CHAPTER 1: BUSINESS DRIVEN TECHNOLOGY

Information Technology (IT)
Management Information Systems (MIS)
A field concerned with the use of technology in managing and processing information
A general name for the business function and academic discipline covering the application of people, technologies and procedures to solve business problems
Example: software, hardware
Example: Accounting, Human Resources

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BASICS
 
         i.            Data, Information and Business Intelligence
·         Data
raw facts that describe the characteristic of an event
·         Information
data converted into a meaningful and useful context
·         Business Intelligence
applications and technologies that are used to support decision-making efforts
       ii.            IT Resources
·         People
·         Information technology
·         information
      iii.            IT Cultures
·         Information-functional culture
      Employees use information as a means of exercising influence of power over others.   For example, a manager in sales refuses to share information in marketing . This causes marketing to need the sales manager 's input each time a new sales strategy developed.
 
·         Information-sharing culture
       Employees  across departments trust each other to use information (especially about problems and failure) to improve performance
 
·         Information-inquiring culture
       Employees across  departments search for information to better understand the future and align themselves with current trends and new direction
 
·         Information-discovery culture
       Employees across departments are open to new insights about crisis and radical changes and seek ways to create competitive advantages
 

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