BUSINESS DRIVEN TECHNOLOGY

Learning Outcomes

1.1- Compare management information system (MIS) and information technology (IT).

1.2-Describe the relationship among people,information technology and information.

1.3-Identify four different departments in a typical business and explain how technology helps             them to work together.

1.4-Compare the four different types of organizational information cultures and decide which        

      culture applies to your school.

Information technology's role in business
        
-Information technology is everywhere in business.                                 

Information technology's impact on business operations 
                                      

-Organizations typically operate by functional areas or functional silos.

-Funtional areas are interdipendent.

Information technology basics
-Information technology (IT) is a field concerned with the use of technology in managing and    information.

-Information technology is an important enabler of business success and innovation.

-Management information system (MIS) is a general name for the business function and academic  discipline covering the application of people ,technologies and         procedures to solve business  problems.

-MIS is a business function,similar to accounting,finance,operations and human resources.

-When beginning to learn about information technology it is important to understand 

:data,information and business intelligence IT resources.

:IT cultures

Information

-Data-raw facts that describe the characteristics of an event

-Information-data converted into a meaningful and useful context 

-Business intelligent-applications and technologies that are used to support decision making efforts.

IT Resources 

-People use

-Information technology to work 

-Information

IT Cultures

-Organizational information cultures include;

-Information functional cultures-employees use information as a means of exercising influence or  power even other.for example,a manager sales refuses to share information with marketing.this  causes marketing to need the sales manager's input each time a new sales strategy is developed.

-Information sharing culture -employees across departments trust each other to use information (especially about problem and failures) to improve performance.

-Information inquiring culture -employees across departments search for information to better  understand the future and aligin themselves with current trends and new directions.

-Information discovery culture -employees across departments are open to new insights  about  crisis and radical changes and seek ways to create competitive advantages.