Chapter 1

CHAPTER 1
BUSINESS DRIVEN TECHNOLOGY

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Distinguish management information system (MIS) and information technology (IT)
• Describe the relationships among people, information technology and information.
• Identify four  different departments in a typical business and explain how technology helps them to work together.
• Distinguish the four different types of organizational information cultures and decide which culture applies to your school.

IT  IN YOUR DAILY LIFE

• Today, electronics that connect to one another are found everywhere – in the office, home, car, etc:

•  Bluetooth wireless technology eliminates many of the wires that clutter our offices, homes.

It's impact on business operations:

• Reducing cost
• Improving productivity
• Generating growth

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BASICS

Information Technology Basics (IT)

• is a field concerned with the use of technology in managing and process information
• covering many field that deal with the use of electronics computers and computers software to convert, store, protect, process, transmit and retrieve information securely.
• can be an important enabler of business success and innovation
• not useful unless the right people know how to use and manage it effectively.

Management Information System (MIS)

• is a business function just as marketing, finance, operations and human resources.
• is a general name for the business function and academic discipline covering the application of the people, technologies,and procedures – collectively called information systems - to solve business problems.

Important elements of MIS:

• Data, information and business intelligence
• IT resources
• IT cultures 

 

ORGANIZATIONAL  INFORMATION CULTURES

Information-Functional Culture
*employees use information as a means of exercising influence or power over others

Information-Sharing Culture

*employees across departments trust each other to use information (especially about problems and failures) to improve performance.

Information-Inquiring Culture

*employees across departments search for information’s to better understand the future and align themselves with current trends and new directions.

Information-Discovery Culture

*employees across departments are open to new insight about crises and radical changes and seek way to create competitive advantages.