources divided between mis department and the users programming languages or other development tools: division depends on size and nature of organization, amount and type of it resources, organ attitude toward computing, countries of operation. Information: data that have been organized so that they have meaning and value to the recipient: ex. It components: hardware, software, networks, databases form information technology platform.